3 weeks is all the time that is left until the first year of my college course comes to an end and it is only until today when I had my first practical session. A whole years worth of theory and enough math’s to burn a hole through the brain has led up to this one laboratory exercise, which turned out to be rather disappointing in a way that it was ( Read more... )

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One of the most important things I’ve learned when going camping is how much we think to be necessary is actually superfluous. How few things are essential, and just how essential those few things are. When putting together a suitable outfit for camping in the wilderness, I do not take anything elaborate, heavy or space consuming. I try to adapt it ( Read more... )

Had been looking forward to camping out at Pigdon woods tonight since there would be a lot of people including 30+ scouts from Whitley Bay. However, my sister made plans to take the family out for a meal at a restraint in Newcastle to celebrate my mum’s 60th birthday, only no one told me about it until the last minute ( Read more... )

In the picture, you’re looking at the newest addition to my kit list. It’s the Woodlore knife designed by Ray Mears, made in England by Wilkinson Sword. This morning it was waiting for me along with 3 Japanese water stones when I returned from my driving lesson. Frustrated at not being able to find the ideal knife to suit the demands of bushcraft, ( Read more... )

For another Sunday of which the weather was even better than last, I was stuck indoors yet again. Feeling even more bitter and resentful, I was summoned to count resistors of which after having been counted, their numbers were in 6 figures. The counting was all part of a full annual stock take in the shop, only this time it had never been so well ( Read more... )

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Seeing the sun shine outside made me feel incredibly bitter and resentful of the fact that I was stuck in an adult training session for 8 hours. When instead, on such a nice day I could be soaking up the sun and letting rip with a chainsaw in the woods. The climate of today’s venue was dislocated from that of outside in that it was extraordinarily ( Read more... )

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Its hard to think that 5 days ago I was talking about how brilliant the weather is. Today when I stepped out the front door to make my way to the post office, an unseasonably cold weather front took me by surprise. It was incredibly windy, so I just put it down to wind-chill. While walking to the sorting office, I noticed snow-like flakes in the ( Read more... )