Oh and related to discussions on homelessness, I also read the Salt Path by Raynor Wynn - a hiking memoir by a couple of advancing years who find themselves unexpectedly homeless and decide to do a coastal hike for something to do. It's good, frequently horrible, about people actually attempting to survive in the wild in the UK.
What are you currently reading?
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A book I finished while camped out over the past few days.
The Stranger in the Woods. ( paperback ISBN 978-1-4711-5198-9 )
The true account of 20 year old Christopher Knight who, by choice, disappeared into the dense woodlands of Maine, USA in 1986 and had no human contact until he was arrested 27 years later. Surviving totally alone and hidden, subsisting by stealing food and supplies from vacant Summer Holiday cabins and an Activities Centre around a nearby lake, he endured brutal Maine winters and hot, insect infested Summers in tent/tarp shelters until apprehended in 2013.
Recommended to Dreamers and Realists alike.
The Stranger in the Woods. ( paperback ISBN 978-1-4711-5198-9 )
The true account of 20 year old Christopher Knight who, by choice, disappeared into the dense woodlands of Maine, USA in 1986 and had no human contact until he was arrested 27 years later. Surviving totally alone and hidden, subsisting by stealing food and supplies from vacant Summer Holiday cabins and an Activities Centre around a nearby lake, he endured brutal Maine winters and hot, insect infested Summers in tent/tarp shelters until apprehended in 2013.
Recommended to Dreamers and Realists alike.
I just received this as a gift and am very much looking forward to reading it.
Question: do you think it would it be more fruitful to read it from spring onwards when the trees are coming back to life, or is there still merit in reading it now?
As a Forestry student I was expected to recognise trees by their overall form (With and without leaves) the bark, the bud, the leaf and the flower.
Oak flower? You’ve got Google. All I had was Clapham, Tutin and bloody Warburg!
You can start work at any time
Oak flower? You’ve got Google. All I had was Clapham, Tutin and bloody Warburg!
You can start work at any time
Survive the Savage Sea by Dougal Robertson. Given to me as a Christmas present.
This is an interview with his son, an interesting watch.
https://bushcraftuk.com/community/threads/stranded-at-sea.166681/
This is an interview with his son, an interesting watch.
https://bushcraftuk.com/community/threads/stranded-at-sea.166681/
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The Forest by TE White.
I’m not exactly “currently reading” this book as I never stop reading it.
Written right at the beginning of the 20th century the book describes hiking, canoeing and fishing on the Canadian Shield.
I have it in hardback, Kindle and here on my phone and read and re-read the first four chapters over and over again.
If you think you travel light, if you think you are a minimalist bushcrafter - read this and weep
I’ve mentioned it before but was unable to find it offered for sale. I found it today:
pee ess.
I regret the masculine assumptions of 1908.
On the other hand he treats the indigenous people of the lakes sympathetically, particularly for the era.
I’m not exactly “currently reading” this book as I never stop reading it.
Written right at the beginning of the 20th century the book describes hiking, canoeing and fishing on the Canadian Shield.
I have it in hardback, Kindle and here on my phone and read and re-read the first four chapters over and over again.
If you think you travel light, if you think you are a minimalist bushcrafter - read this and weep
I’ve mentioned it before but was unable to find it offered for sale. I found it today:
pee ess.
I regret the masculine assumptions of 1908.
On the other hand he treats the indigenous people of the lakes sympathetically, particularly for the era.
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Probably one of the most grounded financial hard truths books out there and more purchased because I've followed and admired his work ethic via his YT channel.
Perry Wilson. Minimum Wage Millionaire.
Good gift for a youngster for mind set ( if they want to retire wealthy )
Perry Wilson. Minimum Wage Millionaire.
Good gift for a youngster for mind set ( if they want to retire wealthy )
Mark Eveleigh "Vagabond" . An account of a walk from Gibraltar to Spain's most northerly point mostly stealth camping in a hammock. Extremely well written by a professional travel writer. Highly recommended. I would expect this to appeal to many people here.
Currently:
Andrew Pettegree - The book at war
Jonathan haidt - The righteous mind
Philip Jenkins - The lost history of Christianity
J. Warner Wallace - Cold-case Christianity
Just finished:
Peter Zeihan - The end of the world is just beginning
Tom Holland - Rubicon
Adrian Goldsworth - Pax Romana
Mary Beard - SPQR
Andrew Pettegree - The book at war
Jonathan haidt - The righteous mind
Philip Jenkins - The lost history of Christianity
J. Warner Wallace - Cold-case Christianity
Just finished:
Peter Zeihan - The end of the world is just beginning
Tom Holland - Rubicon
Adrian Goldsworth - Pax Romana
Mary Beard - SPQR
He probably is not entirely unbiased, but he does bring up some really good insights that need serious consideration. His main thesis is that global society as we know it will implode and cease to exist, because there simply will not be enough manpower to sustain it.
And he makes a compelling case.
It's the time of year for my annual read of 'Winter Holiday' by Arthur Ransome, because it was set this time of year.
One of the best children' books ever written. Sledging, skating, firelighting, Primus stoves, cooking over open fires, astronomy, hurricane lamps, signalling, knots, making snowshoes, reading up on Nansen's polar expeditions, building sailing sledges.
Pure adventure. Written by a very interesting man who got up to all sorts of things.
One of the best children' books ever written. Sledging, skating, firelighting, Primus stoves, cooking over open fires, astronomy, hurricane lamps, signalling, knots, making snowshoes, reading up on Nansen's polar expeditions, building sailing sledges.
Pure adventure. Written by a very interesting man who got up to all sorts of things.
I’ve just finished reading “The Old Country”, by Jack Hargreaves. It is the sequel to his book “Out of Town”, which I have yet to read (oops).
The book is an interesting read for anyone curious about the countryside and it’s recent history, especially when considered alongside his television programmes of the same names. Incidentally I have been following those series on the TalkingPictures TV Freeview channel.
The book is an inside take on the changes that happened to the countryside in the author’s lifetime, which was a few years back now, and finishes up discussing what will happen (now, has happened) to the people and land in the near future. His expectations have more or less played out unfortunately….
I’ve asked for the other book for my birthday and will look forward to reading it then.
The book is an interesting read for anyone curious about the countryside and it’s recent history, especially when considered alongside his television programmes of the same names. Incidentally I have been following those series on the TalkingPictures TV Freeview channel.
The book is an inside take on the changes that happened to the countryside in the author’s lifetime, which was a few years back now, and finishes up discussing what will happen (now, has happened) to the people and land in the near future. His expectations have more or less played out unfortunately….
I’ve asked for the other book for my birthday and will look forward to reading it then.
I was watching some of his videos just yesterday. A great storyteller and presenter, and I can imagine his books are very engaging.
Take a lot of his statements with a pinch of salt though, not the most accurate on the subject of rural life and crafts! He was an endearing fellow though.
I've sadly reached the end of the 'Lee' books. I read a couple co-written with his brother but got as far as 'Better Off Dead' and found it unreadable. Just biding my time until I start back at the beginning.
The series is a very welcome bonus.
