I spent yesterday in the woods with Wayne & Dave from Forest Knights. Every year they have a weekend meet at the start of January to camp out in their 250 acre woods. The idea is to get their customers, friends & other bushy people together for a weekend's camping. They will provide some food ( a whole deer this year) in return for helping them do some start of year jobs round their site. That will include things like:
- making some benches out of logs & planks
- weaving a wicker wall round one of their parachute shelters
- making a raised clay fire platform
There will also be lots of fun stuff to do, with opportunities to practice skills & meet some more local bushcrafters. Waynes description of the event is here:
All previous students and friends of Forest Knights are welcome.
This year we will return to our main woodland base.
Details are the same as previous years. There will be a chance to practice your skills building various projects around our camp.
We will skin a deer and help feed you. Plenty of space for tents and hammocks although with the recent rain a hammock might be a good thing.
The event runs from Friday until Sunday.
Wayne said to mention it to you lot to see if any of you wanted to do a weekends camping in a couple of weeks; thats
Friday 11th to Sun 13th Jan 2013. The site is just west of Arundel, West Sussex. PM us if you are interested & I can send you the directions. You can also contact Wayne on here, whose user name is also Wayne. The site is in a wood which has a couple of parachutes, some tarp shelters & a composing loo, but there is no water tap on site. There will be a dozen to 20 or so customers/friends of Wayne's at the event & it's worth coming just for the food, which is always first class. If you want to come then PM me & I will let him know. Dave
