Early yesterday morning we set off to the woods to spend the night out and practice some skills. we arrived in our spot before 9am, having hiked a few miles. The weather was glorious although the forecast predicted otherwise. We proccessed some wood and made oursleves a brew, foraged a salad from baby birch and beech leaves and some wood sorrel, we had some jack by the hedge earlier but unfortunately there wasnt any near our camp. The tarp went up a breeze and I was traditional camping as per the gear in the other thread. For tea we had some sirlion steak to cookm and a butty to put it in, my oh my was that delicous! I started the fires with flint and steel and some bark from a small stand of yellow birches and it was peeling unbelievably well, that bark was dead and prime for the tinder bundle. I made a reflector from a large branch a silver birch had dropped, it worked well but we took it out late at night as we didnt want to have lots of partially burnt green wood, so we removed it- it was good while it was in though! We made some skewers fro some green hazel and used one for our steak and one for the bacon in the morning. An improvised bench from a dead tree trunk was a lovely seet and blendede back in to the woods just were we found it. Unfortunately it chucked it down in the morning but we packed up before it started and headed back and i didnt get wet at all, I was comfy hiking with all my clothes on without getting wet or breaking a sweat. It was a great trip in a lovley are, and as always we left no trace. here are some pictures:
Warning, Nature story:
We were sat in camp and head a snapping noise on a tree above us, we thought it was a branch snapping off but then saw a grey thing about the size of a tennis ball hurtling toward us. I thought it was a rock but it landed and it was a baby bird with no head that had missed us by inches! It appered as if an owl or other bird of prey had dropped it by accident right above us, wasnt half odd!
Well I hope you enjoyed this quick report! thanks for looking!
Warning, Nature story:
We were sat in camp and head a snapping noise on a tree above us, we thought it was a branch snapping off but then saw a grey thing about the size of a tennis ball hurtling toward us. I thought it was a rock but it landed and it was a baby bird with no head that had missed us by inches! It appered as if an owl or other bird of prey had dropped it by accident right above us, wasnt half odd!
Well I hope you enjoyed this quick report! thanks for looking!
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