Hi all
Yes I know, what is an arm chair bushcrafter? Well I suppose I am of sorts. I have recently been finding myself more and more interested in having a greater outdoor life but with two very small children (2 year old twins) this is a dificult thing to achieve. Like so many I have been enchanted by the skills of RM et el and the simple ease with which they move through the wilderness and I am wanting to try to capture some myself.
So far I have managed to move from the armchair to my garden where managed to make a bow drill set from a branch of Sycamore (drill and bow) a piece of pine timber (hearth) and a wooden egg cup (spindle) and guess what. It works!
What I would really like to do now is move out of my garden and into the country side to strike out for a night or two into a woodland and under a tarp but as many of you know such places are hard to locate. I hope that Bushcraftuk may be able to put me in touch with more experienced people who can point me in the right direction and share their knowledge.
I am a 44 year old dad of two as I have said and I live in a village in West Oxfordshire just 5 minutes walk from the river Thames. I have an inflatable canoe that I like to paddle around in but like so many things it is hard to find the time to put it to good use.
Looking foward to learning new stuff.
Thanks
Bard.
Yes I know, what is an arm chair bushcrafter? Well I suppose I am of sorts. I have recently been finding myself more and more interested in having a greater outdoor life but with two very small children (2 year old twins) this is a dificult thing to achieve. Like so many I have been enchanted by the skills of RM et el and the simple ease with which they move through the wilderness and I am wanting to try to capture some myself.
So far I have managed to move from the armchair to my garden where managed to make a bow drill set from a branch of Sycamore (drill and bow) a piece of pine timber (hearth) and a wooden egg cup (spindle) and guess what. It works!
What I would really like to do now is move out of my garden and into the country side to strike out for a night or two into a woodland and under a tarp but as many of you know such places are hard to locate. I hope that Bushcraftuk may be able to put me in touch with more experienced people who can point me in the right direction and share their knowledge.
I am a 44 year old dad of two as I have said and I live in a village in West Oxfordshire just 5 minutes walk from the river Thames. I have an inflatable canoe that I like to paddle around in but like so many things it is hard to find the time to put it to good use.
Looking foward to learning new stuff.
Thanks
Bard.