"Tracks" Book

[Turnip]

Evening Folks,
Have been sorting through some books this evening to be boxed up and found my old "tracks" book that was the accompanying book to the series I believe! My Father got it for me when I was 12 and was my first Bushcrafty resource and something that sparked my interest further. So was just wondering who else has a copy and what did you get out of it??

Mods, If this is in the wrong place please move it!

Cheers

Jon

 

[ozzy1977]

I am sure i have a couple of the books somewhere too, will have to have a look for them.

 

[SCOMAN]

Do you have a photo of the cover to tease us with?

 

[sandbender]

Do you have a photo of the cover to tease us with?

There were several 'tracks' books produced, four in total I think, one for 1994, 95, 96 & 97. I never had the leaflets back then but the 'Ray Mears' segments on tracks were something that pushed my in more bushcrafty direction than my outdoor activities had hitherto led me.

Some cover pics (except for 94, for which I have no cover picture).

 

[Joonsy]

that mention of Mr. Crabtree in the first photo of sandbenders post above brings back very fond memories of fishing as a youngster for me, created by the late Bernard Venables his cartoon type fishing exploits with his fictional son ‘Peter’ were wonderful. He also co-founded the Angling Times in 1953 which published another bit of fishing nostalgia for myself, The Kingfisher Guild which was published to encourage youngsters.

 

[cranmere]

Funny, I have one of them on my desk right now, I pulled them out and had a browse through over Christmas! It was a good series.

 

[Turnip]

D'ya know what, I never knew there were other versions, I have the 1995 version, anything of particular interest in any of the others?

 

[backpacker]

There were several 'tracks' books produced, four in total I think, one for 1994, 95, 96 & 97. I never had the leaflets back then but the 'Ray Mears' segments on tracks were something that pushed my in more bushcrafty direction than my outdoor activities had hitherto led me.

Some cover pics (except for 94, for which I have no cover picture).

I have a copy of the BBC Tracks 1995 and 1996 which is a brilliant little books for anyone starting out and thinking about bush crafty things and nature, I think this is where I came across Ray Mears for the first time which inspired me to buy his first book and to be honest I've never looked back even though I was practicing Bushcraft and Survival Skills much earlier than that, but these books I think inspired a lot of people to look at the great outdoors and what it had to offer. Memories!

 

[MartiniDave]

I'm sure I've got one somewhere, don't know what year. I'll have to dig it out tonight.