March Brockwell meet 19/20

[ex-member Raikey]

ok we having a small comp between us then, but not counting my teaching junk...lol...

you know how much that weighs....hahahahahahahah

booooooooooo........... no more home brew for this 1, bummer, might get some ginger wine smashed ASAP and it might be ready, JUST!!!!!!

we shall see....

ok but whos gonna bring the scales to weigh our kit,....

hahaha,...

i know you!! ,..you'll fill your pockets with all kindsa stuff.....

 

[northumbrian]

Went browsing the charity shops earlier and got a 100% Scottish wool blanket for £2.99. It's a biggy too. Perfect for in my hammock I reckon. I also got a wind-up head torch for under a tenner at Argos. Seems to work pretty well. 1 min winding gives 1 led 90 mins or 3 leds 40 mins. That should save me holding my phone in my mouth while trying to spark a fire, haha. I think all I need now is some paracord and I'll be kitted out.

you jammy bstrd lol i sent my mam out looking in the charity shops everytime she goes down toon.lol

 

[northumbrian]

just pop over for the day if you like mate, the owner would not mind at all im sure.....

ref your offer of the tent thank you very much but i allready have 1 for the boys.....

getting another mat for him to kip on this week.....

if anyone has some dry / seasoned sycamore can they bring it allong as im all out, we can use it for the bow drill.....

chris.

ne probs mate, nice one, but the offer still stands for any of the other mottly crew if they r short of kit , it just needs picking up.

cheers Andrew.

 

[andyc54]

i was going to have to take my back seats out put the roof box on, load the trailer and ask for 10 strong voluntiers to help carry it all

......think i may lose the minimal comp

ok but whos gonna bring the scales to weigh our kit,....

hahaha,...

i know you!! ,..you'll fill your pockets with all kindsa stuff.....

 

[ex-member Raikey]

i was going to have to take my back seats out put the roof box on, load the trailer and ask for 10 strong voluntiers to help carry it all

......think i may lose the minimal comp

ha no sweat matey, we can help with the kit, but you can feed the camels yerself,....

we went crazy and pulled the pikup right over the field to the woods last time,...

but i wanna simulate a decent walk in this time,....

looking forward to it,...

Stu,..

 

[lannyman8]

will bring my scales, i think i can get all my kit in my jacket and day sack....lol

it will be minimal.....hahahahahahahahaha

ok new kit list water x 1, food, stove, fuel, tarp, bunggies + cord, sleeping mat, softey 6, bivvi bag, axe...... DONE!!!!!!!!!

anyway 2/3 of my weight was booz.......

 

[andyc54]

stu if you want a decent walk you can go back and forth to my car to get the gear save the poor camels a job lol

chris the trailers for the booze lol

ps have we got electric hook ups for me tv,laptop,fridge and kettle no point roughing it

 

[gurnoid]

i see my name as disapeared from the list im i still ok to make one in

 

[lannyman8]

stu if you want a decent walk you can go back and forth to my car to get the gear save the poor camels a job lol

chris the trailers for the booze lol

ps have we got electric hook ups for me tv,laptop,fridge and kettle no point roughing it

well if you speek to Stu he might bring his truck with the power invertor exstention cables and solar panals etc etc....

or you could just bring your own mile long cable and plug in at the farm......

 

[lannyman8]

i see my name as disapeared from the list im i still ok to make one in

not to worry old chap, i think the list has gone a bit "Pete Tong"........

lists are all good and well but tend to give a falce reading of how things will realy be, i have had 12 down before and for one reason or another only 3 stayed, me included......lol......

who ever turns up turns up, we will all have a chilled out time and some talking learning etc etc....

WELL LOOKING FORWARD TO IT!!!!!!!!!

 

[andyc54]

well if you speek to Stu he might bring his truck with the power invertor exstention cables and solar panals etc etc....

or you could just bring your own mile long cable and plug in at the farm......

haha good idea about stu and his truck maybe some big spot lights so we can see what we doing in the dark and the xbox so we have something to do lol

cant wait for the weekend to be honest i think it will be my first chance to get a night in the hammock and my new dd tarp and see how cold it is with just a foam camping mat and normal sleeping bag

 

[Chambers]

I would be tempted to ground dwell to use the Bivi bag but if the DD comes, it would be rude not to use it :-D

 

[lannyman8]

ground dwell is the way forward Rich, give it a go you might just like it, you can DD in the summer when its warm and you dont really need the under quilt, will save loads of bulk......

 

[lannyman8]

ok just finished making the ginger wine/beer mix, i hope its ready in time, not sure if i will have enough 16 litres is all i managed...

 

[andyc54]

only 16 litres..... so i take it your not sharing any of your ginger wine then lol

 

[Chambers]

Good point, think Ill dig out the Bivy

 

[lannyman8]

only 16 litres..... so i take it your not sharing any of your ginger wine then lol

depends how crap it tastes................

 

[lannyman8]

Good point, think Ill dig out the Bivy

awesome, we will have a whole little group of us hehehehehehehehehehehehehehe

 

[lannyman8]

Stu, where we thinking of going mate? we still going to use the bit with the brick buliding remains, for the forge and bits??????

 

[ex-member Raikey]

Stu, where we thinking of going mate? we still going to use the bit with the brick buliding remains, for the forge and bits??????

i liked the look of the pine area just West of where we were last time,...

the ground was very spongey with pine needle litter,..

and looked to be drained pretty well too,..