Cambridgeshire

[eel28]

As an aside we need someone to step up and arrange the next meets - i am going abroad for at least 2 months and may not be coming back (fingers crossed) so unlikely to be booking these for the future, it loks like there are quite a few people interested around the area and be a shame to let it dwindle.

Hope all goes well for you Tim, I wish you all the best and would like to thank you for all the organisation of these meets so far

Shame I can't make it this weekend to say that to you in person.

[badgeringtim]

Hey eel - no worries, i will still be lurking about in the forum and im not joking about hoping people might be able to come over for visits!.. although admittedly i do need to find the house with the workshop and the woods first....

Shame you cant come down this weekend though

[Redwood Bushcraft]

Hi all, friend of Wolfcrafter here, room for one more?

[GearGuru]

Hi Guys

I can't make this - they always end up being canoe trip days (thats life I supoose) I'm off to windy Wales to do my 4Star prep - Hope you have a good one!!

[WolfCrafter]

Lee, it's the first one your not going to be there! :0( see you next time!
Great to see your coming Ricky, long time no see! Good luck Guru!
Jason is on Tim (Redwood) Dale hasn't got back to me yet, so a no from him!

Carving some Sycamore and cooking some yum dishes.. With intermediate poking of fire & general chit chat!.. Ooo might have a go at some bread making!!.. Might!!!

P.s I'm now armed with a mini tripod and better HDR Photo/HD video capabilities.. Smile & Cheese please!! :0)

[badgeringtim]

Redwood - more the merrier.

Wolf i might see if i can borrow folkes to help me make a few bits and peices - but we see how it goes..sycamore is a good wood for carving, nice and easy and food friendly too!

Talking of food i can bring some fry up type gubbins for sunday brunch (bacon and sos), was thinking of doing some soda bread, but think i have to many ideas and not enough time. Could do a combined stew etc saturday evening so i will bring some fresh stuff and see what we can cobble together.

Ill be heading home to see the boxing sat night (yeah i know i never camp!) so can bring any supplies needed on sunday.

Shame you cant make it gearguru (chris) have fun in Wales, canoing does sound nice too!

final plea if anyone does have some reasonable (Kuksa) sized bits of green wood please bring along - i am all out! although have some oak if anyone wats some bits of longship ;-)

[badgeringtim]

on the offchance someone sees this and can put their hand on it - i could do with a full size hacksaw... have missplaced mine...

[WolfCrafter]

Got mine in the car to use the weekend Tim! (got DIY to do Monday!)

I am doing a fish soup/stew sat night, I'm trying to repeat a recipe we done at North Wood meet that was the best iv ever tasted!! You could buff that out with more stuff.. Or keep em separate if people don't like fish.. Def room for loads to cook on my Fire Alter!!

Got the Sycamore for just that purpose, a bowl/plate that doubles as a chopping board!! Almost complete, just a bit more love required!! :0)

[R.Lewis]

Got some wood today, a bootfull!!! A lot is greenish and maybe have a Kuksa size in fruit wood, may be too small though. A lot good for burning too. Will arrive probably late morning if I can find the place! Passport and driving license(both parts) good enough ID? Bringing way too much stuff what with Lavvu, Polish mini Lavvu and backup in case Polish thing leaks!

[WolfCrafter]

Great Lewis, right, as you turn off the A11 onto the A1307 Eastbound, go past the first turning on right (services) take the second right half a mile down. (Abingtons, high st) Couple hundred yards, a sort of T junction where the high st bares left, take the right hook into church lane. The next left is church close, (that's a dead end coal-de-sac with bungalows, don't take that) but about 25 yards on the left after church close is the narrow site enterance, dirt track and a little scout logo to lookout for!

Easy really!! ;0)

[rickyamos]

thanks for a great weekend lads

[badgeringtim]

Was a good meet chaps!
Nice to meet a few new faces and see some of Kevs new makings!
It was a little damp on Sunday but as was commented on; for November you couldnt really ask for much better, as i was scraping the ice of the windscreen this morning i was thinking it was rather lucky!


Cheers all.

