tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879311335194145339.post3179751702552859471..comments2022-04-01T23:57:45.582+01:00Comments on Alastair Dargue: View from bivviAlastairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10418025939300312244noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879311335194145339.post-46140461497229214202012-02-27T10:02:15.682+00:002012-02-27T10:02:15.682+00:00hello, i once went camping fr a night with my niec...hello, i once went camping fr a night with my niece Sarah and our first beagle Snuffy, it was a January approx 1994. The promised sleeping bag from the unreliable brother in law never turned up, so i gave her mine and literally lay there on the Karrimat in the tent. The dog hardly slept or only lay down after 0300 ... a night I'll never forget. Its funny, when I used to go backpacking solo all would go well, i feel in company its a disaster. And what struck me was that looking at the stars in a perfectly clear dark sky a couple of hours before sunrise was how disorientated I was, hardly able to pick out those constellations I knew, just a mass of points of light. Oh yes, we were next to an ancient hillfort perched at the top of a hill here in Northumberland.<br /><br />good blog ! <br />richard kellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879311335194145339.post-90370739728061115282012-02-09T23:04:45.938+00:002012-02-09T23:04:45.938+00:00Hi Rob, thanks for comments. I was working on a ne...Hi Rob, thanks for comments. I was working on a new cooking/serving spoon and using Aspen as it works easily. I used that spoon last night and was very pleased with the shape so have made some more today, and a couple in Cyprus. They are much harder but have a very attractive grain which reminded me of wild salmon in both colour and pattern.Alastairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10418025939300312244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879311335194145339.post-72392143820415429492012-02-09T22:34:01.090+00:002012-02-09T22:34:01.090+00:00Looks like the wood was splitting very evenly ther...Looks like the wood was splitting very evenly there - what kind of wood is it?<br /><br />I like the spoons of six timbers that you made, and especially their translucent quality.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12042650405946029324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879311335194145339.post-24280332783992540072012-02-08T22:37:52.278+00:002012-02-08T22:37:52.278+00:00Love sleeping out. I've done a couple of survi...Love sleeping out. I've done a couple of survival course and loved them. The year before last my brother and I did one in scotland for a week. Great fun and learnt loads. Still a bit cold by choice this time of year!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.com