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Greenpete
10-10-2004, 23:40
Hi to all that went to the event was great to see you all.
Sorry I couldn't make the whole weekend Dave but it was great to see you and Feathers, as well as all the other peeps on the course!
Everyone seemed to love it loads!
I wish that kind of friendly gathering could be a daily event!
The venue is a lovely place too and it is wonderful to be able to spend time there.
The highlight for me was the bamboo bows! I can't wait to get down the garden center and buy some bow stock and get making! Cheers Chris.
What says the rest of yuz?
Greenpete :wave:
falling rain
11-10-2004, 13:30
Great weekend. Many thanks to everyone for making it so, Especially Dave and Feathers for their hard work in organising it all.
I really enjoyed the Archery. I could get into it. I can see it's addictive.
Thanks one and all. :You_Rock_
i'm gutted that I didn't get there :cry:
A good weekend was had by all. Thanks to everyone that was there, you made it something special. I can now put more names to faces and made some great new friends. I hope to catch up with you all again sometime :biggthump
:-)
Ed
Buckshot
11-10-2004, 13:56
Tony, you missed a really good weekend.
Good location
Good food (the Hare :biggthump what can I say)
Great people with an excellent knowledge base. I was saying to someone yesterday there wasn't one person I wouldn't liked to have spent more time with.
Well done Dave and Feathers. :You_Rock_
heers
Mark
C_Claycomb
11-10-2004, 14:45
Yeah, fantastic weekend. It would have been cool to have had longer.
Hail to the chefs!! :notworthy:
I think that in the end everyone was glad that Mark didn't pull a deer out of the hat on the last day... :rolmao: As it was there were hare leftovers :-)
Hats off to the put-up and take-down crew who set everything up...5 Star, centrally heated dining room and everything :o):
Hope everyone got home safely. Clearly Stuart managed to get Ed back in one piece! :shock: :o):
Rich, Thanks for waiting and guiding me to the M40, much appreciated :-)
Dave and Alex :You_Rock_ I really loved that walk to check for badger tracks
As for everyone who didn't manage to come :nana: you have another chance next year when it is sure to be even better!
What an awesome weekend!
I'm absolutely shattered today but it was all well worth it. Cheers to everyone that attended, especially Dave and Feathers for organising it all and to Mark for all the fantastic food. I feel that I have made many new friends this weekend and hope to see you all again soon.
Need some rest now otherwise I might go into a Korma!
Hiya Wooks, Welcome to the forum!
Cheers Womble, it is always nice to be welcomed
Buckshot
11-10-2004, 15:46
Nice one Wookie, you made it at last.
Cheers
Mark
Hi wookie good to see you found the forum
still dieing slowly and painfully from my cold, but it was well worth going
Feathers your a great cook :You_Rock_
Buckshot well done providing all the food (2 pheasant, 2 ducks, 2 pigeon, 1 rabbit and 7 hares !!!!! :shock: )
Buckshot
11-10-2004, 17:05
Buckshot well done providing all the food (2 pheasant, 2 ducks, 2 pigeon, 1 rabbit and 7 hares !!!!! :shock: )
And don't forget SWMBO - opps sorry Kath, Lady buckshot's Blackberry and apple crumble... :biggthump
Cheers
Mark
Well done Wookie, you made it to the forum :wink:
Once again, DG and Feathers have put on an excellent event. I think that all that attended, including those sharing skills, will remember the weekend for a long time to come. :You_Rock_
Good to see some of you there :wave: and I hope that nobody has become addicted to anything that will run out of control :-)
A great week end indeed, I didn't want to come away.
Particular thanks from me to everyone who helped me learn how to deal with the dead things and I'm really looking froward to trying a bamboo bow.
Hope you feel better soon Stuart.
Mel
Hi All
Wow that was quite a weekend!
Big thanx from Me and Feathers to: Mel and Rob for the best archery set-up I've every tried, Ed and Stuart for making traps brilliantly simple, Chris for turning gardening bamboo poles into 50lbs hunting bows (that still amazes me), Rik for sharing his knowledge of fishing and casually saying "Here's a crayfish pot I just made while sitting in the car", Buckshot was brilliant I can't put into words how fantastic it was to have him as part of the team. To all who came, thank you for making it one of the best camps that I've ever been part of. I certainly left feeling enriched by the whole experience and ever so slightly amazed at just how good it was!
See you all in the woods soon
DG
thank you Dave for organising such a wonderfull event :You_Rock_
Rik's fishing lecture was very very good, theres somone I wouldnt mind learning more from
Hi all I have made it on to the forum still in one piece had a fantastic time with a bunch of really wonderful characters and that defiantly includes you wookie and your anticks.
I left Dave yesterday after finishing the pack up feeling very positive about the road ahead for Bushcraft and I would like to thank everyone for sharing there skills to keep this dream alive.
Cheers
Mayhem(Mark)
Buckshot
12-10-2004, 10:18
Hi Mayhem, glad you found us.
I think that might be a better name for Wookie though :o):
Feathers knawing on his bone is an image I wont forget for a while. :rolmao:
Cheers
Mark
Yes I agree Wookie could take that name and make it very proud.
