Hello folks: my introduction.
Am I a bush-crafter? No!
So why have I joined BushcraftUK? I am a life long camper and because of this I have embraced a few bush craft practices and hope these crossovers will enable me to contribute and enjoy this forum.
As a youth I was a cadet within St John Ambulance and Norfolk had a particularly vibrant and well run youth and activity section. It was, at the age of 13 I had my first ever experience of camping at the annual Count Cadet Camp. The tents were a mixture of heavy canvas ex-army bell tents (the first one I slept in had the crows foot marking and a date of 1917) and patrol tents. Food was cooked on wood burning altar fires. Toilets were Elsan metal buckets with wooden seats in small canvas toilet tents. Ablutions were in dedicated tents with bowls and cold water. Night time illumination in the group marquee and at key areas of the site was by a selection of Tilley lamps. From day one I was hooked and attended for many years eventually becoming a staff member.
These camps also started my love affair with Tilley and later, other brands of pressure lamps which in turn progressed into stoves. These were all put to good use when organising small family and friends group camps mainly on private land. As I aged I became interested in alcohol and wood burning stoves as well as a more gentle form of lighting, the ubiquitous hurricane lamp.
I continue to camp in my Polish Lavvu tent generally using a Tilley X246B, Dietz No. 90 Hurricane Lamp, a 1927 Primus No.4, a Trangia 25 and an EWM twig burning stove, although I do occasionally mix things up and use different lamps and stoves from my collection.
I use gas lighters, matches and ferrocirium rods to ignite my stoves and lanterns and I use a Mora knife to baton wood and prepare my food. I’m sure there are several other areas where I dip my toes into the bush-crafting pool that haven’t come to mind yet.
Is this enough to entitle me to be a member of this forum? I certainly hope so!
Many thanks for taking the time to read my r ramblings. Regards, Jeremy
Am I a bush-crafter? No!
So why have I joined BushcraftUK? I am a life long camper and because of this I have embraced a few bush craft practices and hope these crossovers will enable me to contribute and enjoy this forum.
As a youth I was a cadet within St John Ambulance and Norfolk had a particularly vibrant and well run youth and activity section. It was, at the age of 13 I had my first ever experience of camping at the annual Count Cadet Camp. The tents were a mixture of heavy canvas ex-army bell tents (the first one I slept in had the crows foot marking and a date of 1917) and patrol tents. Food was cooked on wood burning altar fires. Toilets were Elsan metal buckets with wooden seats in small canvas toilet tents. Ablutions were in dedicated tents with bowls and cold water. Night time illumination in the group marquee and at key areas of the site was by a selection of Tilley lamps. From day one I was hooked and attended for many years eventually becoming a staff member.
These camps also started my love affair with Tilley and later, other brands of pressure lamps which in turn progressed into stoves. These were all put to good use when organising small family and friends group camps mainly on private land. As I aged I became interested in alcohol and wood burning stoves as well as a more gentle form of lighting, the ubiquitous hurricane lamp.
I continue to camp in my Polish Lavvu tent generally using a Tilley X246B, Dietz No. 90 Hurricane Lamp, a 1927 Primus No.4, a Trangia 25 and an EWM twig burning stove, although I do occasionally mix things up and use different lamps and stoves from my collection.
I use gas lighters, matches and ferrocirium rods to ignite my stoves and lanterns and I use a Mora knife to baton wood and prepare my food. I’m sure there are several other areas where I dip my toes into the bush-crafting pool that haven’t come to mind yet.
Is this enough to entitle me to be a member of this forum? I certainly hope so!
Many thanks for taking the time to read my r ramblings. Regards, Jeremy
