I've really enjoyed this series so far. I't's been much better than the last one. The building of the birch bark canoe was superb. Paddling down the Canadian river by canoe was superb. And last nights episode riding through the mountain pass in the rockies has been a life long ambition for me and so to get a glimpse of what it would be like was superb.
I think Ray has packed in a serious amount of bushcraft into this series, yes perhaps a couple of things have been repeated but he's also shown a large amount of new stuff, which has not been covered in any of his other series. Now don't get me wrong it may not be new to you and some things may not be new to me, but I still enjoy the fact that bushcraft is being represented on TV and as far as I'm concerned if the show manages to get just one new person interested enough in bushcraft to get off their backside and outdoors then great.
You know there's been lots of complaints over the years about Rays shows from us bushcraft practitioners. We seem to forget that the show is not aimed solely at us. The show has to make money at the end of the day and I guess to do that it has to appeal to a wider audience and it seems to be doing that. Hell my Mum and Dad watch the show avidly, but you'd never catch my mother sleeping in a debri shelter .
Anyway I'm off to make some boring ol bannock over a boring ol campfire and I'm gonna put some boring ol olives and cheese in it for a change .
Cheers,
Tony
I think Ray has packed in a serious amount of bushcraft into this series, yes perhaps a couple of things have been repeated but he's also shown a large amount of new stuff, which has not been covered in any of his other series. Now don't get me wrong it may not be new to you and some things may not be new to me, but I still enjoy the fact that bushcraft is being represented on TV and as far as I'm concerned if the show manages to get just one new person interested enough in bushcraft to get off their backside and outdoors then great.
You know there's been lots of complaints over the years about Rays shows from us bushcraft practitioners. We seem to forget that the show is not aimed solely at us. The show has to make money at the end of the day and I guess to do that it has to appeal to a wider audience and it seems to be doing that. Hell my Mum and Dad watch the show avidly, but you'd never catch my mother sleeping in a debri shelter .
Anyway I'm off to make some boring ol bannock over a boring ol campfire and I'm gonna put some boring ol olives and cheese in it for a change .
Cheers,
Tony