Well day after my birthday, let's get out and play with my new toys.
I had every intention of packing and leaving by 10am for a solo camp, but you know how it is, kids off to school, start packing, cook dinner for kids tonight, one of your kids is ill, look after her, visitors arrive and can't get rid of the for an hour etc etc.
On the way I drove past a joke waiting to be created...
...A Pheasant, a Fox and a Badger dead at the side of the road...
Anyway arrive at the woods at 14.30 (not bad) stick my pack on and walk to Camp Blaze, the woodland looks beautiful in the early stages coming to life, I start to shoot a video explaining my load, and my camera decides it's not going to work oh well, still can do a vid with pictures.
Make a coffee using new coffee pot (wow tasty), dismantle the fire place and reassemble into a working fire, collect some wood for fire and carving and chill for a bit, set up camp, get the fire going and put on my new digital radio (BBC Radio 6 Music, win).
Dinner is a Lamb Jalloffee (damn I can cook), I have a few beers, chill some more and turn in.
I wake early before its light, and lay in my hammock watching the sunrise, listening to the dawn chorus and get up about 07.30, have brew or 2, pack most of my kit, have breakfast, and then sit to do some carving after 10 mins (woops, I slice into my thumb) clamp down and wrap that up, time to leave (boo was not planning on this till the afternoon.
Any way off home, great time in the woods and the thumbs not too bad.
I forgot to add, when I got up on 20.03.14 I checked my phone and had a missed call from the police, they left a message Saying my car had been left in a woodland car park (phew), I rang back and said I was Badger watching (kind of true, had a Badger on my beer).
Oh also forgot to thank Paul for his first aid kit advice.
Something like put together his FAK then put in the biggest bandage he could, this made it much easier for my thumb, as when I sliced it I was able to get it out of my kit easily and use it.
Must replace it now.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Adw0FG3BpQ8
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