bedfordshire bushcrafters

[Man of Tanith]

am i the only one?
Regards
Sam

[Aaron]

There are plenty of us in Bucks, not too far for you

[Man of Tanith]

was just wondering i did a search of the forum n only found stuff from 2006 whihc is a bit old by now :)
was kinda hopin there might be some people near ish to me that might be interested in meeting up for a brew somewhere?
regards
Sam

[Mesquite]

What part of Bedfordshire are you from Sam?

Also, keep a look out for the Herts/North London meet that I organise as you're more than welcome to come along to that if there's space. :)

[Man of Tanith]

im from potton
its a wee town near biggleswade and sandy if you know either of em?
thanks very much for the kind offer i'll do me best to come along to that depending on work/life/girlfriend commitments and of course space
regards
Sam

[Mesquite]

im from potton
its a wee town near biggleswade and sandy if you know either of em?

I know them both, Been up to Biggleswade area a few times to visit the shuttleworth collection and Tempsford for the stained glass shop there.


thanks very much for the kind offer i'll do me best to come along to that depending on work/life/girlfriend commitments and of course space


Be good to have you along, if you like I can add a waiting list in case someone drops out. As for the gitrlfriend why not bring her along? There's a couple other ladies coming so she won't be all on her own :)

[Man of Tanith]

ive a nasty feeling having looked at my work rota that ill be stuck at work for the dates specified whihc is a pain as i have booked time off from the 8th december as its my birthday during that week.
if youve been to tempsford have you seen the airfiled there? it was used to parachute drop SOE agents during the second world wards
regards
Sam

[Mesquite]

ive a nasty feeling having looked at my work rota that ill be stuck at work for the dates specified whihc is a pain as i have booked time off from the 8th december as its my birthday during that week.
if youve been to tempsford have you seen the airfiled there? it was used to parachute drop SOE agents during the second world wards
regards
Sam

Ahhhh bad luck on the timings Sam I've left you a PM about some other dates that I'm organising a meet for.

I've never been to the airfield as that's on the east of the A1 but I do know of it's history. Mind you I ought to go over there as the Tempsford church has what I'm lead to believe has the only example of a stained glass window by LC Tiffany in Britain.

[jamie18thmo]

am i the only one?
Regards
Sam

Hello Sam,
I thought that for a while too!
I'm not really close enough now to go for a brew, but "hello" to a fellow Bedfordshire bushcrafter!
I know your area well. Very nice. I was a student at Shuttleworth many moons ago.
Is Tempsford the airfield that Glen Miller took off from on his last flight?
If you ever do get down to the South Beds/Bucks/Herts area, then Ashridge, Totternhoe Knolls and Sundon Hills are all great places to go for a bushcrafty walk. Just watch out what sort of things you get up to, or the NT Wardens will tell you off! (I know, I used to be one around that area ;) ).
Cheers,
J :)

[Mesquite]

Is Tempsford the airfield that Glen Miller took off from on his last flight?

It was RAF Twinwood farm that Miller took off on his last flight.... about 7 miles to the west of Tempsford. They now have regular music festivals there and the Glen Miller Ochestra usually play as a tribute to their founder.

[Man of Tanith]

hi all
as mesquite says it was twinwoods that mr miller flew out of but still in bedfordshire and ive had some good stomps/bimble round clapham area
jamie18thmo firstly hello to another bedfordshire bushcrafter even if he has managed to escape :) i debated about attending shuttleworth college along time ago but it didnt work out youre defiantely a bit far to meet for a brew at the moment but if youre ever back in the area id be happy to meet up for a brew
mesquite i have replied to the pm
thanks one and all
regards
Sam

[VirusKiller]

Hi Sam. You are not the only one. I'm just inside the Beds border in Aspley Heath, Woburn Sands. Eager to start doing bushcrafty stuff, having done a Woodsmoke Woodlander course in the Lakes.

Cheers,
Joel

[JDO330]

Hiya Joel / Sam,

Im not that far away, im sure we could meet at some stage?

I popped over the the Swyn meet today for a few hours, its was really good to meet the guys there and put faces to names etc. Give it a go, I got the impression it might become a regular and its not a million miles away.

ATB, Jon.

[VirusKiller]

I popped over the the Swyn meet today for a few hours, its was really good to meet the guys there and put faces to names etc. Give it a go, I got the impression it might become a regular and its not a million miles away.Ditto (today). Lots of opportunity I think.

[RAPPLEBY2000]

Potton?......aaahh! :rolleyes: that brings back memories

My grandparents used to run the George and Dragon pub (Stann and Win Appleby) near the village center back in the 70's and 80's! he had about 3 vintage Jags in a garage out back! great old building loads of history probably much changed now (they boarded off a whole staircase and floor when i visited once) never found out why.
My mum always took us to a rundown recreation ground (behind the pub?) which had a weird concrete stream or water over flow system (i think). funny what you remember;)

sadly i don't live in bedfordshire ,I live in Naaarfolk (Norfolk and Norwich group) and wondered how close you guys are, i guess too far for normal meets, but we have access to a few good camp areas one in Thetford so prehaps later in the year we could meet up? no promises but the offer is there:)

Cheers
Rich

[Man of Tanith]

hi all
first of all an apology for a lack of response from me
my beloved dog knocked cola all over my laptop shortly before christmas and incapacitated it completely.

