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TurboGirl
18-12-2011, 23:21
I don't know weither to be relieved or dissappointed that we didn't get the promised met office extreme conditions... actually noooo, last years pictures are better armchair bushcrafted, I think ;)

Here's my contributions to the pictures from a lovely chillaxed start to the season o' goodwill, thank you, guyz and sam, for a super Saturday & Sunday, tis as always, a pleasure and priviledge to spend time in your company in the woodlands!

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The SSSI area looking as magical as always :)

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Happy campers... my navigator and co-pilot who were epic satnav replacements and jolly fine company!

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Steve and Martin in serious discussion

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Apologies, Henn, for the beef Christmas hat :)


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Martins' tripod was fair creaking under the weight of his n Petes superb array of different marinades and smoking meats... the mustard bomb marinade was positively medicinal!

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Setting up the new pride n joy :)


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It's gotta be a noob thing, to take pictures of your food- I'm doing it incase it helps the pathologists later in the week!


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Just a sprinkle of frost overnight in the fields and the wood had barely a rime by the time I got up... not the extreme conditions I was afeared of, am old wuss at heart...

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Will contributed the driver a bacon sarnie as an offering to the Road Gods on Sunday morning, via the grateful drivers hungry belly... cheers matey!

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Hard at work striking camp- well these things can't be rushed on a beautiful sunny sunday morning, can they...


Had a fab time as always, chaps, thank you very much, especially to Steve for the meet and helping me with the path back to dowsing, Martin for the help, encouragement n support jerky making, the there-and-gone lee for some fun projects to practice on, chad, pete and everyone who endured my overenthusiastic noobness about knifey shizzle and apologies to anyone I scared by insisting on a mumsy-type hug rather than a manly handshake ;)
MartinK9
19-12-2011, 08:24
Great pics Sal, thanks for sharing. :)
sasquatch
19-12-2011, 17:31
Nice one Sal, thanks for the pics! Great meet as always, wasn't it!
TinkyPete
19-12-2011, 18:26
Thanks for the Pics was another great meet.Great to see everyone before the festive period and also what a great way to start my leave :)
TurboGirl
19-12-2011, 20:45
what a great way to start my leave :)
Ahhh, thats why you seemed so relaxed and happy then, pete, thought you'd been to see your masseuse before you came ;)

I'm sorry you were fighting off illness, chad, twas lovely to see you all and learn more about the metalcrafting... I keep looking at my pics of petes handholds on the necker you made him, had a lil picture-taking demo to get my head around how they're used/ held for various jobs (MUCH appreciated, pete, you'da made a lovely model... I have loads of pictures of your hands this meet with the jerkying too) ... so I can figure if theres any chance of getting one and a utility off the 1 billet which looks unlikely unless I go stick tang which I know even less about!

Just wrapped the loveless knife book I bought myself from HWMBO for xmas, nigh on killed me to resist opening it ;) but I'm in no rush... Dad was enthusing bout it at the pub after the meet so its all looking good for a bit of a Nowill father n daughter learn together thing... sweeeet :) Now I just need to get the D*crosskeys 'trade mark' permission and we'll be re-entering the family trade ;)
sasquatch
19-12-2011, 21:54
That's great to hear Sally! I'm sure you'll do that family maker's mark justice and your Dad will be more than proud to pass down some of the oldschool skills to you! Really looking forward to seeing what you two eventually come up with, I'm sure it'll be a real thing of beauty after seeing that damascus billet you've got...like a pint of Guinness, good things come to those that wait.
TurboGirl
20-12-2011, 14:08
He's got some mild steel we can practice on before we do irrepairable damage to the damask billet :) I was kinda joking bout the trademark, tho if we get into it, I'd ask for permission just for the ancestors sake :)
woodspirits
21-12-2011, 21:55
thanks for posting the pics up sal, as you say they depict a nice relaxed meet :) looks like all we did was eat!. i was a little surprised to see the airguns, i wasnt aware of any such activity.
TurboGirl
22-12-2011, 10:01
i was a little surprised to see the airguns, i wasnt aware of any such activity.
I don't think they were an activity as such, just a bit of help setting up a new 'un between freinds... should I pull the pic (and this mention) so it doesn't give others the idea that this meet allows em? I'll be more careful of the pics I post in future, apologies :o
woodspirits
22-12-2011, 15:29
no of course not :) its the diversity of activities that make a good meet, i, and everyone else just need to know if theres pellets flying around from a health and safety point of view, i'll speak to them at the next meet :cool:
Karl82
22-12-2011, 16:38
the Tipi on the left dose make it look bad, but i can asure you there was nobody camping behind the target area infact its a deep ditch and the tipi on the left if further out of the line of fire than it looks. we took alternating shots to make sure their was nobody useing the path to the left of the target and we had a clear view well beyond the path leading to the area.we would not have set up in a area we did not feel was unsafe or where someone could get hurt. That said i will have a chat to Steve and look for a area he is happy for us to shoot in if he is happy for us to bring them again.
PREPER
22-12-2011, 18:11
Love the pics makes me wish I was still there :)
Andy BB
22-12-2011, 18:29
the Tipi on the left dose make it look bad, but i can asure you there was nobody camping behind the target area infact its a deep ditch and the tipi on the left if further out of the line of fire than it looks. we took alternating shots to make sure their was nobody useing the path to the left of the target and we had a clear view well beyond the path leading to the area.we would not have set up in a area we did not feel was unsafe or where someone could get hurt. That said i will have a chat to Steve and look for a area he is happy for us to shoot in if he is happy for us to bring them again.


Karl is such a bad shot that he completely missed me in the tipi! Actually, I was in the tipi for much of the time the guys were practising, and I was well out of the line of fire. From what I saw their safety routines were impeccable, and I do a fair bit of air-rifle plinking myself.