How does this work??

[saxonaxe]

The computer that is..:D I tend not to go near the laptop for long periods in the summer anyway, and the lovely summer now closing I felt was too good to sit prodding a keyboard.
I was trying to work out my last trip to the woods with a tent and I think it was about mid May,and then I started using the tarp. I've spent a lot of time in the wood this summer but found a small tarp or basher was enough to keep the night damp off. I'm still a ground dweller, never a hammock but a bivvy bag with the tarp has so far kept this 'ol boy dry.

Last trip though now, just got back after 4 nights and now it's tent season again...:D
This has been home for many nights..

http://i.imgur.com/IJx0Hh1l.jpg

Easier than a tent to move every couple of nights, which I did when my stay was longer than 4 nights.
A night in August during that short period of wind and rain we had here in the South was a bit noisy and the crash of falling timber not too far away in the dark made me curl my toes up...:D

Closest was this Hornbeam branch, not much to look at but heavy enough to iron me out if it hit me..
http://i.imgur.com/TSozpMql.jpg

Snapped like a matchstick..
http://i.imgur.com/a6o1AMwl.jpg

Managed to get in a lot of bow practice. Quite pleased with myself now, yesterday I had a 100% success on my final shoot which is a good way to leave the wood for a while as I can't go back until Samhain.
My targets..:D
http://i.imgur.com/Q1Im64ml.jpg

You can tell my standard of 'Home Cooking' easily..I'd starve without Mr Microwave..
http://i.imgur.com/i4N717Kl.jpg

I set them out so that I can do what I'm sure many will know as a 'Advance to contact'...except it's arrow changes instead of mag changes..:D
http://i.imgur.com/xJgLKKvl.jpg

No laughing now...
I attach a kitchen timer to the quiver, so walk, stop, press timer button, arrow from quiver, nock draw and loose. Got it down to 5 seconds. Arrows usually in the target or on it's way at least, before the buzzer goes. Non hits don't count..The photo shortens the distance, usually it's 20 (off to the right of photo) paces between shooting positions.
http://i.imgur.com/PnEHrg9l.jpg

My bow is nothing fancy, a Samick handle? grip? and the limbs from a firm called Kap I think, which have been adapted to fit. It's about 45lb draw weight.
http://i.imgur.com/BK9R3zWl.jpg

Anyway enough of the RobinHoodery, the fungi are out in force.
http://i.imgur.com/bzNeiEwl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/xsZPka0l.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/hE1TxERl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/sRR3tzMl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/tqjw37Fl.jpg

The Ferns are starting to die back but today just before I packed out the wood was lit up and the Autumn sun was still warm.
http://i.imgur.com/l3YPJ1Ul.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/iOUQVMKl.jpg

Final brew.
http://i.imgur.com/95KIfBHl.jpg

Time to go.....:)
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[Tigger004]

Nice account and photos, thanks

[RobD]

Loved the pics. Thanks.

Simple idea for a bit of bow practice. May steal that one from you.T^

[rossbird]

Good post John. great pics to.
Hope you took advantage of the oyster mushrooms;)
Tony

[saxonaxe]

Hope you took advantage of the oyster mushrooms

I never touch any Fungi, Tony...Even with the book in my hand I'm never 100%..probably just chicken really..:D

[Sylvanbilly]

Hope you took advantage of the oyster mushrooms

I never touch any Fungi, Tony...Even with the book in my hand I'm never 100%..probably just chicken really..:D

+1 I love to know but don't trust my self when it comes to these,
Good account thanks for sharing, it's reading these kind of posts that keeps me going through the day and makes me want to go to the woods when I get home

[saxonaxe]

I'm not too bad at identifying the fungi really, but remember once long ago when out rough shooting with a mate. Crossing a meadow I just casually said to him, "Ah! Mushrooms for breakfast" because I saw some nearby. " Not those" He said.
I'd never seen 'Yellow Staining Mushrooms' but when he pointed out the very base of the stem I realised just how easy it is to mis-identify, a quick look and they looked like ordinary edible Mushrooms to me. So lesson learned..:)

[Valantine]

Excellent post T^

[OakAshandThorn]

T^ Indeed, it gets quite interesting sleeping under the trees during a windy night, and branches fall all around you, regardless whether the spot you've chose has no widow-makers above. You'd think the trees are playing horseshoe with their twigs!
Sweet bow - 45 lb is a good all-arounder :).
Around here, we have Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis - fiddleheads are edible), and whenever the night temps drop below 7C, it shrivels and browns. By the time of the first autumnal frosts, it's already dormant. And some ferns, especially Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides), don't seem to mind the cooling and will stay green through winter.

[LoneWalker]

I enjoyed reading that.