Hello all,
Well, it's been some time. In between Spain, work and other misadventures I've found myself reconnected with my lost love for the bush. Bushcraftuk was a major part of me for some time, some time ago, it is even said that I would have done well in school, had it not been for Tony et al. I like to give him some of the blame, too. It only seems fair.
Anyway. A year ago my father bought 9 acres of ancient woodland, mainly comprised of oak, willow, hazel, ash, hawthorn and rowan, also pine and larch. Unfortunately there is no birch. We've set up camp in an old quarry, which has turned into a beautiful meadow-like "dip", with an oak cabin. It took six months to transform the said quarry from a bog with old tractor bits, to a beautiful, dry spot, which is now bathed in bluebells. There are 7 pine rounds surrounding a fire bowl (like an African "boma") to one side, a "pond" (which actually goes down 5+ meters), three enormous oaks in the middle, and the cabin nestled into the cliff face on the far side. The rest is just dense woodland. You can imagine what I think. Enough to make a bushcrafter weep.
I find myself there every 2 weeks whenever I'm back in Cardiff.
So. Two things. I plan a moot, if this complies with the rules. I would love to see some of the guys I met a few years ago, put some faces to names again, but obviously it would have to be limited with numbers. I'd say 10. It would be for about November. A long weekend of bushcrafting. I start a job in Valencia in June, so I'm away for a while. Let's see who's interested. Is this okay Tony?
You would have noticed I've put in bold the trees listed above. We're trying to learn as much as we can about forestry, and it's a complicated process. Does anyone have any interesting facts, uses, ideas etc about/of the listed trees? Medicinal? Practical? Foodical? (you understood).
Look forward to hearing some suggestions and hearing from you!
Cheers,
Jake
Well, it's been some time. In between Spain, work and other misadventures I've found myself reconnected with my lost love for the bush. Bushcraftuk was a major part of me for some time, some time ago, it is even said that I would have done well in school, had it not been for Tony et al. I like to give him some of the blame, too. It only seems fair.
Anyway. A year ago my father bought 9 acres of ancient woodland, mainly comprised of oak, willow, hazel, ash, hawthorn and rowan, also pine and larch. Unfortunately there is no birch. We've set up camp in an old quarry, which has turned into a beautiful meadow-like "dip", with an oak cabin. It took six months to transform the said quarry from a bog with old tractor bits, to a beautiful, dry spot, which is now bathed in bluebells. There are 7 pine rounds surrounding a fire bowl (like an African "boma") to one side, a "pond" (which actually goes down 5+ meters), three enormous oaks in the middle, and the cabin nestled into the cliff face on the far side. The rest is just dense woodland. You can imagine what I think. Enough to make a bushcrafter weep.
I find myself there every 2 weeks whenever I'm back in Cardiff.
So. Two things. I plan a moot, if this complies with the rules. I would love to see some of the guys I met a few years ago, put some faces to names again, but obviously it would have to be limited with numbers. I'd say 10. It would be for about November. A long weekend of bushcrafting. I start a job in Valencia in June, so I'm away for a while. Let's see who's interested. Is this okay Tony?
You would have noticed I've put in bold the trees listed above. We're trying to learn as much as we can about forestry, and it's a complicated process. Does anyone have any interesting facts, uses, ideas etc about/of the listed trees? Medicinal? Practical? Foodical? (you understood).
Look forward to hearing some suggestions and hearing from you!
Cheers,
Jake
