I had to be a bit careful. It was like walking on egg shells.
“Nope. There’s no snakes. Well, none that will harm you anyway.”
“Nope. There are no poisonous spiders.”
“That’s why you’re in a hammock. Nothing will crawl in your ears.”
“You’re exceedingly brave. I wouldn’t go shopping for that length of time.”
Mrs P has even been practicing her hammock drills. She will be in a DD Travel Hammock complete with “grub net”. (According to Mrs P, a grub is a creature with more than 4 legs).
She positioned her way into the hammock with all the concentration of someone whose life depended on this manoeuvre.
Mrs P will also have the Tatonka 3 x 3 tarp and a fleece blanket (she sleeps hot and doesn’t like to be confined in a sleeping bag.)
“I’m not sleeping on that dead animal either,” she said referring to my reindeer skin.
“What do I do with this?” she said looking at the orange whistle placed around her neck.
“You blow it if you get stuck.”
“What do you mean if I get stuck! Where would I get stuck? What sort of place is this that I would get stuck?”
My eyes went heavenward.
It started like this:
“We are invited to a birthday party. Do you want to go?”
“Party? Yes, I like parties. I’ll go.”
“It’s in the woods.”
Silence.
“Ok I’ll still go.”
I nearly fainted.
Since then she has been a bit quiet. She says she is looking forward to it, but she’s understandably nervous. A night in the woods – just imagine that.
“Nope. There are no wolves.”
To be fair, she’s already surprised me with her tracking skills. So what else lays behind that supposedly disinterested demeanour?
What will she do? How will she fair? Where will she plug in her hair dryer? How will she use her straighteners? Will she go at all? Will she become a bushcraft convert?
Tune in next week to find out.
Thanks for the visit.
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Pablo in defence to Mrs P according to the book ‘Off the grid’ cant remember the author sorry, the female persuasion are not generally too keen on living/staying in woods.Not sure why but its a fact. I think that ‘Judy of the woods’ is not the norm.
Dave
this reminds me of a conversation of a few years back…
‘we’re off to spend the night in the forest above a welsh lake!’
‘what about the bears?’
‘bears? think they got rid of them in the fourteenth century’
‘wolves then’
‘fifteenth century’
‘just the lions to worry about then’
oh dear
just for your reassurance, both my boys inherited their geography, natural history and common sense from their dad
luck to you both!!..may this be the first step of a long and happy journey!!
Wow, holding my breath, lol! Dawn
Well done I hope it all goes well, I introduced Fi to camping before we wewre married week end in the Brecon Beacons (the rain was horizontal as the wind was blowing so hard)She still maried me so it cant have been to bad it was touch and go for a moment though. Tell us how you get on and maybe i will be brave enough to introduce her to a night in the woods??
Chris
have a nice one mate say hello from me to mrs pablo
Too funny! She is quite the trooper! Hope you both have a great time.
women are a lot more hardy than some men think. Some of the early pioneers of female climbing did so in crinolene skirts and corsets. Possibly it is a case of there not being so many of us involved in bushcraft and outdoor activities.Go for it Mrs P.