Show us your natural shelters.

  • Hey Guest, Early bird pricing on the Summer Moot (29th July - 10th August) available until April 6th, we'd love you to come. PLEASE CLICK HERE to early bird price and get more information.

ddokkum

Forager
Feb 16, 2007
161
0
48
The Netherlands
Winter time in Norway

noorwegenjm38.jpg


noorwegenjm35.jpg
 

oops56

Need to contact Admin...
Sep 14, 2005
399
0
81
proctor vt.
Does this count. We had a storm blow by early this summer . Big cider at the front of my house they are just leaning good shade under them and on a hot day nice and cool they got to go soon dam it also makes the house cool inside
 

Kepis

Bushcrafter through and through
Jul 17, 2005
6,689
2,104
Sussex
Couple of pics of my nephews and a shelter they made up the local woods last year

shelter.jpg


shelter1.jpg


shelter2.jpg
 

Chopper

Native
Sep 24, 2003
1,325
6
59
Kent.
Do you think a Mod could have a go at resizing some of these pics.

It takes about 3 weeks to download this thread, and thats on broadband !
 

Jodie

Native
Aug 25, 2006
1,561
11
54
London
www.google.co.uk
Unfortunately my photos are too chubby for BcUK but if you're on facebook I've
added some of the shelters we built at Woodsmoke to one of the ethnobotany
groups.

Liked the 'branch team hug' :)
 
May 25, 2006
504
7
35
Canada
www.freewebs.com
Only have photos of two debris huts my students built this past summer.

one is a small, one person shelter:
IMG_1078.jpg



The other is a large, three person shelter, with much more insulative material put onto it:
IMG_1163.jpg



My 8 year old cousin wanted to try her hand at sheltermaking, but we couldn't get hold of any leaves or pine needles (open field). But we did have a couple bales of hay, so here was her try at it;

IMG_1055.jpg


All were warm, dry and secure.
 

RobertRogers

Need to contact Admin...
Dec 12, 2006
361
0
62
USA
Nice little dog kennel.
Was that warm?

And,with all that wood why didn't you make a lean-to with a raised bed and a long log fire?

Meant to be small - that way your body heat is all that is needed. Maybe you cannot make a fire, maybe you do not have time or materials to make a larger "dog kennel".

BTW in my area winter typically gets down to minus 30F or thereabouts. This kind of shelter can save you in those conditions.
 

Greg

Full Member
Jul 16, 2006
4,335
259
Pembrokeshire
Meant to be small - that way your body heat is all that is needed. Maybe you cannot make a fire, maybe you do not have time or materials to make a larger "dog kennel".

BTW in my area winter typically gets down to minus 30F or thereabouts. This kind of shelter can save you in those conditions.

You mean -30C! 30F is only 0C..

I know one man kennels are supposed to be small!
You need to learn to take a compliment mate!
 

addo

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Feb 8, 2006
2,485
9
Derbyshire
Quinzi in Norway

norway_and_bits_008.sized.jpg


And inside
norway_and_bits_021.sized.jpg


5 star shelter luxury, mind it took a while to build.
 

spamel

Banned
Feb 15, 2005
6,833
21
48
Silkstone, Blighty!
Resizing some of those pictures would allow some of us without a ten foot wide monitor to see them! Some nice shelters there, but sort the photos out!
 

BCUK Shop

We have a a number of knives, T-Shirts and other items for sale.

SHOP HERE