RAPPLEBY2000 not only do i know the george and dragon pub i live on the same road!!
the playing fields are still there now got a skate ramp and a very fetching statue of a swallow? or some bird anyhow

i completely forgot about the swyn meet up and am in all honesty am quite gutted i couldnt make it now :(

viruskiller/joel and JD0330/jon im game for a meet up and a bimble somewhere if you are? depending on shifts and general life interuptions allowing.

once again apologies for my lack of reply

regards
Sam

[VirusKiller]

viruskiller/joel and JD0330/jon im game for a meet up and a bimble somewhere if you are? depending on shifts and general life interuptions allowing.Any ideas as to when and where? I may be sleeping-bag-less for a week or two while it's cleaned!

[Man of Tanith]

um in all honesty nope no idea im afraid
im off to egypt for a fortnight at the start of march so i guess after that maybe?
Sam

[Knucklehead]

Count me in, if that's cool? I'm in Bucks. Let us know. Cheers

[Man of Tanith]

yup thats cool
i guess i should puta bit more thought into it then
sam

[VirusKiller]

Any ideas of where to meet?

[Man of Tanith]

hi all
apologies for belaled reply ive been out the country the last couple of weeks first family hoiday in 8years-a true lesson in survival that was :)
i only really know a couple of places in the near vicinty of potton but their quite nice depends if we wanna just meet up for a brew or for an overnighter?
regards
Sam

[Sao]

I would be interested in meeting up for a brew :)

[Man of Tanith]

Cool
let me know some dates that are conveniant and we'll go from there
i dont drive so if you wanna meet up somewhere other than potton it will have to be somewhere accessable on public transport
regards
Sam

[Sao]

Any Saturday or Sunday is fine with me. We can meet up in Potton as I don't have any ideas on where else to go.

[Man of Tanith]

cool
i work alternative weekends so a little planning might be required but sounds good so far
Regards
Sam

[Sao]

Well I am free all weekends, so whenever you are ready let me know and we will sort out a time and swap contact details.

[Man of Tanith]

sounds good
im working this weekend then have pleasures of family wedding on my weekend off so shall have to look at me rota and get back to you if thats cool
Sam

[Sao]

Yes, that's cool just let me know a few day's in advance

[eel28]

Just down the road from you here in Letchworth. would love to join in with meeting up sometime

[scubapauly]

Bit further down the road in Stevenage, I should be able to come up :)

[eel28]

So, how are we doing on the meet up front? Anyone have any thoughts?

[scubapauly]

Not seen anything :(

Theres a small patch of woodland I have permission to use (although everyone and their mate walks about in it). I guess as long as we kept groups to small numbers we could have a camp out.

No open fires though as the local kids do enough of a bad job.

[eel28]

Not seen anything :(

Theres a small patch of woodland I have permission to use (although everyone and their mate walks about in it). I guess as long as we kept groups to small numbers we could have a camp out.

No open fires though as the local kids do enough of a bad job.

Sounds good to me scubapauly, and no objection to the lack of fire here

[Man of Tanith]

sorry guys
in honesty i completely forgot bout this thread!
slack of me i know and i can only ofer my apologies
i am still up for meeting up with people it would be nice to have some people who aint gonna cancel every time i suggest a night out.
once more i can only offer my apologies.
as i said in another thread i have a small permission which could maybe fit a few people but aint sure about parking SWMBO and i usually get dropped off
Sam

[scubapauly]

Well I'm certainly up for meetings at weekends. Still getting all my kit together, coped well on the one night I've been out to play so far.

[Man of Tanith]

cool
i work alternative weekends but we can arrange something
Sam

[eel28]

at the moment i am working almost every Saturday until Christmas, so would be well up for an overnighter in January, but could and would be happy to meet up during the daytime one Sunday perhaps?

[scubapauly]

hell a small camp out during the day complete with a brew beats being on the sofa watchin telly :)

[eel28]

hell a small camp out during the day complete with a brew beats being on the sofa watchin telly :)

It sure does :)

[Man of Tanith]

damn straight it does!
so sometyhing on a sunday is best for all is it?
Sam

[scubapauly]

damn straight it does!
so sometyhing on a sunday is best for all is it?
Sam

Looking that way. I guess tho, if some of us can make the Saturday night then we can wait for others to join us on Sunday :)

[Man of Tanith]

thats a good idea too. might take a little co ordination but should be do able
Sam

[eel28]

Please don't let me stop you meeting up on a Saturday and camping the night - as jelous as i'll be, i'm more than happy to meet you on the Sunday, knowing that I too will be able to camp with you soon enough :)

[scubapauly]

Well if you folks don't mind slumming it in Stevo then I don't mind if you want to PM me and we'll put a plan together :)

Failing that I'm happy to drive up to Beds if someone else wants to organise.

[eel28]

PM sent Scubapauly

[Man of Tanith]

i will drop you a pm tomorrow when i am back from work.
slumming in it in stevo aint too bad.
tho i will be relyin on public transport
Sam

[scubapauly]

pm's returned :)