15,000 + members but another Teddy Tours, is the one yesterday before this. I hope I'm not posting too much ?
Following on from post #71 and post #79 in http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42756&page=3
I had a pm from Tom
Hi Danny
just had a most dissapointing session dipping this years rushes. Even on a single dip the things are breaking under their own weight. Thankfully I still have plenty from last year which were nice and thick compared to these. I hope you had more joy.
So I set off for the Dove stones which is less than 30 minutes from home where too late in the season last year I'd seen some large ones link with map and grid ref.
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46902
looking back down Thursden valley Today
looking over Robin wood house to where I'm going
left the van at the end of the oil prospecting track and walked along it with views of Cludders Slack (great name) to my right
came upon the rushes from last year but although it was rather boggy, (check the stick no effort to push in and no bottom), they were not as big as I remembered them
Teddy used some hand crafted Damascus steel Bushcraft scissors to cut a clump (O.K. £1.25 for three pair in home bargains) with the Dove stone at the left hand end of the skyline rocks
On the way back stopped to photograph and share "Zen and the art of dry stone walling" at Coldwell reservoir look to the end of the wall over the road
miles of cut stone all the way around the reservoir
courses remain level
I think this puts the Tate modern and Turner art prizes to shame
back home and lit the garden chimera and opened a Cider to process the rushes
before filling with water and putting on a grid and weight to soak for a week
Just thought I'd share cheers all Danny
Following on from post #71 and post #79 in http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42756&page=3
I had a pm from Tom
Hi Danny
just had a most dissapointing session dipping this years rushes. Even on a single dip the things are breaking under their own weight. Thankfully I still have plenty from last year which were nice and thick compared to these. I hope you had more joy.
So I set off for the Dove stones which is less than 30 minutes from home where too late in the season last year I'd seen some large ones link with map and grid ref.
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46902
looking back down Thursden valley Today
looking over Robin wood house to where I'm going
left the van at the end of the oil prospecting track and walked along it with views of Cludders Slack (great name) to my right
came upon the rushes from last year but although it was rather boggy, (check the stick no effort to push in and no bottom), they were not as big as I remembered them
Teddy used some hand crafted Damascus steel Bushcraft scissors to cut a clump (O.K. £1.25 for three pair in home bargains) with the Dove stone at the left hand end of the skyline rocks
On the way back stopped to photograph and share "Zen and the art of dry stone walling" at Coldwell reservoir look to the end of the wall over the road
miles of cut stone all the way around the reservoir
courses remain level
I think this puts the Tate modern and Turner art prizes to shame
back home and lit the garden chimera and opened a Cider to process the rushes
before filling with water and putting on a grid and weight to soak for a week
Just thought I'd share cheers all Danny
hic Danny
