How many times have you heard the words 'Strange Times'? Well, yes it is but is it strange that we just don't get this amount of time to spend with our children. Our focus has turned into backyard bushcraft. This little edit is of my son Jago and his first time starting a fire using a fire stick and a King Alfred's Cake. I was pretty stoked for him as it took a lot of effort and perseverance. We started just trying to light some dry tinder but is just getting the technique of creating larger, hotter sparks from his fire stick. He wanted to give up but he kept going, and when we introduced another method, he cracked it. He then made his first batch of Charcloth, which is old cotton tea cloths, charred over the heat of the fire in a tin. This works in a similar way as the King Alfred's Cake, and if you can get a good spark on the cloth, it holds the embers. Add this to the small tinder and Voila...Fire, Heat and survival!
We're learning some great skills and its become such a special time, and like I mentioned before, its thanks to previous instructors and more recently my good friend Alex Woodhouse. I can't wait for this lockdown to end and start the adventures further afield. Until then, we'll learn what we can at home and be confident in our methods.
We're learning some great skills and its become such a special time, and like I mentioned before, its thanks to previous instructors and more recently my good friend Alex Woodhouse. I can't wait for this lockdown to end and start the adventures further afield. Until then, we'll learn what we can at home and be confident in our methods.
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