Skill sharing weekend. March 12th, 13th, 14th, 2010
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Paid a wee visit to Comrie today with Locum76, nice sunny weather with a wee bit of a breeze.
It was a great chance to see things "live" and meet some of the gang from on here. In fact, I met so many folk there I was losing track of who's who.
I'd just like to say thanks and sorry to everyone who had to put up with me asking "What's this do?", "Why?", "What's that?" and many other questions. I got great advice and a real eye opener into bushcraft things.
I'll leave it to the weekenders there at the moment to tell you more once they're online.
A huge pat on the bag to Toddy for getting this off the ground, and for folks who never made it this time, next time it's a must.
Many thanks to Locum76 for taking me there and bringing me back, cheers mate, I had a great day today.
Edited to add;
Treacle the dog is working his way through the reindeer bones with gusto!!
It was a great chance to see things "live" and meet some of the gang from on here. In fact, I met so many folk there I was losing track of who's who.
I'd just like to say thanks and sorry to everyone who had to put up with me asking "What's this do?", "Why?", "What's that?" and many other questions. I got great advice and a real eye opener into bushcraft things.
I'll leave it to the weekenders there at the moment to tell you more once they're online.
A huge pat on the bag to Toddy for getting this off the ground, and for folks who never made it this time, next time it's a must.
Many thanks to Locum76 for taking me there and bringing me back, cheers mate, I had a great day today.
Edited to add;
Treacle the dog is working his way through the reindeer bones with gusto!!
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*grumble grumble stuck in saudi can't go grumble grumble*
Hope everyone has fun, wish I was there.
Hope everyone has fun, wish I was there.
A huge thank you from Chris and me to Toddy for all her hard work and especially from Chris for helping him to make his mother a bracelet for Mother's Day
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Just got back in from Comriecroft, what a wonderful weekend and some wonderful cracking funny characters, It must be a once a year meet for all the lunatics in Scotland to live in a field just to give the rest of civilization a break for a weekend.
Of course many thanks to Mary and here wee assistants (you know who you are) for setting up the camp for everyone for when we arrived.
Special thanks for Our Wee hobbit friend Stuart F who clearly lives in a shed building and experimenting with materials all year round and only comes out for sunshine once a year at Comriecroft. Thanks for all your help and patience mate, it was appreciated by Jason and myself (P.S MY FISHHOOK WAS CLEARLY BETTER THAN HIS AND I COULD LAND MOBY DICK WITH IT!!!! LOL)
Also enjoyed watching our 2 resident blacksmiths bashing metals and kidding on they knew what they were doing, whilst working us all to death on the air bellows, i need a rest know.
Also had a good Saturday night round the camp fire with all the boys discussing random topics from rolling sheep across cattle grids to Stuart and Tams past glories as punk rockers.
We had a great time at the meet and more importantly, it being a skill sharing weekend i would like to thank everyone who gave their time and knowledge and for the humble way in which they shared it with us slightly stupid and cack handed students...
All the best
Col (The Bushcraftuk pin up boy -and thats bad cause im right ugly - guess what the rest look like? yep its not pretty - IS IT GAZ!!!!!!)
Of course many thanks to Mary and here wee assistants (you know who you are) for setting up the camp for everyone for when we arrived.
Special thanks for Our Wee hobbit friend Stuart F who clearly lives in a shed building and experimenting with materials all year round and only comes out for sunshine once a year at Comriecroft. Thanks for all your help and patience mate, it was appreciated by Jason and myself (P.S MY FISHHOOK WAS CLEARLY BETTER THAN HIS AND I COULD LAND MOBY DICK WITH IT!!!! LOL)
Also enjoyed watching our 2 resident blacksmiths bashing metals and kidding on they knew what they were doing, whilst working us all to death on the air bellows, i need a rest know.
Also had a good Saturday night round the camp fire with all the boys discussing random topics from rolling sheep across cattle grids to Stuart and Tams past glories as punk rockers.
We had a great time at the meet and more importantly, it being a skill sharing weekend i would like to thank everyone who gave their time and knowledge and for the humble way in which they shared it with us slightly stupid and cack handed students...
All the best
Col (The Bushcraftuk pin up boy -and thats bad cause im right ugly - guess what the rest look like? yep its not pretty - IS IT GAZ!!!!!!)
First pic of the weekend and no people in it ! - an archery tableau. Lots of new (junior) takers for this fantastic sport. Notice also the glorious Perthshire sunshine.
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what a truly amazing weekend.
firstly a massive thank you to Mary and everyone who helped make this weekend possible. my only regret is that I didn't say thank you in person as I was in a rush to get home.
I hope every one enjoyed themselves - I know I did.
It was rather nice to put names to faces and chat to people about blacksmithing and bushcraft without them thinking I'm weird. lol.
I look forward to all the photos.
Can people please put up pictures of the items I forged for them. I like to see things I make in use.
I can't remember the name of the chap I made a lid-lifter for but I was certainly very happy with it.
I'm dreading the pm from Russ telling me those knives were no good :togo:
all the best
kind regards
Andy
firstly a massive thank you to Mary and everyone who helped make this weekend possible. my only regret is that I didn't say thank you in person as I was in a rush to get home.
I hope every one enjoyed themselves - I know I did.
It was rather nice to put names to faces and chat to people about blacksmithing and bushcraft without them thinking I'm weird. lol.
I look forward to all the photos.
