Well it's been over 6 months now since my last blog so I thought I'd give you all an update, I've not done a whole lot of Bushcraft, I did go to Glyn-yr-Myl a while back, and Ogri the trog and I spent a day or two out in the woods, but apart from that not much.

The reason behind all this, is back when the summer Bushmoot was about to start, my wife and I were expecting twins, due in November of 2007, they arrived during the Moot, way too early as you can imagine!

Little Harry didn't make it, but our little boy Ieuan who weighed in at 1lb, is still with

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Okay, I've just taken my Mackeral fillets out of my smoker, and I must say they smell lovely, I'm going to resist temptation, and let them cool down and chill before eating them, so it'll be tea for tomorrow!

I mentioned earlier that i'd been making a chair for my neice, the chairs  I make are based on a Cape Cod chair I saw when my  wife and I went to Boston and Cape Cod a few years ago. The chairs are made in wood, and are one of the most comfortable designs

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I've been a bit busy lately, haven't had much time to log on let alone write my blog, but here's an update..

 Been trying my smoker out, it's currently smoking some mackeral fillets, and seems to be going quite well, nice and slow, with a little charcoal fire smoldering with alder chips on top! Should be nice and tasty!!

Thanks to Rommol for the tips, I like the idea of the damp potatoe sack! and would be keen to know a bit more about the ale method??

 

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What a plonker, just found why I couldn't upload anymore pictures, I'd minimised the upload window, so when I was on "upload" and it appeared not to work.............it was there all along!

 So here's the next bit:

This is a shot of the temporary mesh in place:

 

Now thas ready, it's time for some smoking

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It's been a while since my first blog, I've been busy making some new wooden doors for my garage, so I can ditch the metal up and over jobbie. Well they're on now, so I've had a chance to finish off my smoker project.

After cutting out the top and drilling the baffle, I've now added a door at the base, for lighting a small fire, or putting in a gas burner.

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This is the first time I've even considered writng a blog about myself, and what I get up to, on a hopefully regular basis, so I thought I'd just let you know what I'm up to at the moment.

For starters, I'm in the process of making a smoker, along the lines of the ones made by Mr Dick Strawbridge on "It's not easy being green".

It starts off with an old container, on the show Dick uses a 40 gallon drum, but on a walk along the Bristol channel coastline

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