Wayland's 50th Birthday Bash

[Mesquite]

As folks know Gary had a significant birthday last weekend and celebrated by having a birthday bash in the woods

Anyway here's some pictures from the weekend

A few of the pitches

Mine


Crowman and Red Fox's


Damians


We had time under the chute...






Gary had a play with his gifts from Crowman... a 2" and 1.5" auger. Sadly I forgot to get a picture of the 2 together or the bench he made and was promptly claimed by the site crew when they saw it





Gary had a small birthday cake


We also got to see some of the wonderful embroidery by his wife Debs. It's based on an original funeral offering of a viking woman. Gary did tell us more but I forgot the name but hopefully he'll tell us the history behind it












Any birthday bash at Rough Close isn't complete without a good spread of food and this was no exception

Damian brought some truly wonderful 100% dexter beef burgers which are probably the best I have every had


It was a night of much amusement and enjoying chat around the fire under the stars










I didn't say earlier but the weekend was actually a double celebration as well with Decorums wife Rosie celebrating her 21st on the Saturday

Here's their birthday cake



And here's my favourite picture of the lot... the birthday boy himself

 

[John Fenna]

Damn!
I wish I could have taken up my invitation!

I missed a good one - you guys obviously had fun

 

[Mesquite]

I missed a good one - you guys obviously had fun

You did... we did

 

[DebbieSixPlaits]

Oh my gods the tapestry looks amazing. Can't wait for the next meet at rough close it's a lovely site. Although I have spoken to our leaders of the local sea scouts here who have a lovely island and we can hire the site which would be really nice 'my Island'....

 

[Macaroon]

Looks great; that embroidery looks like a real work of art

 

[Clouston98]

Brilliant trip- great stuff! Looks like a wonderful time .

 

[crosslandkelly]

Certainly looks like you all had a great time, that tapestry is gorgeous.

 

[Goatboy]

Wow, now that looks like a good birthday bash, smiling faces all round, some lovely kit, tasty sounding grub and as others have said a stunning tapestry. Cheers for posting and putting up pictures too Mesquite really nice to see.

 

[Twodogs]

Good stuff ,,,,,,,,,,looks like a blast

Twodogs

 

[JohnC]

Great pictures, the embroidary was something! Joe anfd i had a good time..

 

[Wayland]

Only just spotted this. It was a great weekend thanks to all that made it.

The tapestry is based upon fragments that were found in the Oseberg ship burial. Mostly reconstructed from drawings that were made when it was first excavated as it was in very poor condition.

The order of the figures is unlikely to be correct and the colours purely speculative but the design of the figures them selves are relatively accurate.

It was done mostly last year and made to form an addition to my school talks to stimulate discussion with the kids. The truth is that, although theories abound, nobody actually knows what the embroidery is really about so the kids can make interpretations that are just as valid as any historian or archaeologists.

They quite like that fact and often reach independent conclusions remarkably similar to some of the prevailing academic theories.

 

[Albus Culter]

Great looking time in the woods

Thanks for sharing happy memories

 

[GordonM]

Looks to be a very relaxing outing. Thanks for posting Mesquite.