Hellooo from the Isle of Wight!

[Islandlady]

Hello! I found this page by reading a thread on Facebook about tarps, and was thrilled to see a whole community of likeminded peeps on here. I know I am going to lean a lot from all you wise people of the woods.
Its rather horrendous gale-force winds and torrential rain outside at the mo… but this site makes me want to throw on my waterproofs and get out there!

[Silverback]

Hellooooooo back :)

[Ehecatl]

Hello and welcome,

M@

[Fraser]

Hello and welcome from the scottish highlands.

[saxonaxe]

Hello Islandlady, welcome to the forum..:)

[Islandlady]

Hello and welcome,

M@

Hello Ehecati - thanks for welcome - where are those rocks you are falling off ....ermm i mean jumping on?

[Islandlady]

Hello and welcome from the scottish highlands.

Hello Fraser - thanks for welcome. :)

[Islandlady]

Hello Islandlady, welcome to the forum..:)

Hello Saxonaxe - thanks for welcome too! :)

[Ehecatl]

Hello Ehecati - thanks for welcome - where are those rocks you are falling off ....ermm i mean jumping on?

Here you go --> http://tribesports.com/challenges/jump-from-eve-to-adam-at-the-top-of-tryfan

[BJ]

Hi & welcome

[Islandlady]

Here you go --> http://tribesports.com/challenges/jump-from-eve-to-adam-at-the-top-of-tryfan

What??? Just watched the video! No way!! Very brave - or mad! Lovely mountain though - I love Wales - am half welsh but only lived there for a few years and used to play truant from school and wander around the mountains near my home all day alone! Don't know why I never got caught ( or in trouble for that matter!) I used to stalk the wild ponies, knew them all and had names for them all!

[Islandlady]

Hello BJ :)

[rossbird]

Hi.
Welcome to a great forum.

[MadZ]

welcome, enjoy your time here, its a great place and community

Madz

[Rasputin]

Hi and :welcome: from Shropshire, Ken T^

[Tigger004]

A Hearty welcome to you

[Islandlady]

Thank you Rossbird, Madz, Rasputin and Tigger - loving how friendly this site is! :)

[Adam Savage]

Welcome to the forum, hope you find plenty of useful information and help here :)

[Islandlady]

Welcome to the forum, hope you find plenty of useful information and help here :)

Thanks Adam! Learning lots already so chuffed - but most amazingly ( and top one so far....) how to make Honeycomb Crunch!! :happy-clapping:

[jcornelius6]

A warm welcome from Germany.

Bye,
Alex

[jus_young]

Welcome from me too :)

[OakAshandThorn]

:welcome: Dia dhuit agus fáilte go dtí an bpobal bushcraft.

[bushratty]

Hi there. welcome from North Wales.

[Islandlady]

Thank you Alex, Jus-Yung, Oak and Bushratty! Feel well and truly part of the camp now! X

[Peaks]

Welcome from Derbyshire. Great bunch of people on here - very helpful + supportive :)

[Islandlady]

Hello Peaks and thank you! Quick question ( probably a very stoopid one!) how do you make sticks? I.e as in 'stick making?' :confused2:

[f0rm4t]

:welcome:

I love the Isle of Wight, we have had some cracking camping trips there in the past years.

[Islandlady]

:welcome:

I love the Isle of Wight, we have had some cracking camping trips there in the past years.

Awww thanks F0rm4t; I love it here too and never take it for granted. I live in the wild west, and most evening climb to the top of the cliff above 'my' bay to watch the sunset! If wild weather I simply sit on the sea wall at the bay watching the huge waves crash into the rocks!
In fact I love the UK - Cornwall. Lakes, Ireland, Wales, Scotland - we are very spoilt by the variety. :)

[Big T]

Greetings from Cornwall!

[Islandlady]

Greetings from Cornwall!
Hello and thank you Big T. I am coming to your part of the world on Friday. Bodmin Moor keeps calling me back!

[Big T]

No worries! We got a meet on friday/saturday nights if you fancy popping along for a few hours!:)

[Islandlady]

No worries! We got a meet on friday/saturday nights if you fancy popping along for a few hours!:)

ooh that sounds exciting and unexpected! It would be good but depends where (Cornwall is huge! Lol!) and what time? - I wont be there until evening - are there details anywhere on this site? If no I will def try and make it another time. Thank you. :)

[Islandlady]

No worries! We got a meet on friday/saturday nights if you fancy popping along for a few hours!:)
PS do any other ladies go? Be nervous if only female! ( I'm a wimp!)

[Big T]

lol! There will be one other female there! There are about 5 or 6 of us going, will be there from 3ish on friday untill whenever we make a move on sunday! The place is called Woodland Valley Farm, www.woodlandvalley.co.uk Its at a place called Ladock, just outside truro so not too far from Bodmin! No worries if you cant pop along, just thought I would offer!:)

[Islandlady]

lol! There will be one other female there! There are about 5 or 6 of us going, will be there from 3ish on friday untill whenever we make a move on sunday! The place is called Woodland Valley Farm, www.woodlandvalley.co.uk Its at a place called Ladock, just outside truro so not too far from Bodmin! No worries if you cant pop along, just thought I would offer!:)
Mmmm ... Only 30 miles away from where I keep my caravan - so do-able saturday evening perhaps. Silly question - but what do you do on a meet?
Is the other lady on this site? I might message her if so :-)

[Big T]

Cool. On a meet we mostly just chill out round the fire, cook, maybe do abit of rifle shooting (air rifles and tin cans) spoon carving, chatting, a few beers etc,etc.....! The other lady is on this site, shes called "campinggirl72" she is new on here too and it will be her first meet! Im sure she wouldnt mind if you sent her a message!:)

[Big T]

Heres the thread.......

http://www.naturalbushcraft.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?6675-Out-somewhere-in-Cornwall-most-weekends!

