Woodlife

Not the best picture in the world but you can see the wilting undergrowth as the drought in England continues. About two months without significant rain. The pathways through the woods are clearing and the tracks are now clearly visible again.

There’s very little animal or bird movement in the woods. It seems everyone is suffering from the heat…except me. Here I am still making sure everything is ready for this weekends Bushmoot. By the way, a moot is an old English word for meeting.

I’ve tried a full kit load out and modified the rucksack. I’ve also completed the best way to tie up the tarp, hammock and insect netting. So everything is just about ready. I’ve tried out some of the food I’m taking. I was quite surprised to find a lack of ‘instant’ foods when I went shopping. I want to eat well but not lumber myself down with heavy tins. All I managed to find was dehydrated pasta meals and instant soups. It looks like a trip to the camping store to find some decent grub is in order. I did find some instant porridge that I tried out this weekend. It was surprisingly tasty even though it was made with water and not the recommended milk.

The last task this weekend was to try out the Crusader cup over a fire. I lit the fire by firesteel and tinder and kept the fire small. It took about 15 minutes to come to the boil (about 1/2 litre). There was an ulterior motive to doing this. Well…you can’t go to a Bushmoot with new shiny kit can you?