Subtly Ad Hominem?
It was said a little tongue in cheek.
Obviously you have the impression, from the wilds of Kent, that my latest excitement over Cinch! pop up tents indicates I am an armchair Bushcrafter. Not so, I spend more time than most under a tarp in the woods. My good friend who has lived and worked in the woods since the age of 14 is also excited about getting his Cinch pop up tent. "To each there is a season, a time for war, a time for peace, a time to rough it and a time for pop up convenience." A little poetic license used there but I wasn't going to look it up as I don't like Google, don't drink and don't have an easy chair, oh and I'm currently prepping to disappear off into the woods again.
I am also somewhat widely travelled and though I haven't seen the Northern Lights from under unpolluted skies I have seen them from Space.
As for Ray Mears, I have it on high authority that he likes nothing more, when hunting down his next meat supply, to pop into McDs and grab a big juicy 1/4lb Cheese Burger. How do you think he got his lean outdoorsy physique, it isn't from munching on Caribou?
I hope you make it to the Moot, you sound like a good laugh and have skills to share. Oh and bring some wine and a comfy chair to the NC, we already have internet.
I'm happy to accept you are not a leather craftsmen in the making and extend my respect for your backwoods credentials.
All the best
K
