Bigrich
21-01-2012, 11:35 PM
Hi All,
Well it's my first post here so hope you all like it :) I went out today and took some pics of me with my youngest today. She's just turned three but as she's always come along with her brothers on our trips out to the woods she's totally at home there Today we went by ourselves as it was the day of one of her brothers birthday partys so everyone else was at home preparing for the madness and as the dogs needed walking we took the chance to find some calm before the storm!
We're very lucky living in between the Malvern Hills and the Eastnor estate and so we have endless great walks and spaces to explore. Today we headed up into Park Wood where the local conservators have been hard at work coppicing an area that used to be used for limekilns and quarrys.
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The spot that we found was nicely sheltered in one of the old limestone quarrys. It had a number of great boulder seats too. We had collected a piece of standing deadwood on the way up (along with some stones for my daugher) to get a hot chocolate on for us to share.
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Despite only going out for a few hours couldn't resist the kit shot. The greatest piece of kit in the photo is the old dispatch riders bag on the right. I got it off ebay for a few quid, having had one myself when I was dispatch riding at university. It just makes such a great kit and foraging bag. It is wide enough my GB small forest axe, a pair of gloves, folding saw etc, can take a huge amount of wood if walking to an over night camp spot, just pick up the best bits as you go along, and as I'm a great fan of the multifunctional it makes a fully waterproof seat too if ever you need to park the bum for a minute. Also featured is the emberlit stove from the group buy, my battered Alpkit mug and my faithfull F1 for getting the wood sorted for the water.
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The two rabbit catchers, although they prefer the ones that meow raher than bounce!
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Our little quarry shelter.
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I appreciate that it may not be the most adventurous of outings and making a hot chocolate in the bush is not the most difficult of tasks but I wanted to show that even sharing the basics of the craft with the next generation if enjoyable and worthwhile.
Many Thanks
Rich
Well it's my first post here so hope you all like it :) I went out today and took some pics of me with my youngest today. She's just turned three but as she's always come along with her brothers on our trips out to the woods she's totally at home there Today we went by ourselves as it was the day of one of her brothers birthday partys so everyone else was at home preparing for the madness and as the dogs needed walking we took the chance to find some calm before the storm!
We're very lucky living in between the Malvern Hills and the Eastnor estate and so we have endless great walks and spaces to explore. Today we headed up into Park Wood where the local conservators have been hard at work coppicing an area that used to be used for limekilns and quarrys.
3527
The spot that we found was nicely sheltered in one of the old limestone quarrys. It had a number of great boulder seats too. We had collected a piece of standing deadwood on the way up (along with some stones for my daugher) to get a hot chocolate on for us to share.
3528
Despite only going out for a few hours couldn't resist the kit shot. The greatest piece of kit in the photo is the old dispatch riders bag on the right. I got it off ebay for a few quid, having had one myself when I was dispatch riding at university. It just makes such a great kit and foraging bag. It is wide enough my GB small forest axe, a pair of gloves, folding saw etc, can take a huge amount of wood if walking to an over night camp spot, just pick up the best bits as you go along, and as I'm a great fan of the multifunctional it makes a fully waterproof seat too if ever you need to park the bum for a minute. Also featured is the emberlit stove from the group buy, my battered Alpkit mug and my faithfull F1 for getting the wood sorted for the water.
3529
The two rabbit catchers, although they prefer the ones that meow raher than bounce!
3530
Our little quarry shelter.
3526
I appreciate that it may not be the most adventurous of outings and making a hot chocolate in the bush is not the most difficult of tasks but I wanted to show that even sharing the basics of the craft with the next generation if enjoyable and worthwhile.
Many Thanks
Rich