This past saturday myself, i camp @ butlins and Teepee had a wee get together up my permission campsite
Myself
and I camp @ butlins
Left my house at approx 10:00hrs
its about an hour and a little bit walk to the permission from mine
it cuts through the village i went to lower school (Sutton for any of you who are local to me)
The school has grown since i attended it 25 yrs back
along the side of the road leading to the permission is almost a hedge of Rosebay willow herb
we finally reached our goal
by which time i was sweating like a fat man in a cake shop and was in desperate need of rehydration
so of course we stuck the kettle on-as an aside having a meths stove worked really well it meant we could brew up immediately rather than having to faff about making the fire whilst desperate for a brew
once we were suitably refreshed i put up my shelter-using a Dutch army poncho and a space blanket tarp to experiment if the reflective tarp had any merit (it did a bit but i suspect i did not have it close enough to the fire)
Casa Del Tanith
then between us myself and Pete set up his latest bushsy purchase a big tarp from ebay
Butlin's Bedfordshire resort
After that it was time to break out the outdoor axe and make us a fire
a brief while spent chopping produced all the fuel we need to start the fire
and with a little tinder card, some pine cones and some fat wood as the core one match lit this beauty
So of course we put the kettle back on over it
Shortly after the kettle went on Teepee arrived
Pete decided to knock up some bannock he had preprepared -bannock with salami herbs and olives his first bannock and very tasty it was too
Does everyone remember the stoneage britain episode of RM's Bushcraft series where he cooks the deer liver directly on the coals? well this has been on my to try out list for some time and we gave it a go this weekend
Pete was a little suprised when i did this he thought i was using a figure of speech when i said whack it on the fire
cooked lovely and went well with some more bannock
Teepee had brought a small selection of beverages....
so some socialising later we decided it was food time
pete was in charge of the rice and veg
first he added the assorted veg to the pan and fried it up a bit
then added the rice and water to infuse with the flavours and generally become very tasty
mean while i fried some chorizo
Before adding the secret ingredient-VENISON nom nom nom nom
Teepee sorted the tiger loaf accompaniment
we all feasted well
we had some mince pies as a dessert/supper later on
we then put a decent dent in the mini bar thanks to Teepee's erm interesting cocktails shall we call them? vodka with coconut chocolate soya milk whilst not perhaps the most appetising of names is surprisingly tasty
(no pics of those you will be glad to hear)
later it was time for bed so i sorted out my wee small bed warmer AKA handwarmer slung in the bottom of my bag
these things throw out a reasonable heat output enough to make the bag a little cosier when you get in
We sorted the fire into a long log fire lay
before crashing out about 00:30/01:00hrs
i woke only once at around 07:45 and decided to have a bit more of a lie in as a treat-Pete informs me he woke a couple of times in the night and added some more logs to the fire
waking at approx 08:45 Teepee and Pete were already awake and i even got a fresh coffee brought to me in my sleeping bag (nice one teepee you are welcome any time mate)
the water had been boiled on a swedish candle which unfortunately i missed as i was asleep but i saw the remnants being added to the fire
Teepee and Pete had some toast using kebab skewers to suspend the tiger loaf over the coals
we all had some bacon tortilla warps before packing up, Pete chose to walk back and i got a lift with Teepee
The new spot within the permission is much better its further in so not as visible to dog walkers which is a plus, it also has an oak tree over looking our pitch which is great in my opinion and there is a crab apple tree lurking nearby too
Hope you enjoyed the photo's as much as we enjoyed the night out
Myself
and I camp @ butlins
Left my house at approx 10:00hrs
its about an hour and a little bit walk to the permission from mine
it cuts through the village i went to lower school (Sutton for any of you who are local to me)
The school has grown since i attended it 25 yrs back
along the side of the road leading to the permission is almost a hedge of Rosebay willow herb
we finally reached our goal
by which time i was sweating like a fat man in a cake shop and was in desperate need of rehydration
so of course we stuck the kettle on-as an aside having a meths stove worked really well it meant we could brew up immediately rather than having to faff about making the fire whilst desperate for a brew
once we were suitably refreshed i put up my shelter-using a Dutch army poncho and a space blanket tarp to experiment if the reflective tarp had any merit (it did a bit but i suspect i did not have it close enough to the fire)
Casa Del Tanith
then between us myself and Pete set up his latest bushsy purchase a big tarp from ebay
Butlin's Bedfordshire resort
After that it was time to break out the outdoor axe and make us a fire
a brief while spent chopping produced all the fuel we need to start the fire
and with a little tinder card, some pine cones and some fat wood as the core one match lit this beauty
So of course we put the kettle back on over it
Shortly after the kettle went on Teepee arrived
Pete decided to knock up some bannock he had preprepared -bannock with salami herbs and olives his first bannock and very tasty it was too
Does everyone remember the stoneage britain episode of RM's Bushcraft series where he cooks the deer liver directly on the coals? well this has been on my to try out list for some time and we gave it a go this weekend
Pete was a little suprised when i did this he thought i was using a figure of speech when i said whack it on the fire
cooked lovely and went well with some more bannock
Teepee had brought a small selection of beverages....
so some socialising later we decided it was food time
pete was in charge of the rice and veg
first he added the assorted veg to the pan and fried it up a bit
then added the rice and water to infuse with the flavours and generally become very tasty
mean while i fried some chorizo
Before adding the secret ingredient-VENISON nom nom nom nom
Teepee sorted the tiger loaf accompaniment
we all feasted well
we had some mince pies as a dessert/supper later on
we then put a decent dent in the mini bar thanks to Teepee's erm interesting cocktails shall we call them? vodka with coconut chocolate soya milk whilst not perhaps the most appetising of names is surprisingly tasty
(no pics of those you will be glad to hear)
later it was time for bed so i sorted out my wee small bed warmer AKA handwarmer slung in the bottom of my bag
these things throw out a reasonable heat output enough to make the bag a little cosier when you get in
We sorted the fire into a long log fire lay
before crashing out about 00:30/01:00hrs
i woke only once at around 07:45 and decided to have a bit more of a lie in as a treat-Pete informs me he woke a couple of times in the night and added some more logs to the fire
waking at approx 08:45 Teepee and Pete were already awake and i even got a fresh coffee brought to me in my sleeping bag (nice one teepee you are welcome any time mate
)the water had been boiled on a swedish candle which unfortunately i missed as i was asleep but i saw the remnants being added to the fire
Teepee and Pete had some toast using kebab skewers to suspend the tiger loaf over the coals
we all had some bacon tortilla warps before packing up, Pete chose to walk back and i got a lift with Teepee
The new spot within the permission is much better its further in so not as visible to dog walkers which is a plus, it also has an oak tree over looking our pitch which is great in my opinion and there is a crab apple tree lurking nearby too
Hope you enjoyed the photo's as much as we enjoyed the night out
