Greetings

[Seagull]

Greetings to everyone, from a soggy East Yorkshire.
Its yet another newcomer, pitching in to swell the ranks!
(is this a seasonal urge ,or something?)

I,ve been a watcher, for some time and I,m impressed, and a bit bewildered with the extent of knowledge shown in the forums, clearly, there are some very experienced folk in here. ( some of the quotations are real creasers)

I,m still a bit mystified, exactly why I,ve found myself drawn toward woodsy topics, I,m a mariner! and "woodsy ", is far from my natural element.

Still and all, I would like to think that it,s partly to do with," touching-base" to some sort of faint traces in all of us.

Equipmentwise, its very much at the "pie and packet of fags" level, having never gone much further than my local woods. Surely I don,t really need to shift the car, to make space for mountains of gear?

Its all new , interesting and fresh to be learned and quite fulfilling in a strange way.
The first thing I did learn, was that I have a well developed, but hitherto unknown capacity of attracting mud!

Looking forward to posting my first question.

regards
Seagull

[stuart f]

Welcome aboard Seagull (no pun intended) :o):

[Adi007]

Wecome to BCUK Seagull!

[TheViking]

Hi...

Welcome to bcuk! :wave:

Nice to have you...! :wink: :-D

[leon-1]

Welcome, you'll find your land legs in no time :wave:

[Tony]

I think that you're the one that's going to be asked questions, you know about an environment that most of us are not very familiar with...It's going to be great for us having you about :super: Welcome to BCUK :wink:

[Ed]

Welcome aboard, good it have you here :-)

I,m a mariner!
What is it you do... merchant? fisherman? As tony said not may of us here are familiar with the sea so expect to get your brains picked apart by the folks here in their quest for knowledge ;-)

Ed

[Seagull]

Oy!
i didnt expect this at all.

right, I,m a mariner, formerly merchant marine, and for the last, (corblimey),
years, Ive been in the offshore side of things, ships, as opposed to rigs or other installations.

its been a deal more than just a few dog-watches ,since I took my final quals, and ,quite naturally, the academic aspects have ,mercifully, eased a great deal.

I,m afraid that dont dwell too much on what I do, its just something that I do, because Ive always done it. Hows that for lack of imagination!

seagull

[bushwacker bob]

Hi Seagull, theres nowt wrong with the pie and packet of fags,they often constitute the main stay of my kit! and maybe a knife or two :lol:

[RAPPLEBY2000]

you just have nettle soup as a side dish! :wink:

hi seagull, I'm sure you have a fair bit of knowledge that many would be interested in! :wave:

[Seagull]

Thanks for the replies, though I am unsure about the nettle soup!

Its strange that nettle soup should be mentioned, for I was dog-walking this morning and encountered my next door neighbour.
As you do, we exchanged greetings, then symptoms and she noticed the my copper wrist band..blah, blah blah...anyway , she reckoned that nettle tea gives some sort of relief from joint pains. Anyone know anything about this?

Cant, see it, myself, unless its diluted heavily, with a good scotch.

T,other thing is , I cannot honestly see that marine experience is going to lend anything of use , to a bushcraft site.

Surely not !!??
,Less, of course, theres anyone needs help about the finer points of knot-tying, for I have most always, kept my hand -in.

As for the rest, well, what with hhgps ,no-one actually needs a refresher on the use of an artificial horizon, unless theyre planning a retro-style trip across the Takla Makhan.

No, I can,t think that anyones sea survival training, is the slightest use in bushcraft. I could be well wrong on this one: just how damp can it get in the woods?

Ed, picking my brains, is going to be a lot quicker than sneezing.

seagull