I like Hammocks.

No Idea

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Sep 18, 2010
2,420
0
Dorset
Wandered into the tip.

Was looking for another bike wheel as my last one died when I fell off it in the sea.

Couldnt find a wheel, but came home with another sewing machine.

It worked!
 

No Idea

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Sep 18, 2010
2,420
0
Dorset
Sew.......

I waited until I was in the right frame of mind.

Drunk, staggering, trying not to sing....

And sandwiched the white wadding between the camo cloth and the black stuff I was ripping up in an earlier experiment.

I wrapped it round my hammock and tied it on with cable ties as my fingers were too inebriated to tie knots.

Couldnt get it to stay tied up, so I slept in it on the kitchen floor.

It wasnt very nice.

a-dsc00973.jpg
 

No Idea

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Sep 18, 2010
2,420
0
Dorset
Woke up very cold.

Thought I must have dreamed it all.

I was still on the kitchen floor, but no hammock.

Thought I had gone even madder....

..until I went outside.

a-dsc00974.jpg



Horrible toad had nicked it.

Seems his fingers wernt drunk.

Somehow Id used two boxes of needles during the night.

I wonder how I managed to thread it.
 

No Idea

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Sep 18, 2010
2,420
0
Dorset
The ends are too bulky and I dont like them.

a-dsc00975.jpg


I had cut the wadding straight and bunched, its too much.

I dont need it that thick at the ends, so I need to rethink that bit.

This one looks better, but still, the wadding shouldnt be anywhere near coming out the ends.

a-dsc00976.jpg


Still, its a start.

a-dsc00977.jpg


Its gapeing too much at the sides, the cover slides round and i need to look at fixing it down the middle.
 

No Idea

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Sep 18, 2010
2,420
0
Dorset
I love curling up in my sleeping bag.

But I dont like lugging it around.

If I can get this right, I can leave it at home and not get a cold back.
 

dwardo

Bushcrafter through and through
Aug 30, 2006
6,463
491
47
Nr Chester
Still enjoying your thoughts so please keep posting. They do make underblanked things but i have never fancied one my self. I guess unless your using down then its gonna be big and bulky, keep trying though !
 

No Idea

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Sep 18, 2010
2,420
0
Dorset
I found a firesteel for £2 on ebay.

Hadnt used one before.

The kids got it.

a-dscf1177.jpg


And again

a-dscf1178.jpg


and the other one

a-dscf1183.jpg


and again

a-dscf1184.jpg


and the other

a-dscf1196.jpg


Hes very pleased with himself!

Now put out my bleeding table!

a-dscf1198.jpg
 
Last edited:

No Idea

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Sep 18, 2010
2,420
0
Dorset
Just sat outside with my kids for a while watching all the fireworks.

Funny.

When I was a kid, they frightened me.

As a teenager they fascinated me as I wanted to be able to make them.

Now all I could think of was all those £10's fizzing up there and exploding.

Think Im getting old.
 

No Idea

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Sep 18, 2010
2,420
0
Dorset
I went to get a coffee,

He likes hammocks too.

a-dsc00978.jpg



Grrrr

How am I supposed to get any sleep done here with all these interuptions?

He says its nice and warm

I want my hammock back!

Wonder where I can get a poster....
 
Last edited:

No Idea

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Sep 18, 2010
2,420
0
Dorset
Just seen little one run past....

Broke into an ungainly waddle trying to get there first......

Step kid had arrived.

Guess what...

He likes hammocks too

a-dsc00997.jpg



I think he must have jumped over the house to get there first

...and he nicked my hat!
 

No Idea

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Sep 18, 2010
2,420
0
Dorset
Told Step to go get his own hammock and turfed him out.

He spent some time looking at the beggining of this thread and the next time I needed to go.....

My hammock is down.

His hammock is up.

a-dsc00961.jpg


Hes nicked my hooks!

a-dsc00962.jpg



Ive decided I need an all day bladder.

Myabe I wouldnt have to get pine needles stuck in my feet then either.
 

No Idea

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Sep 18, 2010
2,420
0
Dorset
My Side hurts.

I think my torn muscle and rib should feel better as I had an xray.

It didnt.

Im struggling to get in and out of my hammock.

Mutter, Mutter.....

Learned something today though,

I talked to a nurse. She was lovely, but I did manage to concentrate on some of the stuff she was saying...

I told her I didnt dare cough as it hurts enough that I had blacked out once.

She told me that I should carry on coughing, as if I dont use my cough reflex, the mucus can stay in the lungs and cause a chest infection.

Decided I dont want one of those with the ribs, so Im finding something to lean on and coughing anyhow.

So glad I managed to give up smoking all those years ago.
 

No Idea

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Sep 18, 2010
2,420
0
Dorset
Its getting cold.

I want to set my new setup in the cold.

If it works in cold, I will be happy.

Er.....

I suppose I need to fine tune it a bit first though.
 

BCUK Shop

We have a a number of knives, T-Shirts and other items for sale.

SHOP HERE