North Meet. Definately On. Confirm if you're interested

[sparks]

hi JoshG
on the last meet the rules on alcohol seemed to be bring a bottle and pass it round the fire

 

[JoshG]

hi JoshG
on the last meet the rules on alcohol seemed to be bring a bottle and pass it round the fire

Sounds like a plan!

 

[outdoorcode]

a cunning plan if ever there was one

Andrew

 

[scruff]

Morning all!

Right update of list as of this morning:

Wayland + 1
Goose
Graham S
led + 1
bloodline
outdoorcode
Razorstrop
Eric Methven
Bumblebee
JimH
scruff + 2
morch + 2
Grooveski
Scout
redcollective
Scally
running bare + 1
Big Geordie
big lizard
bike thing
Spoony + 1
gaz_miggy + 1
JoshG + 2

peds8045?
Simon waites?
Nyayo?

34 defo's, 3 maybe's....and counting.

Blimey there's gonna be more booze on this campsite than in the local! Anyone know how to make a buschcraft optik?

Better bring a measure of temperance too me thinks :sulkoff:

 

[spoony]

hi JoshG
on the last meet the rules on alcohol seemed to be bring a bottle and pass it round the fire

Then my bottle of becks wont go far then what if your not into spirits???

 

[Bumblebee]

"Use, not abuse" is the motto here. Remember we have to be quiet at 10:30 and that a hangover is not very nice to have when trying to learn new things...

Having said that I will bring some whisky myself

 

[spoony]

here here,

 

[JimH]

I should be there from Friday onwards.

I'll be the Viking trying to look like a normal person.

I'm just trying to get Friday off work.

I'll be the normal person who looks like he should be a Viking

See you all there.

Jim.

 

[spoony]

We will prob get there, either late friday or early sat morning

 

[simonthwaites]

Defiantely want to come along but I've double booked myself. Got a meeting for work in Leeds. Will attempt to get from Leeds to site on Saturday night but no promises unfortunately. Depends how long the meeting is!
Sorry!

 

[running bare]

me and the wife will have a tent dont think she will be up for a nite under a tarp. will bring a hammock i got for £3 at a boot sale if someone could kindly show me how to tie the thing to a tree!!make that 2 trees must warn ya awlll its a bit brite apparently it came from mexico. bottle of jack daniels or 2 coming with me.

see you all up there.looking forward to learning lots

tom

:You_Rock_

 

[Emberglow]

I am interested so can you please add me to the list?

 

[outdoorcode]

The more the merrier I'm sure

Andrew

 

[JoshG]

I hope there are plenty of "noobs" at the meet or me and my mate are going to look like stupid kids (well we are I suppose... "look, i have a knife!")

 

[JoshG]

Ooh, I just thought of something. If Eric and other folks are showing newbies like me how to carve properly , should I bring my own choice of wood, or will there be some nice wood to be had from foraging?

 

[scruff]

Emberglow - Hi mate, I've added you no probs. See you there.

Another update of the list as of this morning:

Wayland + 1
Goose
Graham S
led + 1
bloodline
outdoorcode
Razorstrop
Eric Methven
Bumblebee
JimH
scruff + 2
morch + 2
Grooveski
Scout
redcollective
Scally
running bare + 1
Big Geordie
big lizard
bike thing
Spoony + 1
gaz_miggy + 1
JoshG + 2
Emberglow

peds8045?
Simon waites?
Nyayo?

35 defo's, 3 maybe's.

JoshG - >whisper< Hey don't worry I'm not gonna be as seasoned as a few of these other guys and my two mates are pretty green...I'm sure there'll be others too

 

[Razorstrop]

Hi all
was up at Fisherground last week with work , and have a few badly taken photys from my mobile, they are a bit erm poor but if osmeone will tell me how to get them up here i will post them

not as bright as he thinks he is sometimes
Garry

 

[scruff]

Hi all
was up at Fisherground last week with work , and have a few badly taken photys from my mobile, they are a bit erm poor but if osmeone will tell me how to get them up here i will post them

not as bright as he thinks he is sometimes
Garry

can't help wit the pics (i still ain't got round to popping any on) but i am intrigued to see if there's enough trees to hold up all those hammocks!!

if not i'm gonna be emergency tent buying as i've just found out my dome tent i lent to my bro was taken to the glastonbury festival!!!! its not a pretty site now. grrr!

 

[Eric_Methven]

We can still use our hammocks without trees. Take four stout poles about seven feet tall (2x2 from B&Q will do) and lash together in two pairs. Set each pair three and a half metres apart and spread the legs of each pair open. Take a length of polyprop rope and tie a clove hitch over the top end of each pair of legs. Guy the ends down tight so the legs are nice and solid.

Sling your basha/hoochie over the rope that goes between the sets of legs and tie off at the ends. Peg out the sides as normal. Sling your hammock from the legs and jump in. Then get out and retighten the guy lines you've just streched. If you do double lashed guys they won't pull out. Also tie a piece of rope between each of the pairs of legs to stop them splaying out. There should be no excuse for not enjoying a comfortable night in your hammock.

Eric

 

[Grooveski]

Can you make a low pair of supports from two dozen arrows and an old string?

Was way down south this week so I stopped off at a couple of likely looking rock-cuts on the A34 and loaded the boot up with big(6"+) flint nodules so there'll be plenty to play with .
If anyone has spare antler it'd be handy.
..and if you fancy trying knapping and happen to have a pair of safety glasses, bring them along. A party-pack of plasters wouldn't go amiss either.
Eric, you had big new blue nylon tarps. Looked the part for catching rubble. The leftovers of a knapping session aren't friendly and a campsite isn't really the best place to be honest...

BTW folks, I'm pretty poor at this, so it's free-for-all on the who's-teaching-who front. There will be flint though .