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Ok how many of you are coming to the summer BCUK BUSHMOOT ?
if this is the first you have heard of this event (have you been living in a cave on mars with you finger in your ears?? :confused: ) the details are below
BCUK BUSHMOOT SUMMER 2005
The dates are July 29th to Aug 1st
Any one is more than welcome to come for a day or for the whole period.
These meets are for everyone, no matter how involved you are in bushcraft, bring the family
workshops arranged for the event:
Forging knives with Pete bond, Flintknapping with John lord, sharpening, long bow making, leather sheath making, primitive deadfalls and snares, knots, cordage, fire by friction bowdrill and handrill (not yet finalised), archery, Navigation without a compass, plant walk (not yet finalised), Tracking (not yet finalised), locating water on the dunes (not yet finalised)
The cost for the campsite will be £20 an adult and £10 for 12-16 years and free below that. If you can just make a night or two it will be £7 a night.
You can pay on the day or If you would like to pay via paypal then the address is shop@bushcraftuk.net
Here's some info about the site.
The estate has an incredibly varied mixture of terrain with:
300 acres of forest including broad leaf coppice and ancient woodland
5 square kilometres of sand dunes (the second largest and highest in Europe)
4.5 kilometres of coastline (with the second largest tidal change in the world)
6 kilometres of river
an estuary
3 natural springs
2 castles
numerous streams and ponds
The outstanding diversity of flora and fauna on this site has earned it no less than five designations.
SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest
NNR National Nature Reserve
SPC Special Area of Conservation
SAM scheduled ancient monument
Heritage Coast
Our base camp is fully equipped with running water, toilets, showers and a purpose built lecture building for when indoor lectures are appropriate
The nearest bus and train stations are located in the city of Bridgend
A map showing myther mawr in relation to the city of Bridgend and the M4 motorway:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v174/diabolik/map3.gif
A map showing the Merthyr Mawr estate, the red arrow marks the BCUK bushmoot car park:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v174/diabolik/map1.gif
A satellite photo of the area shown in the map above:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v174/diabolik/phot1.gif
You are welcome to join us any time from 9:30 on Friday the 29th finishing at 12:00am monday Aug 1st
I will be ther unless things change drastically :)
some pictures of the workshops at last years BUCK BUSHMOOT 2004
Here are a couple of Peters forging workshop.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v174/diabolik/forging.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v174/diabolik/forging2.jpg
and one of Chris bow workshop:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v174/diabolik/bow.jpg
Buckshot
05-07-2005, 15:12
I'll be there with Lady (she doesn't like being called 'Mrs') and mini (perhaps he should be birdshot?) Buckshot :)
Cheers
Mark
Povarian
05-07-2005, 15:18
Nope, can't make this one - contracted for a show at Berkley castle before I found BCUK. :(
Graham_S
05-07-2005, 15:29
i'll be there. can't wait
maverick
05-07-2005, 16:49
After sundays little walk about, count me in!!
I'll be there nice and early on friday, anybody else plan on arriving early on the Firday?
I'll be there with the family. I've booked the time off work......to spend a weekend camping at the place where I work!!!!! :rolleyes: :)
Count me in!!! Looks great :-)
I can't go :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(
Hoping to come to another one though, when there's on nearer me!
I am really upset as I missed the last one due to starting a family break on the bank holiday of the previous meet and guess what, I am also on holiday at the same time as the July meet. I will get to one of these moots sometime! :(
Hope it goes well for all with lots of new skills picked up and kit admiration aplenty
Elliott
Unless fate has other plans I'll be there
:D :D
Sorry if this has already been covered, but what are the food arrangements, shall we bring our own, or are going to live off the land or somethings else, thanks :cool:
you will need to bring and cook your own food, there will be a hangi (ground oven) with a suckling pig or deer which is for everyone to tuck into, but it will only be for the one day and you cannot rely on it to feed everyone.
there is a supermarket just down the road for those of you with families or who dont wish to cart an entire four days worth of food down to Myther mawr.
there will be a number of large barbecue sites (made from oil drums) dotted around the woods, as well as a large communial fire which you can cook on
jdlenton
09-07-2005, 19:56
you can count me in :)
there will be a number of large barbecue sites (made from oil drums) dotted around the woods, as well as a large communial fire which you can cook on
Stuart, if I'm right in thinking no fires are allowed other than the ones mentioned above. Could I get away with using my brazier? As you know they are essentially a stove, allbeit one that burns natural materials.
