Made a new friend today; Rob from Plymouth (or Bristol originally) got in touch with me via Twitter asking for advice on Bowdrill. I offered what I could online but I also told him that friction fire lighting is a skill that really needs to be taught in person. He was willing to travel and the timing was right so he came down to Cornwall to spend the morning with myself and Matt, we wandered into the woods and began lighting fires! Had him producing embers in no time :-)
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UK Wild Food - Jan
Listed here are Wild Foods that should be available in parts of the UK in January.
Dandelion
Nettle
Daisy leaf
Gorse flower
Greater Plantain
Ribwort Plantain
Buck's Horn Plantain (coastal)
Scurvy Grass
Hogweed
Chickweed
Sea beet
Sea Radish
Pennywort (particularly good at the moment)
hawkbit
Watercress
Alexanders (very good at the moment)
Chirvil (be very careful , as Hemlock Water-Dropwort is starting to sprout now and looks very similar, but is deadly poisonous!)
Cleavers
Sea Purslane
Rock Samphire (still usable, but a bit over now, coastal)
Yarrow
Rose Hips
Common Sorrel
Ivy-Leaved Toadflax
Wood sorrel
Three-cornered leek
seaweeds
*These are just some of the wild edibles you will find in the UK this month.
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I'm a newbie to the bow and drill and have had success at making fire with it, but the last time I was out the drill made a very loud whistling noise to the point it hurt my ears. Why is that? Secondly, I used paracord for my bow and as I was going faster and I suppose the temp increased from friction, I lost traction with the paracord. If I stopped and waited for a bit the traction was back. What type of string/cord do you use for this?
Thanks,
Great job Rob.