[Whittler Kev]

Nice one dudes. A well spent Sunday. Good luck in Norway Tim

[eel28]

Sounds like you had a good weekend, shame I couldn't make it but hey, I'm looking forward to the next one

[R.Lewis]

Was a good one. Got lucky with the weather for sure! Next time we gotta do the each cook a meal thing we talked about. Got mine planned...

Cheers,
Roy

[WolfCrafter]

Hi all, cheers for a great camp the weekend, good to see you all keeping the Bushcraft spirit alive.

Iv put a video together of the meet, (as you may of guessed with all that footage I was taking!)



Had a guy look at it already and is interested in coming along to the next meet!!

Plus my blog has been updated with photos at wolfcrafter.blogspot

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See you all soon guys.

[jimbo75]

Well done Wolfcrafter! Looks like a great meet you have going on there! Top marks for organising and running! Can't wait to come along some time and meet you, redwood, whittler kev, and the other guy's!!

[eel28]

Great video Wolfcrafter hopefully I'll be able to make the next one

[jimbo75]

Is that Badgerinrim with you in the vid? I thought he had moved to Denmark? Looks like a high Def I phone vid if ever I saw one! Very nice.

[WolfCrafter]

Glad you guys liked it, Yes it is Tim, his off for Christmas Market soon Also in the video is me, Redwood Bushcraft, Ricky Amos, R Lewis and WhittlerKev. Kev came for the day on Sunday. Loved all the bits & tricks he keeps bringing with him.

Would be great to see you next time.
Ill make enquires soon about booking the next lot of meets.

[Whittler Kev]

Good vid dude. Lovely colours in the leaves.
Your iphones brill and so small and light to make such a good vid

[Rabbitsmacker]

nice video mate!

[WolfCrafter]

Went shopping at Go Outdoors yesterday with Jason, and he picked up a wicked little fire alter.. perfect for the meets!

[badgeringtim]

hey all,

Yeah the littel folding BBQ Jason got there is exactly the type i was thinking of when we were chatting - its not quit as variable as yours and the inverted triangle shape of the void means you dont get so much bed building up but i reckon it'll be cracking.
Having said that been using ground fires and a tripod with cauldron for cooking all weekend and that worked stonkingly well! not very portable though.

Im back from the xmas market for a month or so before the big move, kevs strikers sold well as part of a little firestarter pouch. Lots of people liked playing with them and the char cloth.

Nice vid wolf - the colour enchancement gizmo really brought out the congtrast (i think its rather tlike the loudness button on amps raising the top and bottom hehe )

As for me scarpering off - i will be but you wotn get rid of me that easily! I'll be keeping an eye on things in here!

:-)

[effzedess]

Great Video Wolfcrafter - thanks for whetting my appetite. I'll keep an eye on here and see if I can get along to the next one.

[WolfCrafter]

Glad to hear it helps people get an overview of the meets effzedess, look forward to seeing you around on here!

[Whittler Kev]

Been looking at the old Potassium Permanganate and that other stuff . This is what SHOULD have happened



or this



but don't mess with magnesium and Potassium Permanganate



or How to Start Fire with Water!

[badgeringtim]

hi all,
while packing ive found a good sized sheet of leather. Its not veg tanned or anything particularly nice - it has a slightly plasticy finish. But i have used it for making several axe masks and so on. Anyhow i dont want to transport it, if anyone wants it and can pick up in cambridge soon will swap for a pint/firesteel or francly anything small item for the principal of the thing!
Its about 1m x 1m - the machine grain is visable so to be honest you not likely to want anything more than purely functional items. bt its good to practice on!
PM me

[rickyamos]

Hi Guys

Do you know if there are any meets planned any time soon?

[WolfCrafter]

Hi peeps, Bushy New Year! Hi Ricky, sent form off but as Tim said! Very slow at replying! That's why I'm trying a group block booking this time! Fingers crossed well be I'n for feb to start with! I'll give em a prod!!. Any Xmas stuff happened? Presents? Made things? Or out and abouts to report of?

Got myself a Brisa order over Christmas so I'll be cracking on with 2 new knives soon!
Bro got me a Ti wood burner, and I foraged a gas bottle at a new years eve party to make a teepee wood burner/stove out of!
Finished my Sycamore chopping board/plate carving!
Made some mulled wine!
Got a leather craft book and a Folklore, Myths & Customs of Britain book to read!


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