N.E Scotland 2nd meetup

[kiltedpict]

Hi guys. Have been granted AL from work that weekend and more importantly, permission from SWMBO so can confirm my attendance.

Although not well practiced with it yet, assuming weather forecast ok I could bring a telescope if others would be interested?

Whittling, cordage and story telling all sound good.

Looking forward to it already....

KP

 

[Dreadhead]

Youv peaked my interest, but won't be sure until closer to the date

 

[Chance]

I'd be interested in bow-making

Atlatls? If we're not fussy, bamboo and duck tape will do for darts.
Because one can be made with little more than a couple of cuts to a stick, it's less frustrating than bowyery when your masterpiece snaps 90% of the way through its hand-crafting.

 

[v-ness]

We're considering it too, just depends on work.
I wont really know til a bit closer to the time if we can make it, but would be fab to go to another meet

Cheers
Ness

 

[Pandabean]

Righty-o, the Friday is booked off.

 

[warthog]

Sorry wont be able to make the meet as just had back surgery, and wont be fit for a while, John

 

[kiltedpict]

Get well soon mate !

 

[Sanji]

Sadly! I'll have to pull out since travelling to USA for a month at that time (have to visit the fiancee). Hopefully after i come back i`ll be doing some bikepaking with new bike build! Hope you all have fun and wish you all the best

 

[Pandabean]

Warthog, hope you get better soon.

 

[CBJ]

Hey folks ,


Good to see that there is a lot of interest for this meet. If it is anything like last time it will be great.

I am going down to Haddo in a couple of weeks so I will get some pics and sort out and finalize all the little details.

After having a chat with Dingus, I will be planning to arrange a meet seperatly for a bow making course if there is enough interest and we can get an instructer, As it will take a full 2 days.

Chance: Atlatls sound great mate, always wanted to make one but never got around to it


Warthog: Get well soon mate, hopefully you will get to the next one.

Sanji: Thanks mate. Hope you have a good time out int the states.

KP: great you can make it for the full weekend.

Again folks could you please confirm as soon as you know you can make it.(makes it a bit easier to keep track of things).

Starting to really look forward to this one.


Oh also if anybody needs directions let me know

Craig

 

[Pandabean]

Hi craig. Sounds good for the bow making. Would this be with lawrence from bv?
I may need directions for the exact place. Shouldnt take me long to get there.

 

[Chance]

Chance: Atlatls sound great mate, always wanted to make one but never got around to it

Whatever implied permission I had assumed has recently been revoked. Testes!
Perhaps, now that we're building a head of steam, we'll start to meet more regularly and less formally.

CBJ, if I can manage the three cuts that make an atlatl, I know that you'll have it mastered in no time. The only 'trick' involved is to ensure that your dart is whippy enough.

Until you get into weights, at which point a certain amount of magic seems to be required.

 

[CBJ]

Hi folks just been to Haddo with P.D.B and managed to pick a real nice spot for us to have our camp.

Here are a few pics.

( Pic from the car park at 10 this morning)

(P.D.B has used this spot when hes teaching so there is a fire area already there.

As I said it is a real nice spot that is fenced off from the path. There is an abundance of material that we can use to build shelters etc and also there is no end of wood for the fire.

Lots of Birch polypore that we can collect, wildlife to spot and if we have clear nights we can do a bit of star spotting etc.

More info to follow....

Pandabean: Yeah mate hopefully Lawrence would be ok to do it but I will have to get in touch and find out ( PM inbound)

Chance: Sorry to hear that mate (PM inbound)

If anybody has any questions or needs any info either send me a PM or post here and I will get back to you ASAP

Thanks

Craig
(trying to fix pics)

 

[Ironside]

Excellent pics, looking forward to the weekend

 

[kiltedpict]

Me too.. Getting a Dutch oven kit (oven, skillet and sandwich toaster thing) from Ronnie Sunshines for my birthday so looking forward to using it.

KP

 

[jaffa cake]

hi

i may not post a lot but i am a serial lurker

will there be room for newbie ? have only been on courses with bv and wild camped with my daughter ( am now abandoned as she has gone to uni ) we practise a lot of bushcraft skills so it would be great to meet up with like minded folk and i should be able to make the whole weekend if welcome

thanks

i have done birch tapping and being resouseful have used a catheter bag to collect it in a great sterile enviroment ( yes it was unused !! the hospital where i worked was throwing them out ..magic )

 

[charleslockerbie]

Hi jaffa cake,

Yes of course you would be welcome. Im sure you will have a great time. You dont sound that much of a newbie to me tho.

 

[Osprey]

Hi All
I'm still up for this, I can manage the Saturday, but still don't know about the Friday and Sunday. Looking forward to meeting some other bushcrafters, having never been to a 'meet' before !

 

[charleslockerbie]

Good to hear Osprey, look forward to meeting you.

 

[Osprey]

Thanks Charleslockerbie ! Ther seem to be a fair number of us in this neck of the woods, it will be good to meet up and share some skills.