Wow ! morning guys , thanks for the comments and interest, what a night didnt sleep until 4.30am , rain put my fire out and most of the night thought i would blow away , i had to meet a mate at 7.00am to borrow a chainsaw , but will have a kip and some grub before doing any of that ! dont worry i was a tree surgeon for 10 years .
Anyway i will try and answer some queries, apart from food for free , the only other book i have read is The Wild Life ,
by John Lewis-Stempel , but having been born and bread on the moor , always being an outdoor guy and having had a great tutor in my father , also what i have picked up since discovering bushcrafting , i have half an idea , as i said before its not a survival thing , its just recent events made me think sod it i will give it a go , if i fail i will be honest , also tell you if the warm bed is too much to resist as on occasions i am sure it will.
I am staying in a clearing which i prepared for my original bushcraft site ,so i have many more luxuries than you can imagine , some of you know my story and have been to the meets , but for those who dont , and one chap asked how did you get there ? I will try and be brief, 6 years ago i was lucky enough , due to bereavement to be offered the job as holiday cottage manager on a beautiful site on Dartmoor , live in , in my wanderings i asked the boss about a pice of woods only accessible by foot across a marsh , that was flooded and hadnt been touched for 30 years, i could see real potential for a bushcraft site , and begged the question , the boss said yes , i worked on and off up there for about 4 years, tracking a digger across the moor for massive drainage and rerouting of water work. after 2 weeks of constant digger work i had done , i made such a mess i burst into tears !
I had to wait 2 years for it to recover , and mother nature did a fab job and it was time to announce my site to the world. With hindsight i went overboard with the things i provided for the bushies , simple bunch , they didnt want quad lifts , massive tents delivered kindling firewood etc etc .
Any way it was a success, but my boss wasnt happy with me spending all of my time up on the site or on the computer, she said she felt neglected and invaded , which led to a big fall out and me leaving , i was devastated nearly finished me
But after a break of me sleeping on a mates sofa, not being able to find a job , wont bore you with that , the boss and i have come to an arrangement that suits us both.
So here i am back .sorry if it sounds jumbled not very tech , but some did ask !