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Nice write up Paul
Roll on the next one
Roll on the next one
PART ONE:
Here are the highlights (Well the ones I can remember anyway) from the Summer Meet. There is not a lot of new info here as the main points have already been mentioned. As I have a brain made from Butterscotch Angel Delight & Chivers Strawberry Jelly topped off with a can of Tip-Top cream some of the events mentioned will be out of order.
In the days leading up to The Meet there was much exchanging of p.m's from He Who Must Be Obeyed regarding a Friday p.m start or a Saturday a.m start to get the chute up etc, etc. I favoured Saturday & it was going to be Saturday until Friday arrived & out of the left field came a tennis ball with the word " CURVE" written on it . Against my better judgement I caught the furry green spherical object & before I knew it I was outside the gate to the venue !
On the other side of the gate was a herd of fearsome looking s that presented this townie with his first conundrum which was how to get RAY (My trusty CRV) into the top field without letting the cows out. So I beeped the car horn a couple of times & shouted over to Matt & Gav who were in the bottom field. Naturally they knew what my issue was & they had already decided that I needed to solve the issue myself. So after much thought I leapt over the fence & started waving my arms around & clapping at the beasts until they eventually MOOOVED ! I then drove the car in & jumped out to close the gate before being greeted by my so called chums rolling around on the grass laughing their heads off (Hopefully getting covered in ticks & cow dung ) whilst reminding me that it was all part of my training .
We were soon on site & set up & as the memory of RAY'S undercarriage being scraped along the track faded away I drifted off to sleep !
Stay TOONED for PART TWO (When I can be bothered to print it)
Great write up and photographs PaulOur visit to the summer meet this year was short but eventful.
We got there on Wednesday afternoon and I set about creating our 'shanty town' (dubbed by Matt)
This included setting up our 3 hammocks under the 4x4 tarp then a kitchen/admin area including a bush table/shelf and a drip system for my
water filter.
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After this we sat about in the evening and chatted around the fire where Paul's rum was passed around (and was very much appreciated)
Daniel found some crickets which he then toasted for Gav and himself to snack on.
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Thursday was HFT day and we set about the course in the lovely dappled sunshine of the woodland.
Unfortunately the springer rifle we'd borrowed from Dick developed a fault 2/3 of the way around the course but he was good enough to let
us continue with his BSA Ultra. Much appreciated Dick and I hope you get the problem with the stock resolved satisfactorily.
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I sadly lost my first place cup to Gav but well done to him and commiserations to John who I beat by 0.7 points (the same as last year!)
Daniel came out top for the juniors again and Mel pipped Emily this time to win out of the ladies.
Well done everyone and thanks to Dick for organising it again.
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In the afternoon Paul walked me through the bowdrill technique and I managed to get an ember on my first attempt (video evidence will be
posted) - Thanks for that Paul
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Friday morning started with pork sausages which sadly meant that I missed the BBQ that evening as I was depositing my stomach contents in
various places around the woodland. Then, just as we were retiring for the night and I was feeling a bit better, Daniel started throwing
up. This went on through to the wee hours of the morning and he was very unwell for most of Saturday.
Saturday morning was spent packing and saying our goodbyes and Matt took us down to the lower field in the landy.
We set off from there to our next 3 day camp near Bodmin which was a little damp at times LOL
A big 'Thank You' to everyone who took part in this years meet. It was very enjoyable. Roll on next year.
Some more photos:
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Sorry lads Still haven’t read the last couple of write ups. Will have a read at them later