Rough Close ~ Midlands ~ September'11 Meet.

  • Come along to the amazing Summer Moot (21st July - 2nd August), a festival of bushcrafting and camping in a beautiful woodland PLEASE CLICK HERE for more information.
Many thanks again to Phil for organising.

Lots done this weekend,

Wild food/ Shroom walk.

Net needle making session.

Fire by flint and steel session.

Hammock Set up demo.

I was assisted in burning in a load of Fire bow sets for an upcoming demo:


Chad burning in some Ivy:

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Chad Hand Drill:

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Laurence:

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We managed to get 2 new Twisted Fire starters:

Lee:

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Karl:

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Great to see lots of new and old faces.

Thanks to all that made it. :)
 
Mental note to self when doing the Fire Dance Of Happiness move away from the Paracord holding up Martin's Shelter.

Great meet guys thoroughly enjoyed it. Cheers Phill for organizing it.
 
Yep - good weekend again and the sessions added a new element, giving an opportunity to learn even more stuff than usual (no pics as forgot my camera - and not yet worked out how to download pics from my camera)
 
Great meet... had a really enjoyable time seeing old and new faces around the campfire :) Sadly no pics from me this time as I forgot to bring my camera :o

Thanks to Phil for facilitating it so well as usual and to Wayland for the use of his chute over the communal area :D

As Wayland said the mini workshops worked well and people seemed to enjoy them also. Hopefully they'll become a new addition to future meets, fingers crossed.

As for chiggers... so far just 2 bites but time will tell
 
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Awww guys, we had the most excellent time, thank you, everyone, soooo much for your wonderful reception of the noobs! We've come away with so much inspiration, chuckled at so many good tales overheard at the fire, received much needed and very sensitivly given advice....and lovely momentos which will be used frequently and with fond memories of a first meet. I was glad the sun was smiling on the righteous today for you :)

Your informal workshops were brill, everyone had their own lil revelation moments 'shroom walking and fire starting. Thank you especially for the forebearance shown as I repeatedly performed my amazing spider-on-acid dance and song routine over your guyropes!
 

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