Hi folks, I had this trip not the weekend just gone but the one before when we had the lovely weather. It started out on Friday morning when I went rabbit hunting with the old retro BSA 2.2 air rifle, as usual I came back to the car empty handed!(im a novice lol), and on the way home what did I see? low and behold a dead rabbit on the side of the road. So anyway after a thorough inspection I decided to go home and have a go at gutting and skinning the poor unfortunate critter, so straight onto you tube to find me a few tutorials. Turned out not to be so tough as i expected. At that point I decided that i would pack some kit and go off to the coast for a couple of nights, and the bunny was coming with me. As always I was rushed for time, being sponteneous and never planning, so when I arrived although i had scouted the area before,last year some time, I gave it another scout to make sure I could find a nice secluded spot in the woods and near the beach.
So anyway having found my spot I pitched up my big tarp, i seem to favour this cheapo tarp these days because its much lighter than my other good quality tarp but a whole lot bigger! The only problem is it rips easy at the eyelets so dont think it would stand the heavy weather test. So anyway I thought this would be a great time to test my new bivvy bag also and with the hot weather i assumed that i would be ok without a sleeping bag.....boy was i wrong, i got no sleep on both nights due to being cold!Won't do that again!
Once I pitched my tarp and started to collect firewood it was getting dark already and the mozies started to attack me, at this point i was thinking why dont i go for easy camping like my friends, but whats the fun in that right! So I got the fire going with some cotton wool balls for tinder, yeah i know that's cheating a bit but i never give myself enough time to do it all proper bushcraft style so they came in handy anyways. So once the fire was blazing away i was feeling better about myself, so next on went the rabbit onto the embers wrapped in foil while i procured some nettles for a brew. I also decided to try out my army mozzie net, wasn't going to underestimate the friggin things after getting swarmed by them last year in the woods.
So anyway the pictures tell a better story and il be here all night recapping the whole trip so feel free to have a nosey. To sum up the whole trip, had a great time, learned a few new things and tried some wild foraging including nettles,oyster mushrooms and limpets, had a few negative experiences too which proved to be valuable lessons for next time. Here's the photobucket link;
ps, anyone had any experience with wood ticks, i had a few clinging onto me when i got home, little ********!
http://s1319.photobucket.com/user/a...4&page=1&_suid=137461671395306358941381172144
So anyway having found my spot I pitched up my big tarp, i seem to favour this cheapo tarp these days because its much lighter than my other good quality tarp but a whole lot bigger! The only problem is it rips easy at the eyelets so dont think it would stand the heavy weather test. So anyway I thought this would be a great time to test my new bivvy bag also and with the hot weather i assumed that i would be ok without a sleeping bag.....boy was i wrong, i got no sleep on both nights due to being cold!Won't do that again!
Once I pitched my tarp and started to collect firewood it was getting dark already and the mozies started to attack me, at this point i was thinking why dont i go for easy camping like my friends, but whats the fun in that right! So I got the fire going with some cotton wool balls for tinder, yeah i know that's cheating a bit but i never give myself enough time to do it all proper bushcraft style so they came in handy anyways. So once the fire was blazing away i was feeling better about myself, so next on went the rabbit onto the embers wrapped in foil while i procured some nettles for a brew. I also decided to try out my army mozzie net, wasn't going to underestimate the friggin things after getting swarmed by them last year in the woods.
So anyway the pictures tell a better story and il be here all night recapping the whole trip so feel free to have a nosey. To sum up the whole trip, had a great time, learned a few new things and tried some wild foraging including nettles,oyster mushrooms and limpets, had a few negative experiences too which proved to be valuable lessons for next time. Here's the photobucket link;
ps, anyone had any experience with wood ticks, i had a few clinging onto me when i got home, little ********!
http://s1319.photobucket.com/user/a...4&page=1&_suid=137461671395306358941381172144
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. Looks like a great trip and some tasty foraged food. Really nice spot you have there.
