I've recently been teaching my kids to use a fire steel and make their own fires in our little hobo stove. They're getting quite good now and realise they have to start small then pile on larger stuff once it gets going. We collected birch bark the other day but we normally use cotton wool since that ignites very easily. I noticed at the weekend whilst canoeing that the bull rushes are exploding into seed so I said they'd make good fuel to get a fire started. My oldest lad (8) said "you're always looking for stuff to start a fire". Hmm, true, I think I must go on about it all the time?
Is this normal, are there any others among us here that do this too?
Gibbo.
Is this normal, are there any others among us here that do this too?
Gibbo.
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