View Full Version : hello all,new member from Cornwall.
cornishtrailsloth
20-01-2010, 19:56
Hi all, been lurking a fair while on this site and have just posted for the first time - I was drawn to the site as I'm looking to prep myself and a small trail bike for a trip along the Welsh border, but now I see that I'm going to be spending alot of time here as the whole bushcraft thing seems to push alot of my fun switches.
I'm not sure this is the time of life to start rough camping but I was in Trago (local everything cheap shop) and despite going in for a saw and some roofing felt was strangely drawn to the camo pattern tarps in the DIY section, and after all the stuff on here about hobo stoves I found myself wandering up to the kitchen ware bit and stroking my bread while looking at stainless coffee and tea containers.
Anyway - great site and thanks to all of you with such a lot of experience and info to pass on.
Cap'n Badger
20-01-2010, 20:16
Ahoy an' welcomes :)
cornishtrailsloth
20-01-2010, 20:24
Ahoy Cap'n - nice carving work!
p.s. do you know Cap'n Jasper out o' Plymouth?:D
Cyclingrelf
20-01-2010, 21:15
Hello and welcome!
John Fenna
20-01-2010, 21:43
Hello and welcome!
Welcome to the forum friend :D
cornishtrailsloth
20-01-2010, 21:56
Thanks all.
Ogri the trog
20-01-2010, 22:10
Welcome aboard Cornishtrailsloth,
I hope you enjoy your time here.
ATB
Ogri the trog
bush tycoon
20-01-2010, 23:14
Hello and Welcome to the forum
scrogger
21-01-2010, 10:37
Id be carful stroking your bread in shops !!!
Welcome and enjoy the forums!!
Hi Cornishtrailsloth - welcome to the forum
Quarryman
22-01-2010, 19:27
G'day mate, and the cornish number grows :)
redandshane
22-01-2010, 20:16
Id be carful stroking your bread in shops !!!
Welcome and enjoy the forums!!
I was going to mention that!
stroking bread in Trago Mills who knows what could happen?
cornishtrailsloth
22-01-2010, 20:44
Thanks for the welcome everyone -
Quarryman I see you have a bike as well, I have an XT600 for road and XR250 for the untarmacced ones, how about you?
Trago is where I do most of my beard stroking TBH, red, trying to work out if something is total crap or actually not a bad buy - they have some starter airgnus at £30!! surely pants but the guy on the counter reckons the're OK.
Trago Rocks :)
Welcome to the BCUK, and welcome to our band of Cornish bushcrafters :)
We've a couple of meets in the next few months that would be worth a look. The NaturalBushcraft Spring Meet in March and the Cornwall RV at the beginning of April.
Where abouts in Kernow are you based mate?
Native Nathan
23-01-2010, 23:05
Helllllllllooooooooo there,
Welcome to our forum, we are glad to have you aboard !!
Just thought I'd make it easier for them on the wrong side of the Tamar bridge to understand us! lol
timf2009
24-01-2010, 06:56
Hello cornishtrailsloth and welcome to the forum!
Nice part of the world down there :)
Quarryman
24-01-2010, 22:51
Hey Cornishtrailsloth,
I too av a XT600 Tenere, also a softail standard and a Buell.
ATB
Matt
:welcome1:There be many of us playing down here, preferably not with bread though. Get along to one of the meets and see if it really taps your funny bone.
:pokenest:
Andy
Rob_Beek
24-01-2010, 23:23
A up.
Going along offas dyke on your bike? That would be mint!
Welcome Cornishtrailsloth, you are indeed lucky to live in Cornwall, the hot bed of bushcrafting.
As Rawshak says, we have regular meets down here which will be even more regular this year. We currently have access to two areas of woodland, one of which is 100 acres, and hope to have more later this year.
Hope you can make it to one sometime soon.
Martin
cornishtrailsloth
25-01-2010, 20:02
wow, lots of potential, sounds good Martin.
Can't go along Offa's on the bike, Rob, I think cos it's footpath but there are lots of vehicle rights of way in Wales and hopefully many in that area!
I will try and get kitted up and get to a local meet, Andy.
Can't wait to give it a go TBH.
Hey Quarryman - XT too - cool - those Tenere beasts are the bee's cahoones! With a couple of bad ass hoggs too!
RAwshak - I will check out the meets - (tbh I've already looked at the Cornwall RV and would love to get along and maybe get my son along too - trouble is I don't yet know if I'm working that W/E, same with the Naturalbushcraft one)
Anyway I better sort out some kit first. BTW Trago have some cheapo tarps at about £4 - OK for a start in the garden?
Perhaps I'd better move this over to the SW local forum bit?
Anyway thanks all for the warm welcome.
marcusleftthesite
25-01-2010, 20:18
Hello Cornishtrailsloth,all that glitters is definately not gold at Trago.Bought a North Face coat there this week and I'm 99% sure it's fake,supposed to be Gore-Tex XCR.The Gore-tex was actually spelt GOER-TEX on the tags,zip did up on the wrong side,no care label etc.So be a bit carefull and the guy's in the tackle/shooting dept. tend not to know their ass from their elbows,they are both (Steve and Nigel) nice chaps but they are there to sell stock.
cornishtrailsloth
25-01-2010, 22:31
thanks for the heads up, marcus. - yeah I guess a lot of stock comes in a big container saying produce of china.