I like Hammocks.

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I was bored.

I jumped my electric scooter off the back of a lorry and it broke.

Seems I was slightly over the optimum weight limit.

The batteries had had it too, but the motor was ok.

So......

I was looking on Ebay for a new battery so I could put a tube and prop on the motor and use it to push along a boat.

It wouldnt be powerful enough to push our £27 boat, so I built another one out of some plywood.

Took me hours.

 

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Anyhow....

While I was playing with Ebay, I typed in my poxy hammock broke.

It said it didnt have any of those but came up with a load of hammocks!

ooh!

Happy!

Er.....

Nope....

That ones horrible,

That ones worse,

You climb in through the bottom? I have enough trouble keep falling out the hole in the top!

er....yuck

Pink? ....er Nah

oooh!

One I did like.

Hasnt got all those little poxy strings at the end that let in all the cold air that freezes your head.

I told them I wanted it in a hurry.

Stupid people took 23 hours to deliver it.

 

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Took the kids to the park so they could throw themselves in the sea while I got to play with it.

My little one said

"MINE!"

Biggest one was already climbing up the tree

Littlest relaxed

Biggest fell on him - elbow first straight in his groin.

I got my hammock back

It was really noisy with the kids discussing things, but I liked it.

Its the very heavy duty one with the hawser instead of a piece of string.

I dont think its going to break - even with me using it

 

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Which Hammock did you decide on in the end No Idea - looks like a DD from the pics.

 

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er......

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Ill go find the order.

 

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Tenth Wonder Heavy Duty Green Camping/Bushcraft Hammock

Ebay irritates me. Takes ages to find anything.

This hammock is the nearest design I have found to the hammocks I built as a kid and have carried on using on and off ever since.

 

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I like this hammock.

Its going to get some serious use!

After I finish fixing it

 

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I needed to do a little checking up on how it worked....

We had run out of wind, so things wernt as exciting as last time, so I took one of the step kids with me too.

He ended up keeping an eye on the boat in case the wind arrived and we could leave.

THe kids er....

Looks like no one took a pic of me.

Had to happen sooner or later.

 

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We stopped at a nature reserve on the way back as I needed to test it some more....

Before hand, I showed him how to make this.

The kids ended up watching the boat.

Sort of....

 

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It was a really good trip.

We didnt actually need the extra pair of hands to bail if the patch came off.....

The yellow mooring buoy didnt hit the water this trip either.

 

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Some time ago, Mrs Volunteer helped me make a new hammock.

This hammock.

It was a really nice hammock until it broke and I ended up with a dent in the back of my head.

 

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The material ripped

It ripped across where its stitched

I was using the buckle instead of a carabine as they were available and easily adjustable

Wasnt exactly my neatest stitching, although the stitching didnt fail, the cloth ripped.

 

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Anyhow....

I couldnt work with the old hammock because the strings made it the wrong shape.

Thats why I made the one that ripped.

Now I have the new one, I can get the insulation and cover on it properly.

Excited !

 

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I needed some more of the new hammocks for the kids, so I ordered them a couple of normal weight ones and waited for them to arrive...

The kids struggle with any sort of waiting, so er....

He put on his glasses so the rain wouldnt get in his eyes at high speeds.

I refused to get on mine, as last time I did, I fell off and fractured my shin.

They happily told everyone about the huge dent I left in the road.

They stopped for a quick shout at the ducks

...And as they didnt have the kite that flew off the mountain,

er.....

 

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They arrived!

The wife decided to take the kids to the pictures at Tower Park.

I ended up babysitting her boyfriend.

Didnt have the fuel to go anywhere, so I had a look round.

As you drive into the Tower park complex, the drive has a line of trees each side on banks.

As you drive up it, your eyes are drawn to the signs in the middle of the road and the roundabout.

You dont actually look up under the trees at the sides.

The trees are just the right distance apart.

With the leaves on them, you are practically invisible up there.

The traffic noise doesnt bother me, only staring people, so this place suits me fine.

 

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We got the hammocks up and he promptly fell asleep.

When the wife and kids arrived....

Littlest stole my hammock. He liked that!

The wife took this one....

The boyfriend ended up in one of the old ones - note the string that irritates me

and biggest kid had another one

The red sign in the background actually says "Goodbye" to people leaving the complex. The cars were coming past us a car length apart. I only saw two kids in the back of a car notice us.

As they had taken all the hammocks, I left them there, climbed over the bank, walked the 40 yards to Tescos and ordered myself lunch in the resturant. I dont think any of them knew I had gone.

We all noticed that the hammocks left our backs really cold.

This is what I need to fix....

Happy with this hammocking session, didnt get to sleep out, but learned a lot.

 

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My little one decided to fix the problems I was causing by poking holes in the boat.

He found an axe and hacked up a couple of windsurf boards into pieces he could get into the boats tanks.

 

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He also decided he didnt like his little stripey sail.

He spoke to the local vicar and got permission to use their hall.

He used polythene tarpaulin that I had in the hall and built himself a new set.

We decided it was time to go adventuring again!

 

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One of the step kids decided he wanted to come too.

We gave him a nice orange life jacket and helped him make a hammock. We had a spare sleeping bag, so we were all ready to go.

I was feeling a bit nervous.

This was the first time my little one had had that boat he built out in the harbour. We would be over half a mile from land on the way.

It also wasnt that long ago I had a good go at keel hauling myself.

 

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I checked and rechecked the weather forecast, looking for an excuse to call it off.

Nothing was working.

Only got one car and driver - me.

Took my little one down with his boat and left him at the slip, while I went and got the big boat.

Stepkid arrived at the slip while I was gone.


Threw the boats together and threw them in.