Dog Hammock,
"hello, Mr Sugar, yes i'd like to make you a proposition"
hahah
nearly as good as my "Shed Slippers"
"hello, Mr Sugar, yes i'd like to make you a proposition"
hahah
nearly as good as my "Shed Slippers"
I like Hammocks.
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wind for the kite ?...nope...pray tell sir.
edit.....no wind in Dorset so you got it from another county ! ha !
edit.....no wind in Dorset so you got it from another county ! ha !
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the all-round entertainment package - History/Biography, DIY, Comedy, Geography and Quiz! Really excellent thread NI 
Congratulations to Raikey !
Yep. We drove to Mt Snowdon and climbed it so we could fly our kite because there was no wind in Dorset and then had to drive half the way back the same day to find some trees for our hammocks.
Yep. We drove to Mt Snowdon and climbed it so we could fly our kite because there was no wind in Dorset and then had to drive half the way back the same day to find some trees for our hammocks.
i,ve PM'd you the adress i want my prize sending to,...
ha!
Southey,..that is very reminicent of uncle Ray int it?
Thank you Telweb
Hi Southey......er...Ray Mears? Me? I wish. Hes probably got some money. Im skint.
Hi Bushwacker...Adrian Chilles? ......er....havent heard of him.
Ive always done my own thing thinking I was the only one who did this.....I saw the occasional Ray Mears in some remote spot on TV, but didnt realise there was any happening here. This site was a real surprise when I found it a couple of weeks ago.
Hi Southey......er...Ray Mears? Me? I wish. Hes probably got some money. Im skint.
Hi Bushwacker...Adrian Chilles? ......er....havent heard of him.
Ive always done my own thing thinking I was the only one who did this.....I saw the occasional Ray Mears in some remote spot on TV, but didnt realise there was any happening here. This site was a real surprise when I found it a couple of weeks ago.
It was freezing.
I had flu.
The kids were bouncing off the walls and the dog was bored.
Found this wood with a river running through it and under the slipway main road.
Made camp and let the kids go....
I curled up for a couple of days with 3 sleeping bags and let them get on with it.
Dog slept nearly as much as me.
Food was a crate of pies, beans, co co pops and lemonade, all ate cold.
Preffered my co co pops with milk, but, wasnt worth the effort of going to get some.
Had to go home when the kids managed to soak all the clothes we bought - they had a huge pile..
They chalked this up as the best weekends camping for ages !
I got some rest. Not exactly peace and quiet with the kids as well as the main road.....
I had flu.
The kids were bouncing off the walls and the dog was bored.
Found this wood with a river running through it and under the slipway main road.
Made camp and let the kids go....
I curled up for a couple of days with 3 sleeping bags and let them get on with it.
Dog slept nearly as much as me.
Food was a crate of pies, beans, co co pops and lemonade, all ate cold.
Preffered my co co pops with milk, but, wasnt worth the effort of going to get some.
Had to go home when the kids managed to soak all the clothes we bought - they had a huge pile..
They chalked this up as the best weekends camping for ages !
I got some rest. Not exactly peace and quiet with the kids as well as the main road.....
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I had found a big book on animals that had all the tracks in it.
While we were there the kids found the trails of a water buffallo, a whole herd of gazelles some cat fish and an elephant.
I am pretty sure the water buffallo were some heiffers that escaped from a field some time earlier, the gazelles were deer prints, no idea how they found catfish prints, but they got thumped over the elephant prints.
While we were there the kids found the trails of a water buffallo, a whole herd of gazelles some cat fish and an elephant.
I am pretty sure the water buffallo were some heiffers that escaped from a field some time earlier, the gazelles were deer prints, no idea how they found catfish prints, but they got thumped over the elephant prints.
We went out and set up in a pine forest.
It was really quiet.
There was a thick carpet of pine needles and no sound.
It was also dark in there.
I was happy as I didnt feel half dead.
Well....
That was until about 4am, when it decided to pour down.
The water was running down the outside of the trees and sheeting onto me.
It hadnt occurrred to me to put up a tarp by then.
We all got drenched.
Then it stopped raining and the temp plummeted as the clouds all cleared off.
We packed up, but it took ages to get out of the forest as we rode in on our bikes and had no lights.
We all ended up reaching the car just after dawn and sitting there shaking for a good half an hour with the heater on full.
No Idea why I thought the sleeping bags would be waterproof, or that the trees would keep the rain off.
Went and got some tarps the following week.
The kids decided they didnt like that forest, so we havent been back since.
It was really quiet.
There was a thick carpet of pine needles and no sound.
It was also dark in there.
I was happy as I didnt feel half dead.
Well....
That was until about 4am, when it decided to pour down.
The water was running down the outside of the trees and sheeting onto me.
It hadnt occurrred to me to put up a tarp by then.
We all got drenched.
Then it stopped raining and the temp plummeted as the clouds all cleared off.
We packed up, but it took ages to get out of the forest as we rode in on our bikes and had no lights.
We all ended up reaching the car just after dawn and sitting there shaking for a good half an hour with the heater on full.
No Idea why I thought the sleeping bags would be waterproof, or that the trees would keep the rain off.
Went and got some tarps the following week.
The kids decided they didnt like that forest, so we havent been back since.
I had just set this all up with my new tarp and was feeling very happy.
Until I discovered I had set up on an ants nest.
They were everywhere!
The kids had set up a little way away with the dog and were fine.
They told everyone for the next week or so about daddy running around in the forest screaching at the ants.
They didnt think the ants would understand english, let alone daddyish.
I had nightmares for weeks over them.
I decided to make sure I dont put my hammock or bergen or anything else on the forest floor again.
I even nicked the dogs old string hammock so I could put my stuff in it and get it all up off the ground.
They still give me the heebee jeebies just thinking about them.
Until I discovered I had set up on an ants nest.
They were everywhere!
The kids had set up a little way away with the dog and were fine.
They told everyone for the next week or so about daddy running around in the forest screaching at the ants.
They didnt think the ants would understand english, let alone daddyish.
I had nightmares for weeks over them.
I decided to make sure I dont put my hammock or bergen or anything else on the forest floor again.
I even nicked the dogs old string hammock so I could put my stuff in it and get it all up off the ground.
They still give me the heebee jeebies just thinking about them.