Mark
Just cos a guy accidentally turns on the brightest torch known to man inside a land rover when everyone is getting there’s eyes adjusted to the night, sets fire to a skillet and then turns all the food black and almost throws up while plucking a pheasant and then goes on to play with the severed feet for far too long, does not mean that he should automatically be referred to as mayhem - No Mark you keep that name I am happy with Wookie
Buckshot
12-10-2004, 12:17
:rolmao: :rolmao:
And the sad thing is it's all true :o):
Hi
Well, there's not a lot more I can add that other people haven't already said! Massive thanks to all involved, I'm really looking forward to the time I see you guys again - not just because there's still so much to learn from you!
Just and I are currently drying out a number of hare and a rabbit skin, possibly to be made into a gimp mask for Wookie. I'll let you know how we get on.
Take it easy you crazy kids!
Dan
Roving Rich
12-10-2004, 14:49
Well it was a fabulous weekend. I thoroughly enjoyed myself, as everyone seemed to. Definetly one of the best courses I have ever attended.
A big thanks to all involved, Rob and Mel for re-awakening my interset in archery. Field archery certainly is a different shooting match to standing in a line plinkin at big round targets. We had a right laugh castrating the bear ! :o):
Buckshot Mark, was an absolute star. Providing most of the food for the weekend, and taking numerous hunting parties out at dawn and dusk. It really bought home what meat eating means. He also found time to help set up my airrifle ! and improve my shooting technique, so I am over the moon :o): Nice one Mark.
Dave and Feathers did a fantastic job of putting it all and holding it all together ! Not many schools could manage an event such as this, and run it so smoothly and efficiently, with no stress or strict schedule. :You_Rock_
It was great to meet the rest of you Outdoor Girl & Boy :-)(thanks for the excellent hare !) , Wookie and crew, Mark, Rik, GreenPete and of course Ed, Stu and Chris C.
I'm glad us BCUK lot made a good impression, So welcome to the forum all you new guys :super:
I'll put some photo's up very soon. The more gruesome ones will of course be
in the Fare game forum so as not to upset anyone :wink:
Cheers for now
Rich
Well Dan
I'm sure Wookie has a large number of those specialized masks after his revelations around the fire he has properly got the pattern to make them too.
Ha ha! This is true Mark! :wink:
Its not just the masks he has either! I've only seen a slight glimpse of his assorted accoutrements and an assortment of masks is but a small part! :shock:
My years of knowing young Wookston has learnt me not to ask too many questions and NEVER be surprised...
Still, if this blinkin' rain doesn't stop soon the hare skins will never dry out!
You should have had a word with feathers..... he was tanning skins a couple of months back I believe.... I'm sure he would be able to give you some tips....
And please guys, keep it clean..... this is a family forum remember :biggthump
Ed
For those of you who went on the course, who would like any further information or advice about the bow and arrowing, just give me a shout. Especially if you decide to buy any equipment.
It is difficult to give enough attention to everyone in a large group. But I am sure that we will get the opportunity another time.
: -l)
Hi everyone.
Finally made it on to the forum :wave:
I agree. A great weekend all round: lots to learn, new people to meet (especially the canterbury mob) and old friends to catch up with while having lots of fun in a beautiful place.
Many thanks to everyone involved, participants and instructors alike for sharing so much, especially rob and mel for their evening arrow surgery and buckshot for glorious food and stalking experience. Big thanks to DG and Feathers for creating the course and bringing it all together. Can't wait to see you all again soon or the 5 day version next year...
Easy now
Aelfred
(Ollie)
Roving Rich
14-10-2004, 11:54
Hi Aelfred, welcome aboard its good to catch up with all you guys again :biggthump
Cheers
Rich
Hiya ollie :wave: .... glad you found us :biggthump
Ed
Hello all! - At last ive logged on, and have to say what a great W/E i had on the Hunter course. Many thanks to evryone, Mark (buckshot) Mark (mayhem,quite aptly named young man) Rob & Mel (for getting me hooked on Archery) Chris & Stuart, who's knowledge was superb, Ed (brilliant)D.G (it was a Joy) and Feathers (good food & company) Rich, Womble, Ollie, etc. And it was great to see Pete again!!.
Many good memories ive taken from the campfire!
Hi Brett
I think thats everyone now the Course must off been the dogs dangly bits as I've not heard anything bad said about it and thats saying something.
Cheers
Mayhem (Mark)
Roving Rich
15-10-2004, 12:39
I think we are still one short :naughty: Wookie , Brett, Dan.... where is he ? :?:
Well I spose were 3 short if we include Rik and Jed.
Good to have you onboard Brett, make yourselves at home :wave:
Rich
Greenpete
15-10-2004, 22:56
Hi Brett!
It was good to see you too, though we didn't seem to get much time to chat!
I think like all that were there I thought it was a great do. Not just the course it self which I didn't really participate in, but the general air of friendship with all.
I hear you have a new bow!? I'd of like to take a look if I'd have known!
Stay well, Pete
Where was this class and who organised it? What did it cover?
It sounds well worth attending if it is held again.
Buckshot
08-11-2004, 08:52
Where was this class and who organised it? What did it cover?
It sounds well worth attending if it is held again.
Have a lok at http://www.wildernessliving.co.uk/ (http://)
Dave and Feathers run the courses there - top people. :You_Rock_
I think they only do this course once a year so probably around the same time next year. Although any of the courses they run are worth going on.
Be there or....
Cheers
Mark