My Day Out With Fenlander

[leon-b]

well first of all i would like to thanks fenlander for giving me such a fun day, i learnt so much

so heres the pictures

me lighting common reed with a fire steel

common reed alight

me lighting crampball fungus with a firesteel

me blowing cramp ball fungus into a flame

me striking birch bark scrapings with a firesteel

fenlander showing me a shelter

me limbing a branch

me splitting a branch using a baton

me feeding the fire

using my new billy can to boil water

making nettle cordage

sadly the end of the day

 

[Abbe Osram]

Great doing mate, nice that Fenlander took care of you!
cheers
Abbe

 

[leon-b]

i no he taught me loads

 

[Hoodoo]

Well done leon! That Fenlander is a heck of a guy!

 

[leon-b]

im glad british red gave me the challenge because it gave me something to research
normally i dont have a clue where to start

 

[Goose]

So Leon, have you got more or less questions now after your day out?

Looks like an excellent day, can't beleive you got through so much stuff, I will have to go for a full day with Kevin myself if I manage to get down there sometime.

 

[leon-b]

i have less questions now because i think fenlander answered most of them
we also walked around and done a bit of tree id he sowed me ash, hawthorn and a couple others

 

[leon-b]

he also made mint tea from mint leaves it was actually quite nice

 

[British Red]

Leon mate,

I can only say that I hope you are very proud of what you achieved. I hope it gave you som inspiration to try to learn more - maybe fire by friction, or tracking, shelter building or camp cookery.

Were you nervous? I would have been!

Red

 

[maddave]

Looks like you had a full and interesting day Leon. It's always better to learn by doing the stuff rather than reading a book. If you're like me, it tends to be easier to remember if you've done it yourself. Kudos to Fenlander too for taking the time to show you all those useful skills, it just gets better the more you do it. Great pics too

 

[leon-b]

red it has inspired me to learn alot more
i would love to learn fire by friction
maybe some reasearch, some practice and then practice again and i might be able to
thanks leon

 

[BorderReiver]

Looks like you learned a lot Leon.

Nice one Fenlander. :You_Rock_

 

[leon-b]

i did it has inspired me to learn alot more

 

[RAPPLEBY2000]

i've met Kevin loads of times and he's a top bloke!
he was the first to teach me the bowdrill, now i'm teaching it!

i really want to go on one of his courses soon!
he does a good bowdrill kit too!

 

[bogflogger]

Thanks for putting up your pictures Leon.

looks like you had a Good Day out and learned some useful skills too!

So here's a message for both you and Fenlander. :You_Rock_

 

[Matt Weir]

Well done the both of you

Matt.

 

[leon-b]

thanks guys i did have a top day
and kevin is a top bloke
i would love to go on a weekend course but i dont think he is accepting under 16 if he is please tell me

 

[Fenlander]

Hey guys,

Thanks for all the nice comments.

Leon, thank your dad for bluring the pictures to protect our indentity

Maybe we can arrange with your dad that when we exchange books in August, we can have another day out. I can the teach you fire by friction (I feel sure you will pick it up very quickly ) I will post the list of stuff we did and plants and trees we saw, along with a little test for to see how much you learned

 

[leon-b]

ok please post a test i would love to see how much i can remember
yes i would love to meet up again we can arrange that in august
thanks leon

 

[moko]

Well done to the both of you, you should be most chuffed.
I wonder, Leon, how about you learning and practising a skill or method of some part of bushcraft and then, when you reckon youve mastered it, teach us lot. Lots of bods already do it here on this site in the form of tutorials or just photographs with brief captions.....making your first sheath, fire by friction and so on.
One of the best ways to learn is to teach, you'll be surprised. What about that nettel cordage you were doing. I'll bet there arent to many people on this site who have actually made it let alone used it. Why not teach us? I for one would love to know.

Moko