I booked myself onto a Woodlore Camp craft course in September 2007 just wondering if anyone else on here is going pretty slim chance but it would be nice to know someone else when I get there.
Mitch
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I'm off on the Ardeche trip May 6th-12th with Woodlore and I'm on their Journeyman course in 2008!! 
Anyone else coming?
Phil
Anyone else coming?
Phil
PhilParry said:
You will have a fantastic time! watch out for the weather though, I went to sleep on a beautiful clear night to be woken at 04:00 by a river washing my campsite away
Some pics from my Ardeche trip...
http://homepage.mac.com/andrewrush/travels/ardeche/index.html
sandbender said:You will have a fantastic time! watch out for the weather though, I went to sleep on a beautiful clear night to be woken at 04:00 by a river washing my campsite away
Some pics from my Ardeche trip...
http://homepage.mac.com/andrewrush/ardeche/ardeche.html
Hi sandbender,
Looks wonderful - something I'd love to do in the future.
How long did you journey take?
Cheers,
Phil.
News to me! I bumped into her at the RM lecture in January and she didn't mention it.....any news welcome as I thought she was great!
richanddavis said:
Erm... I'm not too comfortable with a company's personnel issues being
discussed on a public forum...
Perhaps I am a bit prudish though.
I quite fancy that Fundamental one but I'm not sure I'm brave enough to
sign up for a week of being outdoors! That's a lot of TV to give up but I
expect the experience would be spectacularly immersive, transformative
and all those other -ive words, so would undoubtedly make up for it
A friend of mine did one of their courses (not sure which) and she had
a fab time.
Jo
discussed on a public forum...
Perhaps I am a bit prudish though.
I quite fancy that Fundamental one but I'm not sure I'm brave enough to
sign up for a week of being outdoors! That's a lot of TV to give up but I
expect the experience would be spectacularly immersive, transformative
and all those other -ive words, so would undoubtedly make up for it
A friend of mine did one of their courses (not sure which) and she had
a fab time.
Jo
Erm....I'm not sure I was talking about a company's personnel issues, but about a dear friend....? Apologies if this caused concern....
There were a couple of ladies on the course I did last May. Even the instructors said it was the wettest course they'd ever done and it was harder because of the weather but we all managed to get through the week. Even Ray Mears turned up and told us "Don't let the rain get into your head."....only later that week did I truly understand what he meant!
Trust me when I say that it's worth easily more than TEN times the amount of TV you could ever imagine. I really didn't want to come back and could have easily spent another week (ok, maybe after a wash and a change of clothes!) out in the woods. It was certainly the most rewarding week I've ever experienced in my life, full stop.
Go on, you know you want to!!
Phil
Apologies if this caused concern....There were a couple of ladies on the course I did last May. Even the instructors said it was the wettest course they'd ever done and it was harder because of the weather but we all managed to get through the week. Even Ray Mears turned up and told us "Don't let the rain get into your head."....only later that week did I truly understand what he meant!
Trust me when I say that it's worth easily more than TEN times the amount of TV you could ever imagine. I really didn't want to come back and could have easily spent another week (ok, maybe after a wash and a change of clothes!) out in the woods. It was certainly the most rewarding week I've ever experienced in my life, full stop.
Go on, you know you want to!!
Phil
Jodie said:Erm... I'm not too comfortable with a company's personnel
issues being
discussed on a public forum...
Perhaps I am a bit prudish though.
I quite fancy that Fundamental one but I'm not sure I'm brave enough to
sign up for a week of being outdoors! That's a lot of TV to give up but I
expect the experience would be spectacularly immersive, transformative
and all those other -ive words, so would undoubtedly make up for it
A friend of mine did one of their courses (not sure which) and she had
a fab time.
Jo
Too Much Kit To Carry said:
The trip down the gorge is three days long, the other four days are taken up with training near the base camp.
I walked 250km to the course starting point along the Chemin de Stevenson...
http://www.gr70-stevenson.com/en/stevenson-trail.htm
...which made for a great few weeks in France.
PhilParry said:
The best way to get to Vallon Pont D'Arc is via SNCF, although there isn't a train to the town SNCF run a bus service in rural France, so if you fly to Lyon or Paris, you will be able to purchase a ticket at the station that covers travel to Montelimar by train and the onward bus journey to Vallon Pont D'Arc.
Lyon Perrache to Vallon Pont D'Arc will cost you about 30.
You can walk from the town to the camp site where the course is run from, however it's a bit hairy in parts with no pedestrian route through a tunnel.
The local taxi at Vallon Pont D'Arc is Taxi Gillot
04 75 88 05 39
04 75 88 00 27
Of course if its a Sunday, or a Monday, or a Saints day, or a France is great and the rest of the world is rubbish day, or if your French isn't up to speed, or he's had a heavy night, then he probably wont be working.
If anyone is thinking about going on a Woodlore course I would say do it their courses are very well run and very informative. The thing is that you dont want to leave at the end. The idea of staying at the camp with all the new friends youve made is hard to walk away from. Only problem is that there booked a year in advance most of the time. Cant wait till september for the camp craft week.
Mitch
Should see about getting a group of BCUK member on one course.
Mitch
Should see about getting a group of BCUK member on one course.
Thanks Sandbender,
I'm driving down as I've got another week in the Auvergne (where my mother was born) before hand. I had a Great Aunt in Le Puy-en-Velay - she was a nun there. Made more lace than I've ever seen!! The walk looks lovely too.
Phil
I'm driving down as I've got another week in the Auvergne (where my mother was born) before hand. I had a Great Aunt in Le Puy-en-Velay - she was a nun there. Made more lace than I've ever seen!! The walk looks lovely too.
Phil
sandbender said:The best way to get to Vallon Pont D'Arc is via SNCF, although there isn't a train to the town SNCF run a bus service in rural France, so if you fly to Lyon or Paris, you will be able to purchase a ticket at the station that covers travel to Montelimar by train and the onward bus journey to Vallon Pont D'Arc.
Lyon Perrache to Vallon Pont D'Arc will cost you about 30.
You can walk from the town to the camp site where the course is run from, however it's a bit hairy in parts with no pedestrian route through a tunnel.
The local taxi at Vallon Pont D'Arc is Taxi Gillot
04 75 88 05 39
04 75 88 00 27
Of course if its a Sunday, or a Monday, or a Saints day, or a France is great and the rest of the world is rubbish day, or if your French isn't up to speed, or he's had a heavy night, then he probably wont be working.
No problem - it was actually the earlier post that I was referring to. I remembered the name from a more peculiar thread:PhilParry said:Erm....I'm not sure I was talking about a company's personnel issues, but about a dear friend....?
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?t=15342&page=2&pp=50
You've got rather a good point therePhilParry said:Go on, you know you want to!!
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