The Things I do for Fun

As you may already know (the title gives it away somewhat) my main job is being a photographer... So for fun, as my hobby, I do Bushcrafting.

If you don't know what Bushcrafting is, well, it's basically a back to basics camping style with emphasis on self suffiency and knowledge of the plants and trees and what their properties are.

For example: did you know that a silver birch is a very useful tree... The bark is very flammable, the sap can be drunk straight from the tree or make into wine, the leaves contain a compound called saponin and can be used like soap!

 Every year, we go on something called a 'Bushmoot' which is a gathering on 200 or so people from all over the country and from abroad as well. We meet up for about a week, share skills such as flint knapping, bow drill fires, knots and much much more.



This is Scot's corner, where most of the Scots gather at night to drink a few bevvies and generally have a laugh and sometimes a sing song.

A map of the site. It's a very large site, a map is useful!



We cook over an open fire, as you can see here, the hanging thing on the right is a frying pan. That's my mum in the background, sawing wood for the fire.


The green thing in the middle of the picture is a hammock, we sleep in those and they are soooo comfy. The tripod and sack on the left is a chair.


Yup, that's my sister up in the tree, they are very into the woods.


Smoke through the trees, it's so peaceful and relaxing.


The lady in the foreground is making a spoon and the man in the background is making a net.


I ran a photography course last year and again this year, it's a pretty popular course.




I'm in the green top here, we are discussing the different effects you can get by just changing your white balance.
Overall it's a mental week, you are up most nights till about 2am just chatting with people and friends you haven't seen for a very long time. I love bushcraft!