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He is using a worm for the first time and was a bit worried it might try dragging him off the jetty.

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Surprisingly, the fish all ran away and we had to buy fish and chips before hanging our hammocks.

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I love it here.

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We did have an invasion during the night.

Deer prints - and not the 6 inch tall variety.

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They actually walked between the hammocks.

This time the dog didnt even woof.

Maybe she knew there wasnt anything under my hammock.

My biggest found a slug.

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I think he will remember to put his shoes up off the forest floor in future.
 
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I am chuffed that my kids dont make any mess in the forest.

Its important to me, and it seems they feel the same way

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I have told them of the food they can find in the forest....

Seems this place has the edge.

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Time to try our luck with the boat.....

Wasnt very brave at first.

In fact I carefully picked an area to sail in that was only 4 ft deep.

If it sank I could walk home.

Those trees would just have to wait a couple more days.

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We pushed it in.

Opened the sails and it went!

It did just what the book said it would.

I was very relieved!

We still had some leaks and things, but those would get fixed.

Trees, here we come!
 
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The water was coming in here, so we p40ed it and then fibreglassed it in

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and here....

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We decided we needed somewhere to fix the main sheet to...

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and on this side...

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Oh, and here both sides.....

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And this bulkhead had fell off where we accidentally stuffed the mast through it...

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So we were ready to go again.....
 

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Found a new place to put the boat in.....

Worried about all those things left lying around I might drive into....

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oooh look....

Trees!
 

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It was the wifes boyfriends birthday.

She was nagging me to get him something useful.

I got him a length of paracord and a tarp.

After an hour I gave up trying to teach him the knots.

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Finally, he settled down and I could get on with some careful hammock r and d with the kids.

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The wife got grumpy, but then.....

We do call her the Grinch.
 

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Not often I get so nervous I start shaking....

Pushing that boat in for the first time knowing I would be going out of my depth and half a mile from land with both the kids relying on me....

I pushed it in and we took off in a straight line.

We only hit 3 other boats on the way out.

We kept going till we hit the shore on the other side.

We pulled the boat up onto the beach so we could put gaffer tape over the impact mark.

Then we went exploring!

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I was far too jumpy to take advantage of the trees.

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Need to spend more time fidgeting with the boat before I feel safe on it.

We did eat lots of chocolate pizza and some bannanas before the return trip.

My little one assured me chocolater was a good luck thing that would save us sinking.

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GOt back and got the boat out without any of us drowning.

except for not hammocking, it was an excellent trip!
 

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Ended up dog sitting this weekend.

Dont like letting other peoples dogs out of the car on the side of the road, so I actually reversed the car into the garden.

My garden has a steep slope, so I parked it with the handbrake on.

I just got one dog out of the back and was taking it to the front door, when there was a bang.

The car rolled backwards with its tailgate open, ran over one of the kids, the other kid jumped out of the way, it crashed into the gates and pushed them backwards into the boat.

THe run over kid was just shaken.

The second dog shook for about an hour.

The wife grumbled for ages.

Had to hold the car with bricks.

One of the gates had its hinges ripped out of it, the other post was ripped off the wall.

Took me hours to fix it.

Why is my electricscrewdriver always flat when I need it in a hurry.

The wife assured me it wasnt her fault, but......she was there so it had to have been her fault.

The boat lost some more paint. just as well its so thick.

I got the kidt to help put the gates back together.

I left the car till today.

well, that is, I carried on using it witht eh kids jumping out with bricks....

Today, we found the other one in the garden and pulled off its hndbrake cable as thats what broke, and we have just finished switching them over.

We have a fixed car again!

I managed to pinch a chunk of skin out of my thumb.

I tipped new skin by germoline in a hole in mums leg the other day.

she has forbidden me to patch up my thmb until she can get to it.

new skin makes you want to scream.

I think she wants her own back.
 

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Hi Lab 72

I used to work 16 hour shifts 7 days a week for 5 and a half months at a time, then get a fortnight off.

I had to stop when the tendons got ripped out of my wrist in a bizare accident.

I literally wasnt allowed to work any more.

I was suicidal for a while, then got treated for being nuts.

I eventually accepted I wouldnt be able to return to my work, but I still really miss it.

Im now a house husband.

Its me who gets them to school and looks after them when they throw up, and has to cope with the specialists over their disabilities and heart problems.

I see it as the schools job to teach them the theory, and my job to teach them how to use what they have learned. Whatever life decides to throw at them, they need to be able to survive, and more - to thrive. Hence my interest in Bushcraft, among other subjects. I expect them to be able to hit the ground running.

However, its been about 15 years since I last went out for a bender with mates.

Even longer since the last night club.

I have had the kids with me every night since they were born.

Ive done courses in shorthand, law, psychology, sociology, spanish, accountancy, wages....

anything to keep my brains from packing up altogether.

I do love the kids, but sometimes......

Most of the pics I post include the kids as they are taken at weekends or after school when I can work with them.

I usually study during the day.
 

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Er.....

This time we ended up wandering all over the harbour.

This island jumped up and got in our way, so we had to stop.

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Mooring our boat....

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Guess what!!!

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He woke up cold.

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He woke up me, Id just got back to sleep as it was warming up a bit.

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He woke up his brother, who immediately decided he was grumpy,

He got up and pulled the wrong string and flattened the dogs hammock.
 

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I was still using the dogs other hammock to keep my stuff away from the ants.

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The dog got grumpy and jumped into my hammock.....

How come anything thats female knows precicely where to kick you?

It was misty, damp and just above freezing.

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He went back to sleep

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I decided to go empty the dog as she wouldnt let me curl up again.

It was frosty. I suppose thats why my back got cold.

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Pigging kids

Pigging dog

Pigging cold
 
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Legends of the fall

Captain correlis mandolin

Sparticus

How the west was won

Forrest Gump

I Like Hammocks


Epics!!
 

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Hi Resnikov

Zen and the art of hammocks! love it!

Never worked out how to write a book. Been told by several I aught to, mainly over cooking and my never ending stream of disasters.
 
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