Reading Bushcraft Group???

[lupus]

to bad jason, you go to your DO and we will all be chilling down the woods doing bushcrafty things .

 

[Tengu]

I cant come due to work commmitments as usual.

Ill try and make it next time

 

[ganstey]

I can't make this weekend, but as I grew up in Reading I'd be interested in meeting up with you guys at some point.

G

 

[The Joker]

Well just got home.......What a really great weekend Thank you Mark.
And was really great meeting some new faces and of course seeing some old friends.

Thanx everyone for a great weekend.

 

[lupus]

cheers everyone for coming over this weekend . i hope you all had a good time .
it was good to see some new faces(Jon you now have a new study group to Analise, what with knife and door fetishes i think you could write a book on the mentality of bushcrafters):togo:
Pete i hope your tarp was dry before you packed it or it might start to smell was it the Left or right side that got wet

 

[Jonathan W]

Hi fellas. Thanks for a fab weekend, I really enjoyed myself and, perhaps more importantly, I learnt some stuff too. I hope to be invited to future events. A bit thanks and soggy hug to Mark for the invite, tha banock and the hospitality. If Pete could send me the details of his huge, massive, and impressive tarp, I'd be grateful. I've also read that the hamock underblanket has at last found a commercial supplier and will be available soon. That is good news.
Thanks again guys and I hope to see you again.
Jonathan (I really do need to come up with a more imaginative 'handle')

 

[litefoot]

Cheers for the weekend Mark,enjoyed it no end.Just managed to get home before my left hand siezed up completly.Good to see some new (to me)people.
Regards Andy.

 

[andyn]

Was good to catch up guys and meet Andy and Jon too. Gutted I could only get down for the day again.

Mark the Amethyst's are drying out as I type, no idea if they will dry well or not. But will be interesting to try. Saw a couple of Parasols coming up on our way out, about 50m from that back gate on the right as you walk towards it, in the 'ditch' that runs along the track. Really good eating, beat up an egg and brush it over them and coat in toasted breadcrumbs and fry.

See you in a few weeks.

 

[The Joker]

I forgot to say thank you to Mark for my knife strop he made me and for setting up the camp with the parachute, seats and removing the weekends rubbish.

Top man cheers mate

 

[litefoot]

Yes me too,thanks for the knife strop Mark,top work as usual.
Andy.

 

[benp1]

Ditto on everything said so far!

Cheers for the strop Mark and setting up the weekend. Nice to meet more people, was a good meet. Been carving out a bit more of the kuksa last night while watching tv, got a really nice blister coming up on my right hand!

Meant to get a copper or two off you Mark, giving a knife without exchange of shrapnel is bad luck!

I've got some photos to post up, will do so when I get the chance

 

[lupus]

Ben will sort you out some coins when i next see you.i completely forgot on Sunday.
:11doh:

 

[Ratel10mm]

Thanks for a great day out lads. Sorry I was stuck with day only, but at least I made it for more than an hour this time!!

It was nice to see some old faces, & meet new ones. Glad you found us Jon.

ATB
Matt

 

[benp1]

Right - as promised, some pics of the last meet. Sorry its taken so long, just got back from the Lake District and uploaded all the photos at the same time

The communal set up

My set up

Some random shots from where I was perched during the day

Some evening shots

The next day

And some pics of my project – a kuksa

Having been split

The trimmed using my saw and axe

Following some whittling

And finished! It’s a bit rough but I like it like that, still haven’t used it!

 

[benp1]

Wow - having looked at those I've realised how bad they are! Sorry, next time i'll try and be more steady, i guess its because its pretty dark there and the flash doesn't light much up so the exposure times are longer than usual

 

[litefoot]

They look ok to me Ben,bring it all back.I finished my kuksa as well,have look at in the DIY forum.
See you next time Andy.

 

[lupus]

Ben cool pics BUT i think your camera is broken. it makes me look like a fat skinhead wearing green.






















it's all right Ben your camera is working OK i just looked in the mirror

 

[Biddlesby]

Hey guys, I'm in Oxford at the mo so I should be able to pop over to the next meet. Got no kit here (isn't that what bushcraft is all about?) but would be good to get away from the academia for a while .

 

[lupus]

if your not up to much and need a break from the inlaws or screeming kids then i will be having a meet on the weekend between christmas and new year.

pm me if your intrested as allways.


mark

 

[jasons]

if your not up to much and need a break from the inlaws or screeming kids then i will be having a meet on the weekend between christmas and new year.

pm me if your intrested as allways.


mark

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