Regards,

Anthony.

[shepherd]

welcome to the forum from the lake district!

[Sar-ian]

Hi and welcome aboard...........

[Islandlady]

welcome to the forum from the lake district!

Thanks Shepherd!

[Islandlady]

Hi and welcome aboard...........

Hi Ian - love that you rescue greyhounds! :happy-clapping:

[Islandlady]

Heres the thread.......

http://www.naturalbushcraft.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?6675-Out-somewhere-in-Cornwall-most-weekends!

Regards,

Anthony.

Thnaks Anthony - will contact the other lady and then see if I am brave enough!!
Happy to shoot tin cans - but not animals (come closer and I will whipser in your ear...) " I'm a vegetarian! Do you think I am safe on this site?" Lol!

[Big T]

I'm sure your safe enough! Lyn (campinggirl) is a vegetarian too!

[Peaks]

Hi,
not a silly question.........stick making is making walking sticks. I usually cut the shanks myself (mostly hazel or ash) or buy in more hard to find ones (blackthorn) and add handles from antler or buffalo horn or other types of wood. I often make thumbsticks (longer than walking sticks with a v shape at the top to rest your thumb in).
I'm not skilled or talented enough to do really fancy carving - like dogs head or leaping trout. You can get an idea from what is being sold on here http://www.stickmaker.com/stickmakingshop.htm.

pm me if you want more info about stickmaking

I used to live in Winchester for 10 years + often used to pop over to the island - must be a great place to live.

[Islandlady]

Hi,
not a silly question.........stick making is making walking sticks. I usually cut the shanks myself (mostly hazel or ash) or buy in more hard to find ones (blackthorn) and add handles from antler or buffalo horn or other types of wood. I often make thumbsticks (longer than walking sticks with a v shape at the top to rest your thumb in).
I'm not skilled or talented enough to do really fancy carving - like dogs head or leaping trout. You can get an idea from what is being sold on here http://www.stickmaker.com/stickmakingshop.htm.

pm me if you want more info about stickmaking

I used to live in Winchester for 10 years + often used to pop over to the island - must be a great place to live.

Thanks Peaks yes I love living here :)

[cuppa joe]

Welcome

[biker-bri]

Hi from North wales T^
Cheers Bri

[Islandlady]

Welcome

Hello Joe and thanks :)

[Islandlady]

Hi from North wales T^
Cheers Bri

Hello Bri - thanks for welcome!

[MikeWilkinson]

Hi. My family live down in cowes. And I'm down there every two weeks with work. Usually do a night out with the old man. We normally tie in a little beach casting too.
Managed to get him into stick making and spoon carving.
Good to see an islander on here.

[Islandlady]

Hi. My family live down in cowes. And I'm down there every two weeks with work. Usually do a night out with the old man. We normally tie in a little beach casting too.
Managed to get him into stick making and spoon carving.
Good to see an islander on here.

Hello Mike - first islander I have spotted on here - so thrilled! I am the wild west area,:wink: my folks live in Cowes though too. My next challenges are spoon making as well as a 'bird block' for my flute - but total beginner in whittling! Thanks for the welcome! :)

[MikeWilkinson]

Your welcome. Love dropping back home to see the folks. Especially now that work fork out for the ferry.

Even if I don't manage a night out in the trees. I nearly always manage a good walk and forage. There is loads of goodies to be found along the old railways and parkhurst is full of sweet chestnut. Was over at the old battery last week was surprised at the amount of yarrow and vetch around there.

[MikeWilkinson]

These were taken a couple of years back along the medina.
http://www.naturalbushcraft.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?1878-A-night-out-with-the-old-man-on-the-Isle-of-Wight

[Islandlady]

These were taken a couple of years back along the medina.
http://www.naturalbushcraft.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?1878-A-night-out-with-the-old-man-on-the-Isle-of-Wight

Fab pictures - I am sure I recognise your dad! (But then the island is a small place). I do love Parkhurst, but also Bouldner Forest very much. Actually love all the wilder parts of the island. I take my students to Forest school in Parkhurst and Bouldner and in a few abandoned chalk pits in different places too. One place we love going is Knighton upper woods - they are private, but the owner lets us do Forest Schools there, it is a true old English wood very well managed and coppiced - its beautiful.

[MikeWilkinson]

He used to work at west island printers - when it was still there and now works at strainstalls.
He also used to do the door at the anchor a long while back when Sue and Doug were still the landlords and I was on the bar.

[Islandlady]

I think it was through west wight printers - my friend owned it but I would only have known your dad by sight. :0)

[collier89]

hello and welcome nice to see some one from the dorset area!

[campinggirl72]

Hello Mike - first islander I have spotted on here - so thrilled! I am the wild west area,:wink: my folks live in Cowes though too. My next challenges are spoon making as well as a 'bird block' for my flute - but total beginner in whittling! Thanks for the welcome! :)

I totally want to make a spoon and keep it forever and ever lol :)

[Islandlady]

I totally want to make a spoon and keep it forever and ever lol :)

Me too Lyn - maybe we should attempt it together? If we film it it could be the hit comedy of the year! :D

[Islandlady]

hello and welcome nice to see some one from the dorset area!

Got lots of friends in Dorset ( I said that in the Dorset accent - dud you hear?), So sometimes brave the wild oceans! Thanks Collier for welcome.

[alvino78]

:welcome:

[Islandlady]

:welcome:

Hello Samuel and thanks!

[paulnb57]

Hi, from another Oil of Woighter!

[Islandlady]

Hi, from another Oil of Woighter!

Hello Caulkhead Paul! :)