Can people please put up pictures of the items I forged for them. I like to see things I make in use.
I can't remember the name of the chap I made a lid-lifter for but I was certainly very happy with it.
I'm dreading the pm from Russ telling me those knives were no good :togo:
all the best
kind regards
Andy
I'm home, exhausted, happy, sunburned, talked out, and so very glad that the whole thing went incredibly well 56 people was my tally, and it was brilliant to see you all
The camp and hall fees were all paid with one day, it went like clockwork (well, Sophie, iimmc
) The site is brilliant, the weather to quote George, couldn't have been better if I'd looked in a crystal ball I can't say thank you enough to everyone who worked so willingly to make it a great weekend for everyone. From the old hands like Russ and Stuart and JohnC to the very new newbies, eveyone just meshed.
The site is, and was right through, totally litter free; the firewood (which takes a 20 minute walk uphill to find, and then the same again back down carrying it once it's been cut) was still stacked high (George is chuffed
)We had enough food to feed as many again, at least
.......venison, rabbit, pheasant, lamb, ham, free range eggs and veggies......spoiled rotten you lot are Comriecroft couldn't have been more welcoming or helpful
, they said we're great to have and we're welcome back anytime, as a group or as individuals The children were a credit to their parents
Give them a hug from me and tell them thank you They were courteous, helpful and no trouble. Their excellent manners around so many open fires and sharps was very much appreciated. The old hands, Sophie, Joe, Chris and Sean really do lead by example The barter and sales tables groaned under the weight of the kit; ( yeah, yeah, I came home with stuff too
)The little tablet sale for charity made just shy of £30, and I thank everyone who bought some for it
Big Thanks to Russ for all his help over this weekend, I couldn't have done it without him
I am so grateful to Stuartf too, for his unrelenting confidence and reassurance that it would all go well, a voice of quiet reason when I added up the numbers
Sophie who is being upgraded to my PA is a wee star
Doc and Nonsuch and Stuart69 ran the archery, Stuartf's craftwork is amazing, Nell and Claire for getting stuck in at the cooking, who could forget Roy
? the incredibly laid back one dog soaker system 
, EverythingMac and his all day forging sessions, Stoo and Tam and Stuart and Dave, Vince, Craig, Scott and Hugh, and Terry, Geordie and Mike and Stephen and Steve, John, Jane and Joe, Paul and Graham, the Colins, and Rob and Myagi...........I can't even remember everyone's names Everyone deserves a thank you for your company and your hard work. Folks didn't even wait to be asked, they just saw what needed doing and got on and did it Just excellent.
Those of us who organised this meet had a kind of quiet (I was shattered, we had a wee sit doon
) meeting after everything was down and packed.We think the next meet ups like this one might be best centred round one craft skill ( it won't stop us talking though and you know someone will mention something and someone else will say, " Come and I'll show you..." )
The suggestions so far are flint knapping, firemaking, forging, leatherworking, basketry, cordage, legal trapping, camp cooking, camp furniture.........
Might start a new thread in a bit and see what we can come up with. It seems a good idea to have a kind of main focus.
In the meantime, I'm home and clean and cozy, I need to find the after sun and I have a mountain of stuff to sort out, but I had a great time.
Thanks folks
cheers,
Toddy.....who appears to be suffering from severe
overuse
.....who appears to be suffering from severe
my hands know exactly how you feel.
Thanks again
atb
andy
What a wonderful weekend....huge thanks to Mary, Stuart and Russ for all the organising and hard work they put into this weekend!!! :You_Rock_ And everyone elso who chipped in too!
The weather couldn't have been better...the company couldn't have been better!
Comrie Croft is a fabulous venue...you feel like you're out in the sticks but have full facilities just yards away...and having the hall was an excellent idea...especially if the weather had turned. It did seem a bit surreal when I was speaking to my son, from my tent, in New Zealand at 2am via the interent having picked up the wirless network at the Croft...was an excellent end to the evening...or was that morning Yeh OK...I'm a modern day bushcrafter lol...smoke signals are slightly out of line of sign way down in NZ.
Roll on the next event! What date is that???
Here are some of the pics from the weekend...
The weather couldn't have been better...the company couldn't have been better!
Comrie Croft is a fabulous venue...you feel like you're out in the sticks but have full facilities just yards away...and having the hall was an excellent idea...especially if the weather had turned. It did seem a bit surreal when I was speaking to my son, from my tent, in New Zealand at 2am via the interent having picked up the wirless network at the Croft...was an excellent end to the evening...or was that morning
Yeh OK...I'm a modern day bushcrafter lol...smoke signals are slightly out of line of sign way down in NZ. Roll on the next event! What date is that???
Here are some of the pics from the weekend...
He's addressed as 'Yes sir and just how rare would you like your steak?'
Really he's a big soft lump and I love him.
Yes i can see why it would be advisable to cook his steak to his liking,seriously though great looking dog.
He's an absolute cracker of a dog
What I did get get him into barking mode with me I still don't know, at least his tail kept wagging at the same time
Hi all,
Id like to say a huge thank you to all involved in organizing :You_Rock_ and to comrie croft for having us.
I had a great time and there was some brilliant banter. with lots to see and do.
ATB
Stoo.
Id like to say a huge thank you to all involved in organizing :You_Rock_ and to comrie croft for having us.
I had a great time and there was some brilliant banter. with lots to see and do.
ATB
Stoo.
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