VIRULENT SALAMANDER
10-07-2005, 00:48
well I hope to :) be there, the last one was great. So I want to get a goodnights sleep and see every one having a good time again .So see you there(:eek: its Wales right!).
Stuart, if I'm right in thinking no fires are allowed other than the ones mentioned above. Could I get away with using my brazier? As you know they are essentially a stove, allbeit one that burns natural materials.
There will be one or two communial fires but we would prefer if people didnt start a new fire every time they wanted to cook, braziers will be fine though as long as the fire is not on the ground its ok
Bumblebee
10-07-2005, 10:45
Can't wait! :) PP sent! :D
Unfortunately, I hadn't realised the scale of the journey - 7-8 hours on train with 2 changes each way from Edinburgh makes it a bit too much for me for one weekend - however, I hope that I'll be able to get to another one some time soon (hopefully further North? ;)), and I'll be spending next weekend at the (not so very) North Scottish Mini-meet (http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?t=5830)
Hope you guys all have fun!
Graham_S
11-07-2005, 19:09
Unfortunately, I hadn't realised the scale of the journey - 7-8 hours on train with 2 changes each way from Edinburgh makes it a bit too much for me for one weekend - however, I hope that I'll be able to get to another one some time soon (hopefully further North? ;)), and I'll be spending next weekend at the (not so very) North Scottish Mini-meet (http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?t=5830)
Hope you guys all have fun!
i, however am made of sterner stuff and am prepared to brave the rigours of public transport in the name of bushcraft :D
and i'm travelling from further north than you :p
Unfortunately, I hadn't realised the scale of the journey - 7-8 hours on train with 2 changes each way from Edinburgh makes it a bit too much for me for one weekend - however, I hope that I'll be able to get to another one some time soon (hopefully further North? ;)), and I'll be spending next weekend at the (not so very) North Scottish Mini-meet (http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?t=5830)
Hope you guys all have fun!
No 'no frills' airlines going in roughly the right direction then?
Cheeers
David
beach bum
12-07-2005, 00:20
Unfortunately, I hadn't realised the scale of the journey - 7-8 hours on train with 2 changes each way from Edinburgh makes it a bit too much for me for one weekend - however, I hope that I'll be able to get to another one some time soon (hopefully further North? ;)), and I'll be spending next weekend at the (not so very) North Scottish Mini-meet (http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?t=5830)
Hope you guys all have fun!
Don't know if your aware but Cardiff International Airport (Rhoose) is only a few minutes away from Merthyr Mawr, :D
Fare from Edinburgh about £35 :eek: that's a good deal cheaper than the train
.Might even persuade one of the locals to pick you up ;)
regards
beach bum
Hmm - well, looking into it I can get an EasyJet flight to Bristol return inc taxes etc for about 70 quid, or a bmibaby flight to Cardiff return inc taxes for about 100 quid.
Train return from Bristol would cost me about 15 quid... I'm assuming I could get from Cardiff airport to Merthyr Mawr easily, one way or another...
Can we get an 'err, maybe, I dunno?' category on this here poll then...? :D
jdlenton
15-07-2005, 09:35
I posted this in the other summer moot thread but got no reply so i'll try again here.
I'm currently trying to get my travel arrangements sorted for the moot, I have a ride to Myther Mawr on the Friday but at present my trip home on the Monday is looking a little sketchy. I would like to come home on Monday but if I have no option Ill it will have to be Sunday, so what Im asking is if any one in Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Berkshire area or after that long list even the south east and can get me to within an hours drive of Aylesbury so my good lady wife can come and get me please can I have a ride home? I dont mind sharing fuel costs and my rucksack is pretty small
I could bring you to cardiff, you could get a coach or train from there
jdlenton
15-07-2005, 10:16
Thanks Stuart
I will and it to the ideas mix and let you knowwhen i know more
J*
I will be driving to the MM meet via Bristol on Friday morning. If anyone needs a lift I have room in my car for one or two people.
With best wishes from Andrew
C_Claycomb
21-07-2005, 12:28
Just thought that a timely reminder might be needed. This meet is NOT a Bank Holiday. We have the site booked for the Monday, but those that stay will have to book a day's holiday.
C_Claycomb
21-07-2005, 12:30
James, I have had a look at the map and reckon that I can take you pretty much all the way back on the way home. I think that the route up to Market Harborough can go past Oxford and not add more than 10 miles to the total.
I remember from recent threads that many of you play the tin whistle
if you play an instument bring it along to the Bushmoot, playing music and story telling is what camp fires are all about!!!