If you go down to the woods today...

[Muddyhands]

Went for a walk today and look what I found!!

On top of this a load of blackberries and sloes. Which made a nice crumble and to go into some gin very soon

 

[DaveBromley]

nothing there mate unless i'm missing something

Dave

 

[R.Lewis]

You found...


Pics not working?!

 

[JonathanD]

Here you go, he found.....

 

[Timbo]

meteorites? feathers? or green bench?
If they are meteorites then you are rich beyond your wildest dreams - well not really but they'd be worth a few quid.

 

[Bushwhacker]

Some KA cakes and thistledown by the looks of it.

 

[The Big Lebowski]

Cramp Balls and natural cotton...?

TBL.

 

[Retired Member southey]

Geat haul there chap! what kind of location were the cramps growing in? not where but how.

 

[glyn77]

I've just discovered a load of those (cramp balls) growing on an old tree stump in my back yard - for years I thought they were lumps of tar, oh how ignorant I was then I've pinched one for my tinder pouch and left the rest in the hope that they continue growing.
They really take a spark well, in fact they're quite difficult to extinguish.
Don't know what they're like for cramp though

 

[UKdave]

ive a bucket full of cramps balls if somebody wants to pick up from west sussex.

 

[treadlightly]

I have managed to get an ember on cramp balls but not without a lot of trouble. Does anyone have any tips please on how it can be done more efficiently?

 

[mattweasel]

I found a load of crampballs just lying on the ground the other day. Normally I find them on various dead ash trees around the woods, but these were just laying there, not in a pile but scattered about loose
They are definately easier to light when they have been dried out for a bit.

 

[UKdave]

you will only get an ember,but if they are even slightly damp they will be difficult to get going

 

[treadlightly]

Mine have been thoroughly dried. Tried again yesterday, breaking off a smallish piece and directing the sparks at the rougher "internal" sides rather than the smooth outer surface. Although I eventually got an ember it took ages before a spark hit the spot. Maybe I'm doing something wrong unless this is normal for cramp balls?