Kirruth
02-05-2005, 19:24
After lurking for a little bit, and posting a few replies, I thought I'd say hello.
I'm a 37 year old woman living in Berkshire. Although I am no bushcraft expert, I like getting out into the forests or on the hills here in the UK or overseas, and using what I find out there to make life comfortable. I'm especially interested in learning more about cordage, friction firelighting and native plants.
At the moment, I am assembling kit for another trip to the Japanese Alps (Niigata) in June, which I love going to and where I have some close friends. They know alot about the local plants, learned from their neighbour O Baa Chan ("granny"), who loves sharing her skills and knows everything about everything in the mountains. If nothing else, it makes for a very tasty dinner.
It's a fun place to go but like many mountain areas, it's both fragile and lethal, and suffered alot last year from storms and earthquakes. And, as ever, the old skills are being lost, as global warming and age drive old farmers into the cities.
Foreign travel aside, I also love the New Forest and South Downs and the weekend will usually find me out in one of them, rain or shine (perversely, more during rain).
Anyway, hello!
I'm a 37 year old woman living in Berkshire. Although I am no bushcraft expert, I like getting out into the forests or on the hills here in the UK or overseas, and using what I find out there to make life comfortable. I'm especially interested in learning more about cordage, friction firelighting and native plants.
At the moment, I am assembling kit for another trip to the Japanese Alps (Niigata) in June, which I love going to and where I have some close friends. They know alot about the local plants, learned from their neighbour O Baa Chan ("granny"), who loves sharing her skills and knows everything about everything in the mountains. If nothing else, it makes for a very tasty dinner.
It's a fun place to go but like many mountain areas, it's both fragile and lethal, and suffered alot last year from storms and earthquakes. And, as ever, the old skills are being lost, as global warming and age drive old farmers into the cities.
Foreign travel aside, I also love the New Forest and South Downs and the weekend will usually find me out in one of them, rain or shine (perversely, more during rain).
Anyway, hello!