Ray Mears - as off topic as you like :)
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I think format wise he could easily fit into regular slots on Countryfile but the problem would be him being available to film week in week out all year round and his needing to be off for weeks on end to do is other stuff.
What I could see him fitting in with would be guest slots on Springwatch/Autumnwatch, though RM and Bill Oddie both have a habit of breaking into hearty laughing, together they may just scare off the local wildlife.
While we're off subject:
What make are his:
I need the above items as quickly as possible.
What make are his:
- Trousers
- Shirt
- Hat
- Knife
- Socks
- Boots
- The DSLR he was using
- Undies
- Hair gel
- Billy can
- Tea bags
I need the above items as quickly as possible.
I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure.
Aldi sell a wonderful bag of mixed nuts.
Bodge
Aldi sell a wonderful bag of mixed nuts.
Bodge
Back in the day, I was asked by RM (then a slim chap known as Raymond)what I thought of the (then) new Wilkie Survival knife...I slagged it off as over complicated with a cr*ppy ally nut on a steel thread that stripped as you looked at it.....I then found out RM had designed it
The next knife he designs was the Woodlaw Bushy!
Can I claim I inspired RM?
The next knife he designs was the Woodlaw Bushy!
Can I claim I inspired RM?
bodge, where did you get those biscut/bread pieces from that your lad most kindly shared with everyone at the windermere meet?
Ah ah thats where they went is it.
they would be pogen krisprolls from Waitrose but I think you can get them from most supers.
http://www.foodservicedirect.com/index.cfm/S/388/clid/2191/N/111293/Pogen_Krisp_Rolls.htm
link is for the photo.
Bodge
The Real Heroes of Telemark doesn't get discussed very often. Shamefully, the Bloody Bodge-up Company have still not released the series on DVD in a crystal clear format. Ray went out there and pretended he could ski, I have it on good authority that his telemark skiing leaves a lot to be desired! All the same, he opened up a whole new avenue of survivalism, a brand new topic on the subject and a story I was not that familiar with. te scenery was breathtaking, the skills were pretty good and to have everyday guys basically running the show interspersed with Rays' little tips and voiceovers, it made excellent viewing.
Last year, I met Ray. He's a decent guy, no matter what I may think of his recent TV series. I'd like to think that he is a big enough man (save the fat jokes please!) to take any criticism in his stride with regards to his programmes. To be fair, the rest of his stuff has been of such a high standard that anything less than his norm was gonna get ripped apart straight away.
Of the telemark series, he said that he really wanted to pay tribute to these men who had basically halted Germanys' production of heavy water and denied Hitler The Bomb. (That's BcUK getting flagged by the FBI now!) He said he needed to make the programme before the rest of the team started to drop like flies, as one or two guys had already succumbed to old age. When he was told that there wouldn't be any interest, he said that if the BBC wouldn't make it, he'd go elsewhere to make it and never work for the BBC again. They let him make the programme and it was well recieved. Something makes me think that Ray should get up on the soap box against the fuel prices! Anyway, he made it and a few weeks after filming, the next Hero passed away. These guys really were heroes, to live in such conditions with little food to keep them going, under threat of being found by the Germans and with no immediate back up if the proverbial hit the fan, I have the most unbelievable respect for those guys. And also to Ray for having the balls to stand up to some short sighted big wig at the Bloody Bodge-up Company who didn't think it would do well.
Last year, I met Ray. He's a decent guy, no matter what I may think of his recent TV series. I'd like to think that he is a big enough man (save the fat jokes please!) to take any criticism in his stride with regards to his programmes. To be fair, the rest of his stuff has been of such a high standard that anything less than his norm was gonna get ripped apart straight away.
Of the telemark series, he said that he really wanted to pay tribute to these men who had basically halted Germanys' production of heavy water and denied Hitler The Bomb. (That's BcUK getting flagged by the FBI now!) He said he needed to make the programme before the rest of the team started to drop like flies, as one or two guys had already succumbed to old age. When he was told that there wouldn't be any interest, he said that if the BBC wouldn't make it, he'd go elsewhere to make it and never work for the BBC again. They let him make the programme and it was well recieved. Something makes me think that Ray should get up on the soap box against the fuel prices! Anyway, he made it and a few weeks after filming, the next Hero passed away. These guys really were heroes, to live in such conditions with little food to keep them going, under threat of being found by the Germans and with no immediate back up if the proverbial hit the fan, I have the most unbelievable respect for those guys. And also to Ray for having the balls to stand up to some short sighted big wig at the Bloody Bodge-up Company who didn't think it would do well.
Back in the day, I was asked by RM (then a slim chap known as Raymond)what I thought of the (then) new Wilkie Survival knife...I slagged it off as over complicated with a cr*ppy ally nut on a steel thread that stripped as you looked at it.....I then found out RM had designed it
The next knife he designs was the Woodlaw Bushy!
Can I claim I inspired RM?
Nope! I spoke to Ray about this when I met him, eds will back me up on this one as he was there. Ray said he is gonna write a book one day showing the knife he designed, which is not the knife patented under his name online! I believe that the bells and whistles were added after the fact to give it that "Oooo, shiney!" factor. ray said we will see it one day, and wouldn't let on to the story behind it. He had me intrigued somewhat!
Ray Mears was once a collegiate basketball coach at Wittenburg University and the University of Tennessee.
Fact!
Fact!
Surely he would then recycle them as lube in the bearing block in a bow drill set!
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The best line from that report from Ray is this:
"I think I have seen an anus at times."
I'm not making it up, read the post!
"I think I have seen an anus at times."
I'm not making it up, read the post!
I like Ray Mears, he's fun for Americans like me to try to imitate. Not as easy as Monty Python (But how do you know she's a witch?), Ray is much more subtle. He does seem squared away in the bush and I learn something new all the time watching is shows.
The term Bushcraft is kind of funny. A bunch of guys out in the middle of nowhere frying bacon on sticks, cooking out of old coffee cans, sleeping under blankets, hopping trains, riding to the next town... I'm sorry those are hobo's. My mistake. Mac
The term Bushcraft is kind of funny. A bunch of guys out in the middle of nowhere frying bacon on sticks, cooking out of old coffee cans, sleeping under blankets, hopping trains, riding to the next town... I'm sorry those are hobo's. My mistake. Mac
The best line from that report from Ray is this:
"I think I have seen an anus at times."
I'm not making it up, read the post!
Thing is Spam, it had to be you that saw it!!!
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