Pictures of Midlands Meet May 2010 ( Pic Heavy Thread)

[MartinK9]

Thanks again to Phil for organising the Meet.

Lovely weather on Friday and again on Sunday

Sat was fun...

As long as it's dry when you pitch up and dry when packing away it's a good Meet

Communal Area:

A bit of Battoning by me for my Hobo stove:

A bit of Wood splitting by Steve for his Jerrycan Fire pit:

Money Shot:

My Set up for the Weekend:

And on leaving:

A Brew, a ciggie and warming my chestnuts:

 

[MartinK9]

Other Peoples Set Ups:

Many thanks once again to everyone old and new for a great weekend..

 

[pwb]

Great pics Martin .

Nice seeing all the different set ups, quite a variety .

 

[MartinK9]

There were more, but my camera batteries ran out

Always good to see how other people set up

 

[Shewie]

Nice pics Martin, looks like another good one

 

[shaggystu]

cracking photo's again martin, well done mate. i shall put mine up in a bit.]

thanks a lot to everyone for a cracking weekend, great to meet friends old and new.

thanks especially to phil for organisi...... facilitating the weekend,
steve for keeping the rain off on saturday,
martin (you know why ),
and of course preper and mrs. snarf for the westons, at least my headache's organic

cheers

stuart

 

[fred gordon]

Thanks for posting the pics. It is great to see other people set-up. Always on the lookout for new ideas.

 

[Twodogs]

Nice one mate , good to see you back to basics
Twodogs

 

[MartinK9]

Nice one mate , good to see you back to basics
Twodogs

I now remember why I have a Lavuu and camp Bed :yikes:

I'm not getting any younger and the ground isn't getting any comfier

 

[silentpaddler]

Looks like you had a fun outing... I'm curious about a couple things..what's your water source?...over here we almost always set up camp beside a lake or river, but I often see UK trip reports that look like you are in the middle
of a forest...
And what is the summer weather like? cooler than here, I'm guessing; we don't often wear boots and long pants this time of year, and by mid-June we're almost naked when we go out on a camping trip...

 

[MartinK9]

Looks like you had a fun outing... I'm curious about a couple things..what's your water source?...over here we almost always set up camp beside a lake or river, but I often see UK trip reports that look like you are in the middle
of a forest...
And what is the summer weather like? cooler than here, I'm guessing; we don't often wear boots and long pants this time of year, and by mid-June we're almost naked when we go out on a camping trip...

Hi Silentpaddler,

This Meet is actually held on a Scout Site, we were set up where the badge is

so there is a tap for fresh water, however due to the rain a few just collected it as it fell from their tarps and boiled that up.

We are still in late spring here, so the weather can fluctuate quite a bit... this weekend was no exception

 

[decorum]

Looks like you had a fun outing...

It was and it gave the batteries a good old charge too

... I'm curious about a couple things..what's your water source?...over here we almost always set up camp beside a lake or river, but I often see UK trip reports that look like you are in the middle
of a forest...

This trip was to a Scout camp site - so water came from a tap/faucet. On Saturday there was (thanks to 'The Curse of Twang Twang') the opportunity to harvest water as it fell. We haven't had much rain recently and if you'd seen the colour of the tree and tarp run-off that Muddy collected :yikes: - it looked like a 'sample' uppy_dog

... And what is the summer weather like? cooler than here, I'm guessing; we don't often wear boots and long pants this time of year, and by mid-June we're almost naked when we go out on a camping trip...

It'll be warmer there .

 

[Radix lecti]

Great Pictures ,looks like a good time was had by all .Thanks for sharing.
Darren

 

[Mesquite]

It was a great meet... totally forgot to get my camera out to take pics :sad6:

Didn't do anything much apart from sit round the fire and relax.
It was good to see new and old faces. Thanks to Phil for facilitating the meet. Can't wait for the next one

 

[woodspirits]

lovely pics martin, wish i could have made it too

 

[TinkyPete]

looks like a great weekend would have loved to have been there but work took precedence hope to see you guys soon.

 

[MartinK9]

Snip>Didn't do anything much apart from sit round the fire and relax.

Nothing wrong with that at all

lovely pics martin, wish i could have made it too

looks like a great weekend would have loved to have been there but work took precedence hope to see you guys soon.

Thanks Gents it was, there'll always be others

 

[Andy2112]

Nice photos Martin, pity i could'nt make it.

 

[Snarf]

Nice photos Martin, pity i could'nt make it.

Its cos you predicted the weather Twang Twang lol and cracking pics Martin, aways a pleasure to see your bush photo's

Soon as the misses gives me her phone, ill put some up on here of what she took.

Snarf

 

[jimbo75]

Nice pics guy's! Had a great time... Loved trying out my new axe! Glad I took some dry Birch & pear from home for the fire (although the usual rc wood was better than usual!) Wolfcrafters fire pan was great, and as far as I know left no trace/ or dirty ash... I have posted some pics on my Blog. Would post them here but I cant work it out, and Im not a full member.
Special thanks to Decorum, and for Cliff (two dogs) for convincing us not to bother going to Scotland, and to go to Norway instead!!
http://jimbobushcraft.blogspot.com/