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Matt dropped me off home at 10.20. We had one major detour due to a road closure for a bad accident on the A479. Great week, and thanks again to Mike and Louise, oh and the four dogs.
How did the Bowyer session go Paul?A last minute decision by Matt and Dick was to leave today rather than tomorrow. The weather had turned against us which meant we'd have spend the late afternoon and evening sheltering from the rain in our individual tents and tarps. I was only too pleased to agree, so by 18:15 I was loaded up and driving away after fond farewells all round.
It was an excellent few days, and for the most part the weather was kind to us. Nice to see Matt and Dick again, meet Adam, and make the acquaintance of Mike and his lovely wife. Mike and I hit it off, with similar views and opinions on almost everything, I very much look forward to seeing and working with him again.
The journey home took 3 hours 15 minutes, so now I have a house full of wet tent, smelly clothes and a large pile of things to put away. Good thing I don't have a wife!
I'm glad you all came, we had a great time.Matt dropped me off home at 10.20. We had one major detour due to a road closure for a bad accident on the A479. Great week, and thanks again to Mike and Louise, oh and the four dogs.
Not as I expected, Joe. I lost two of my potential bowyers, Bill and Ark79, before the meet started. The no-show Scottish contingent was not a surprise to anyone apparantly. That just left Adam, who cut his bowstave to length and then gave up. At the last minute Dick stepped into the breach, thankfully. I'd taken a lot of bowmaking stuff with me and to not use it would have been a disappointment. Luckily Dick is shorter than Adam so he re-cut it to length, debarked it, marked it up, and then he pitched in on the axework. At that point he realised just how much damned hard work it is! With some assistance from Matt and me he got through it and started on the drawknife work. That was as far as he got with it in the time available. I've told him the next steps, so that he can continue at home, but much of it is a skill learned from hands-on experience so it will probably be better for him to continue the next time we meet. Matt is talking about me doing bowmaking at the next meet, which I am very happy to do, IF the 'victims' are showing some enthusiasm! We may have to charge, in advance, for the bowstaves. To go on a bowmaking course would cost about £250 so a small charge for the bowstave seemed reasonable to us.How did the Bowyer session go Paul?
Slightly disappointing then, I remember your fire making demos were very well received and can be a lot less time consuming than making a bowNot as I expected, Joe. I lost two of my potential bowyers, Bill and Ark79, before the meet started. The no-show Scottish contingent was not a surprise to anyone apparantly. That just left Adam, who cut his bowstave to length and then gave up. At the last minute Dick stepped into the breach, thankfully. I'd taken a lot of bowmaking stuff with me and to not use it would have been a disappointment. Luckily Dick is shorter than Adam so he re-cut it to length, debarked it, marked it up, and then he pitched in on the axework. At that point he realised just how much damned hard work it is! With some assistance from Matt and me he got through it and started on the drawknife work. That was as far as he got with it in the time available. I've told him the next steps, so that he can continue at home, but much of it is a skill learned from hands-on experience so it will probably be better for him to continue the next time we meet. Matt is talking about me doing bowmaking at the next meet, which I am very happy to do, IF the 'victims' are showing some enthusiasm! We may have to charge, in advance, for the bowstaves. To go on a bowmaking course would cost about £250 so a small charge for the bowstave seemed reasonable to us.
Indeed! I had my friction firelighting kit, flint and steel, etc, with me but Matt and Dick had seen it before. It's the sort of thing that only preppers, survivalists and bushcrafters would be interested in I think, rather than the shootists.Slightly disappointing then, I remember your fire making demos were very well received and can be a lot less time consuming than making a bow
TrueIndeed! I had my friction firelighting kit, flint and steel, etc, with me but Matt and Dick had seen it before. It's the sort of thing that only preppers, survivalists and bushcrafters would be interested in I think, rather than the shootists.
I already do flint and steel, I should have asked about friction fire lighting while we were sat on our backsides discussing life, the universe and everything while drinking “Golden Oblivion “Indeed! I had my friction firelighting kit, flint and steel, etc, with me but Matt and Dick had seen it before. It's the sort of thing that only preppers, survivalists and bushcrafters would be interested in I think, rather than the shootists.
The problem is that you lazy stop-in-bed types let me light the fire (or rake the previous nights embers together) every morning. Fire lighting didn’t get a mention.
‘Kin ell Mark, they didn’t even bother getting up to watchLazy buggers You know Mike ! If I was there …… I would have watched you too
Glad you’re back home and safe Adam, I’ll convert you to drinking rough cider yet!Hi all, got home about 5.30 and I am f**ked, an absolute nightmare on the roads.
Big thank you to Mike for his hospitality.
‘Kin ell Mark, they didn’t even bother getting up to watch
I could smell the smoke from my hammock?‘Kin ell Mark, they didn’t even bother getting up to watch