Doc,
horray someone who has nothing to say but a huge positive!!!!!!!!!!
Likes to see this sort of thing
Mr Strop
horray someone who has nothing to say but a huge positive!!!!!!!!!!
Likes to see this sort of thing
Mr Strop
bilko said:Gary, Spoony, eric et all. You guys have inspired me so much. Yes i truely believe that very soon the ball will be snowballing for you guys into what will be a wood of your own. I would like to counteract now any negativity that i may have enthused into this thread by saying that this is a wholey doable thing. I have been glued to the net for the past 3 hours searching a place we can use in the south ( see my southerner thread ).
It was only when i realised that i could probably get a 5 grand loan over 5 years for as little as £100 per month that this whole thing suddenly shot sharply into focus for me. Let me stress though that £100 is no small sum for me and 5 years is a long commitment but for it's worth it.
Now these are just figures that i am bouncing around in my head to afford a place with only 10 members butas has been stated here before, the spirit of bushcraft is partly in the community and so the more the merryer .
I won't confuse anymore with my own figures for a southern wood as they are just to concentrate my own mind but i have to say that i am still shivering with anticipation, and excitement for you guys. This is a brilliant thread and i wish you lot the best of luck with it.
Eric had the wonderful idea of a network throughout the country and i for one would welcome all of you to our space ( when we get it ) . I think this goes without saying though realy.
:You_Rock_
Brilliant! :You_Rock_Razorstrop said:Eric, Spoony and possibly myself are already working towords this Josh
LIke I have said many times before, we are hoping to be playing for keeps with this, not just having a flight of fancy.
First meeting tomorrow, Spoony, Eric and a flask of tea
Mr Strop
how you work that out that wood is over 11 acres??Stu Mac990 said:Just worked out an Acre would be about 63 Meters X 63 Meters if the area of wood was square,
So the Middlesbrough woodland would work out to about 210 Meters X 210 Meters
Think thats right
spoony said:how you work that out that wood is over 11 acres??
Stu Mac990 said:Theres 4047 square meters in an Acre.
Martyn said:Guys, just a thought. As you have used BcUK to start the ball rolling on this, why cant you keep it a BcUK thing? Why do you need a separate bushcraft forum?
From where I'm looking, it seems yet another example of people using BcUK to create a splinter group for their own ends, and using BcUK to recruit for it. What started as a woodland group buy, has turned into a separate school/business.
I think the idea is great, but when people start using this forum to recruit/advertise/create their own commercial ventures, forums & schools, it seems a bit off to me. Remember, BcUK isn't a government sponsored resource, that we can all tap into for our own ends. It was a forum, created from scratch by one mans dream & hard work.
I think you have a great idea here and I wish you every success, but remember that no schools are allowed to advertise or recruit here, no businesses are allowed to advertise outside of the soon to be market place, so why should BES - which looks like a school/business get a free ride?
I'm sorry if this offends, but I'm not in the habbit of keeping my mouth shut when I have an opinion.
Could someone explain to me why this society is so different from any other society, that it should be allowed to advertise openly on the forums and recruit from BcUK membership without restriction?
Now I'm putting my fireproof suit on here, but please remember, this is a fair question and I would appreciate people giving it some thought before ripping in.
Thankyou.
running bare said:hi martyn & elma, I think the reason that BES was set up AFTER promoting a group buy on BCUK was because of a lack of interest from members and a great deal of negativeness rather than support for the project ( imho ) I may be wrong and im sure i will be corrected if so. Due to the cost of woods and lack of support there inevitably has to be some form of commercial support to get the project off the ground. if the members of BCUK where more supporting and less anti. then you would not be posting replies like this as there would have been no BES to diss. BES consists of like minded members who want to see this work and not just sit back and talk about it . like a lot of members here do.! this will probably be edited,deleted or closed, but if that happens then it will just serve to prove a point.
lets not get petty about this as the main idea was for members from all over the country to have access..not just the north east as a 2hour radius @ 60 mph takes in edinburgh, cumbria down to derby.
tom.
ps i think the guys should be applauded for the hard work they are putting in as well as holding down full time jobs with unsociable hours for the benefit of others :You_Rock_