Over the last few weeks we’ve taken the old yurt roof off and replaced it with a new one. The old tarp roof served us well but didn’t cope with the storms over the winter. A massive thanks to everyone who gave up their time to help us, especially Graeme, also for his sharp saw! The first […]
I wrote a post a couple of months ago about a bronze axe head. Ho Kyung brought it along to our Axe Workshop back in November. Well it seems I was wrong, he didn’t forget it; his girlfriend Julie, also a friend of mine from tai chi, is an archaeologist and has asked if I’ll make […]
Our new tent is up! Throughout this year Nicola, Willow and I have been sleeping in a Green Tee from Vango. It’s a great tent and has worked well for us. But it was a bit small for the 3 of us and whilst I could stand in the middle, I had to bend over […]
Now that our season of scheduled courses has come to end, we’re starting to think about some of the camp maintenance jobs we’d like to get done. In no particular order: The yurt We want to change the roof on the yurt. It’s lasted 2 years and works ok, but it has started to sag […]
Nicola, Willow and I have been to the camp this afternoon to survey any storm damage, and fortunately we can report that there isn’t any of note. On the way there we had to clear a goat willow from across the lane near the gate into the top field, I had my folding saw and […]
As you may know, we run a carving course a couple of times a year. Some photos from a course we ran in April 2013 are here. It’s a great course to work on your knife and axe skills, both important for your overall bushcraft, but carving a spoon is a fantastic thing to do […]
