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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 45465 Location: yes
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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 18 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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anywhere that might have boar is hammock in a tree territory , helps with ants as well
even the best equipment or cunning plan will fail if it is properly challenged what matters is how you deal with that
i have trashed a lot of kit, darwin's quartermaster is a very efficient chap and my current range of stuff works.
very light, very strong, very functional and i can get 4 season comfort in most landscapes down to 25 litres and less than 15 kg (even with an axe or machete, 3ltrs of water and a few days food )
if i had to i could go no kit and collect it as you go but it is rather uncomfortable, minimum for basic comfort is decent clothes, cutting tool and the ability to make fire, a few kilos of nice bits n pieces is luxury:lol:
the folk who buy a huge family tent for a "bargain " price along with all the bits n bobs to fill a large car will be fine if they and their kit are not challenged by circumstance.
if they are most will not do well without a bit of help
even those of us with a lot of experience of such things are often surprised the first time it happens to us
i was raised by scouting werewolves but there is a big jump between that and living "outdoors" . imho you are never educated enough when it comes to leaving babylon for the "wilderness".
im still learning, practising new skills and trying new kit.
i was just trying to tot up how long i have lived extra mural and it is considerably longer than most folk , about ten years might be a reasonable estimate.
nice if you get reasonable competent and the odd forehead slug is hardly as nasty as rush hour traffic fumes or never seeing the stars.
even if you are "a houser" ( to borrow a phrase from old chums ) it is good to live "outside " sometimes, smell the world, watch the critters, feel the sleet or the sun, taste the rain, sleep in a tree. collect a salad or stew .the list goes on . |
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15578
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gregotyn
Joined: 24 Jun 2010 Posts: 2201 Location: Llanfyllin area
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15578
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gregotyn
Joined: 24 Jun 2010 Posts: 2201 Location: Llanfyllin area
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15578
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gregotyn
Joined: 24 Jun 2010 Posts: 2201 Location: Llanfyllin area
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15578
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Posted: Fri Dec 14, 18 7:50 am Post subject: |
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I will look up the address and PM you, but I will send your greetings anyway as a card will be a bit late now. Still a card in the New Year is nice as well.
Husband and I delivered 50 log sacks yesterday as son had the afternoon off. One place had 30, and they had run out that morning when someone came in for 20, so just in time (or an hour or so late). The other should be good for a bit as they had some over. Now have 45 on order with 28 ready, so will have to work hard next week. I have a nice big pile of wood though, so should be able to make plenty.
I hope you have a good weekend Gregotyn. I must say I find standing for an hour rather trying, and sometimes have to move about a bit.
I have a feeling the run up to Christmas is going to be hard work, so am looking forward to having a few days off over the holiday. Sadly I expect that we will have to work at least some of the holiday week, although we are hoping not to have to do log loads then, just a nice bit of pottering doing birch cutting and perhaps a bit of maintenance or timber extraction. |
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gregotyn
Joined: 24 Jun 2010 Posts: 2201 Location: Llanfyllin area
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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 18 3:16 pm Post subject: |
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Not a bad idea to send Cassandra a letter in the New Year as she will be as busy as everybody else during the run up to Christmas. The weekend went well, we had a meal at a local pub for the birthday girl and produced balloons and so on. Actually I and the friends of mine had a meal at the same pub the night before. But they pulled the stops out with "happy birthday" sung by all in the restaurant, all 60 of the other meal eaters, staff and us and a cake presentation. I have been there many times and it is always good food, well presented. The biggest bonus was the children were very well behaved which is a first for the little boy, but I am nasty uncle David. I come from a long line of family whose offspring were not expected to speak unless spoken to and it is not like that today!
Best of luck with the log sacks MR., always remember that you are not up to mischief if you have plenty to do! I guess this time of the year is your biggest earning period. It is sooner for me as they have been switching to central heating as it is that little bit colder up here now, so most don't light the fire now till Christmas Day, and then do a bit afterwards, the central heating is in charge at present. The Carol service is not till Christmas Eve, and we will go to the church early. We don't mind sitting and waiting, I just can't stand for long periods now and my friend's wife is the same. I will take the walking stick and bend down a bit if we are accidentally late and pray for a youngster to give up their hard pew for an old man! I am away to my friends next week too Monday Christmas Eve, till Thursday and then back to the kindling with some gusto to get stock back to a better level around the 200 mark. When you say birch cutting is that for the tree's benefit or for something you make
The weather today is awful now but has been pleasant till 2.30pm, now raining like mad, and not when I came in so no brolly to got out with.
I always look at my emails before I come on here "just in case". Today was a surprise when an old flame from Kent sent me an email to wish me happy Christmas. First time for about 10 years, I'm not too sure what she is about, but I will watch the space, and be treading carefully. I always remind myself that I can sit both sides of my fire place without the "that's my chair", not that I have any heat at home, but I would have to have if she was around! |
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gz
Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 8602 Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15578
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Posted: Wed Dec 19, 18 7:52 am Post subject: |
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Glad you had a good time Gregotyn. I will look up the address and send it to you over the next few days. I think I have Sunday off all being well.
We have been pretty busy with log loads for the last few months. There is always a rush before Christmas, but we stopped taking orders for 'before Christmas' a few weeks ago, as we prefer to be sure we will get them in without stressing ourselves too much rather than promise and not deliver.
The birch is for besoms, and I cut the twigs. As we have quite a lot of young birch in the wood, we cut the trees down and take as much of the top as is suitable. If we are lucky, the trunk should coppice and produce multiple stems for future years. Not too much luck so far, but birch is not the main crop in the wood, and does seed easily, so not a major problem.
The weather here has been horrible overnight. It was supposed to come in yesterday, but the rain didn't really come on until about 2pm or so. We organised our day so husband and son did some deliveries in the morning, then husband came shopping with me from then. We got a bit wet, but not as wet as if we had been working.
I will contact Cassandra and see if she will post with us again. I don't know what the state of her computer connection is, as she mainly uses her phone for Facebook I think, and she has been posting on there. Her main interest at the moment seems to be spinning and knitting. |
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gz
Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 8602 Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
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sgt.colon
Joined: 27 Jul 2009 Posts: 7380 Location: Just south of north.
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gz
Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 8602 Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 45465 Location: yes
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