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Mesquite
20-12-2009, 16:49
Well the Herts meet went ahead despite the arctic like conditions.

A small group of us each night but we really enjoyed ourselves and it was good to see the children enjoying themselves as well. Saturday night was especially good as the scouts held their annual carol service and Jasons wife did us a beef stew, containing a bottle of red wine and half a bottle of port and it was superb. Way too much for all of us to eat (due to Jasons cricket ball sized dumplings :D )

I'd like to thank Dave for organising it and Jasons wife for the stew.

Here's some pics from the weekend

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Madonna with the big boobies (sculpted by one of the site crew)
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A small igloo built by the site crew
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The cooking arrangements. The stand can be bought from Ronnie Sunshines (http://www.ronniesunshines.com/bushcraft-cooking-dutch-ovens-c-31_68.html?osCsid=c8331c83fb60 6a1568e1459fb88f299c) (currently out of stock). You can see in the picture that Jason modded it by fitting extendable legs so it can cook over rasied fires like this one
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/mesquite_uk/011.jpg

The Saturday night stew with the dumplings just going in
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk151/mesquite_uk/010.jpg
MartinK9
20-12-2009, 16:51
Looks like you all had a great time Steve, thanks for sharing.:)
Shewie
20-12-2009, 17:03
Nice one Steve goodjob

Did most folk kip on the deck then ? Can't see many hammocks that's all.
Mesquite
20-12-2009, 17:06
Nice one Steve goodjob

Did most folk kip on the deck then ? Can't see many hammocks that's all.

T'was a ground dwelers convention Rich :D No tree dwellers at all :lmao:
scubapauly
20-12-2009, 19:05
Sorry I missed it. Didn't manage to get our cars out of the close until today. :(
nolightweight
20-12-2009, 19:17
Nice one Steve. Thanks for sharing.
andybysea
20-12-2009, 19:41
Great pic's, looks a good location, like the igloo and snow carving,
gsfgaz
20-12-2009, 20:30
goodjobgoodjobgreat pic's m8 ... the snow carving and igloo r class ,,, brilliant set up ...:bigok:
Twodogs
20-12-2009, 21:52
Good stuff
Twodogs
addo
20-12-2009, 22:10
Nice one Steve, makes me want to get out with the bivi and get a large fire going, alas xmas and work are getting in the way!
Tune
20-12-2009, 23:21
It was fantastic.

We even invented Christmas pudding Dumplings!

Thanks again to Dave for the organisation and Jasons wife for the stew.
DavidJT
20-12-2009, 23:23
Well done for not wimping out, looks like a fun time.
C_Claycomb
20-12-2009, 23:27
Gutted that I couldn't come. Thought that I would have the car fixed in time, then when that didn't happen, thought that a friend would give a lift, and that didn't happen either :( Looks like it was a lot of fun, you had great weather for it!

Thanks for sharing the photos!
Mesquite
21-12-2009, 00:00
Gutted that I couldn't come. Thought that I would have the car fixed in time, then when that didn't happen, thought that a friend would give a lift, and that didn't happen either :( Looks like it was a lot of fun, you had great weather for it!

Thanks for sharing the photos!

Sorry you you missed it Chris, it really was a good meet with some great folks.

I would have happily given you a lift if you'd have let me know you were needing one.
mittenz
04-01-2010, 06:26
Looks like you all had an awesome time i am sorry i missed it. How cold was it?
Mesquite
04-01-2010, 14:21
We reckon it got down to about -4 or -5 deg C on both nights
mittenz
07-01-2010, 08:23
wow! i probably would have had to sit on the fire to stay warm if i had gone :D
ronniesunshines
16-01-2010, 15:36
Hi Jason

Nice to see you in the shop today, did you like the jerky?? Great pics of your snow weekend, really like what you did with the stand, after chatting with you today I’ve given it some more thought and I will look into getting some more made up for later in the year.

Keep up the good work

Best wishes

Dave
aka Ronnie Sunshines