September
I love September - apart from the annual arachnid invasion of my house.Here's something different for you to try... relaxing, educational, primal and just a little bit hippy.
Download one of these charts, sharpen your old penknife (or get one of these), buy the poor man's BushBuddy for a tenner and go and spend an hour or two in your local woods. Not the horrible coniferised F.E. forests, but a real woodland.
Spend some time getting away from the dog walking paths, find a nice quite spot, sit on your rucksack, make yourself a brew or two with your little woodburner (maybe even some lunch), whittle a stick and just chill.
Sit there long enough (and quiet enough) and it's a totally different outdoor experience to the hills we know and love. Wildlife comes and finds you. If you are brave enough and The Blair Witch Project is a distant memory, try camping in the woods.
Use the chart to learn some trees on the way.
I did this with my 5 year old son this weekend and he can now spot about 8 trees just from their leaves.
Smelling of woodsmoke reminded me of being 11 again :)
Labels: Adventures, Cooking, Thoughts
posted by Chris Cowell @ 7:30 PM
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Hi Chris.
The hanging around in woods sounds like a mighty fine idea and after reading about a certain Dorset beach sleep over, I will definitely be heading 'out-there' this coming weekend!
You may be interested to know that it is good conservation practice to leave ivy, as it forms an important part of a healthy woodland habitat and does not actually kill trees.
There is a good piece at
arborecology.com which goes into some detail on the subject.
All the best, Mark
Thanks very much for that Mark, I have edited my original post to take your comments into account!
I'll have a good read on the subject.
It just seemed that there were a lot of ivy strangled fallen trees around and a lot of evidence of recently cut ivy too.
Thanks for the advice, lots to learn!
Chris
Chris,
not got one of these new fangled wood burners yet. But I have been doing this for years with my wolf pack, and my jetboil on our local army land.
Great to see others discovering the joys of their local area.
Oh and congrats on putting it over so well.
Thanks Darren, it just gives you a bit more scope for enjoying the outdoors when you can't get to the hills!
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