Went there today was pretty good.
For the first time ever i made a fire and boiled water and cooked my noodles on one. Truly is a great feeling when you have gathered the materials to make fire, light it then cook using it.
I initially tried using pine resin as tinde, however i could not get it to light this way( i use a ferro rod and my knife) after trying for 20 mins i took out my lighter to light it but it broke. Which turned out to be a good thing as i wanted a ciggy but had no lighter. Then i realised i couldn't get the pine resin lit. So i gathered a pile of bracken and lit that with a spark. Which i'm proud of. Why didn't the pine resin work? What other tinders can i use in the woods? Iknow a few but i want to practice using a lot of different ones with my ferro rod.
Also i tried to make charcloth in my fire but when i opened the tin it was pretty much like burned paper. Why wouldn't this have worked?
Apart from that i learned something new and practiced a skill so i'm happy with today's excursion