Todays forest walk (pic heavy)

[Gill]

I was going down to my home town this morning to visit my mum who is just out of hospital .I fancied a woodland trip ,so i thought i would visit the woodland of my childhood and kill two birds with one stone.The woodland is very large and has just about every kind of tree you could shake a stick at .
The start of the walk.

This looked a nice place to stop for a coffee and lunch,free from snow.

Get the fire going !

Getting a brew on !

Some of the kit i took with me.

Had a visitor for lunch.

Found these lean to shelters on the way out.

This wee trip today was magical,as i sat by the fire with my coffee the memories of being a kid playing in this wood every other day flooded back.The woodland was literally a stone throw form my front door so this was our playground ,making dens and tree houses and bow and arrows,not much has changed then in all these years,cause i,m still doing the same things and its great. I had the perfect combination of clothes on today ,which i usually have too much on or not enough.The smock i am wearing is reversible incase you wondered why i had a green one and then white.Thanks for looking.

 

[Omegarod]

Lovely! I just returned from my walk in the forest today.... much the same scenery.

So what was that little visitor, and how come he settled down on your sack?
Was he hungry?

Rod

 

[Gill]

I am not sure if he was a wee dormouse or not,but i was sitting by the fire and he emerged from a small hole full of bussiness,he was not intimidated by my presence at all ,he played about while i was there for an hour or so,and let me pick him up,so i put him in my cap and took a picture.he was maybe out for the warmth of the fire and i gave him some lunch too.

 

[warthog1981]

excellent thanks for sharing

cheers Russ

 

[Omegarod]

I am not sure if he was a wee dormouse or not,but i was sitting by the fire and he emerged from a small hole full of bussiness,he was not intimidated by my presence at all ,he played about while i was there for an hour or so,and let me pick him up,so i put him in my cap and took a picture.he was maybe out for the warmth of the fire and i gave him some lunch too.

Magical moments like this is what it is all about.

Rod

 

[fred gordon]

Lucky fella!

 

[Lordyosch]

Nice blog. Makes me wish I had a more out of the way wood around here for firemaking.

Jay

 

[nevetsjc80]

cool pics i ll be doing much the same this weekend happy days!

Oh like your rucksack which is or where is it from if you dont mind me asking?

steve

 

[spiritwalker]

what smock is that any links please i have been after one of those for a while?

 

[Gill]

cool pics i ll be doing much the same this weekend happy days!

Oh like your rucksack which is or where is it from if you dont mind me asking?

steve

The rucksack is a swedish army isue external frame rucksack,beleive it or not they cost a whole £9.99 i think it was from surplus and adventure.they are the dogs and it will probably be one of the best buys you will make for the money Steve.

 

[nevetsjc80]

Awesome, result im on the trail for now!!

 

[Gill]

what smock is that any links please i have been after one of those for a while?

I dont have a link to the smock i,m afraid Spiritwalker,the smock is a US 10th mountain division windproof cotton reversible ski smock with a coyote fur ruff.they do come about from time to time ,you would maybe be lucky on evilbay .

 

[tommy the cat]

what smock is that any links please i have been after one of those for a while?

I was thinking the same thing....nice smock.
D

 

[Shewie]

Very jealous Gill, cracking pics mate

All this snow and it's just be home-office-home all week for me, on-call at night too so I can't even sneak out for a play.

I like the smock, is it the swedish snow one ?


Edit: Forget that Gill, just seen post #12

 

[hog]

Looks like a great day out, hope your Ma is okay.
Whats the badge on the hat, you look like one of the Telemark raiders.

 

[Gill]

Looks like a great day out, hope your Ma is okay.
Whats the badge on the hat, you look like one of the Telemark raiders.

My mam is out and better than she was ,shes just at a bad age,thank you hog,the cap is one of the Telemark ski cap,very similar to our dpm crap cap ,a lot of Royal Marines that do the Norwegian arctic warfare cadder or the Mountain leader course bring them back with them.I have a bit of a fetish for mountain troop gear

 

[Toddy]

That's the kind of day that kind of makes everything right

Thanks for sharing,

atb,
M

 

[Cobweb]

Looks like a stunning area! Love the little doormouse... too cute

 

[Chinkapin]

nice pics, thanks. btw, does the fur collar detach for washing the smock?

 

[Gill]

nice pics, thanks. btw, does the fur collar detach for washing the smock?

no unfortunately its sewed on buddy.