Bushcraft Camp Update 6 - THE FIRE PIT TA Outdoors
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Date: 2019-09-10
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James Voyce
Great videos, I've only just stumbled across the videos but already looking forward to the next instalment. There are two main things I like the most, firstly you don't seem to be copying everyone else. There are some great videos and tutorials out there but many cover the same skills in very similar ways. The way you are documenting your little adventures and your experience is more enjoyable. Secondly it's nice to see some more sustainable thoughts being considered when it comes to bushcraft. I'm sure a lot of people are considerate to the countryside and nature but your videos are the first to address, mainly the use of deadwood, but also discussing your permission to use the land, as well as the fire safety precautions you have taken. One thing I have not seen on any videos yet is anyone addressing habitats and possible conservation. It would be refreshing to see someone building insect/bee/bug habitats using the deadwood, something a long term camp like yours would suit.
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Great videos, I've only just stumbled across the videos but already looking forward to the next instalment. There are two main things I like the most, firstly you don't seem to be copying everyone else. There are some great videos and tutorials out there but many cover the same skills in very similar ways. The way you are documenting your little adventures and your experience is more enjoyable. Secondly it's nice to see some more sustainable thoughts being considered when it comes to bushcraft. I'm sure a lot of people are considerate to the countryside and nature but your videos are the first to address, mainly the use of deadwood, but also discussing your permission to use the land, as well as the fire safety precautions you have taken. One thing I have not seen on any videos yet is anyone addressing habitats and possible conservation. It would be refreshing to see someone building insect/bee/bug habitats using the deadwood, something a long term camp like yours would suit.
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SURREY CROSSING
If you can hang a hammock in a shelter, I believe it's the best way to sleep, and it can be relocated if you decide to change the interior of your shelter over time. I like a clay or mud oven for cooking, it can radiate a lot of heat without starting a forest fire, lasts all night. I'm thinking of using old cracked clay pots and mud to set it all up, then bake it to cure it. If you use large cracked clay pot pieces they make great interior oven walls. When you make bread dough, you can stick your dough on the walls to bake it, once the fire has died down. Your oven will need to be a fair size to accomplish this. Once the bread is crisp, it can be popped off the clay walls, there's no better bread. Have fun
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If you can hang a hammock in a shelter, I believe it's the best way to sleep, and it can be relocated if you decide to change the interior of your shelter over time. I like a clay or mud oven for cooking, it can radiate a lot of heat without starting a forest fire, lasts all night. I'm thinking of using old cracked clay pots and mud to set it all up, then bake it to cure it. If you use large cracked clay pot pieces they make great interior oven walls. When you make bread dough, you can stick your dough on the walls to bake it, once the fire has died down. Your oven will need to be a fair size to accomplish this. Once the bread is crisp, it can be popped off the clay walls, there's no better bread. Have fun
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alan bishop
Great Video, I have used metal plates in the past when needs must. In response to some comments about the use of metal and it melting. It has more chance of falling apart through rust than becoming molten I would suggest something I have done in the past with a permanent fire pit I made. I dig the hole about 8-9 inches deep, then I put a layer of sand down with some small gravel stones, then I put metal sheet down and boxed it in much the same as you did using large rocks. I took all these precautions because I was in a friends woodland and it is a very heavy peat area. If your fire pit is hot enough to melt the metal (It's not I'm being sarcastic) then open an ironmongery for the locals haha
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Great Video, I have used metal plates in the past when needs must. In response to some comments about the use of metal and it melting. It has more chance of falling apart through rust than becoming molten I would suggest something I have done in the past with a permanent fire pit I made. I dig the hole about 8-9 inches deep, then I put a layer of sand down with some small gravel stones, then I put metal sheet down and boxed it in much the same as you did using large rocks. I took all these precautions because I was in a friends woodland and it is a very heavy peat area. If your fire pit is hot enough to melt the metal (It's not I'm being sarcastic) then open an ironmongery for the locals haha
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HeartAttack Jack
I love how you take advice from commentors, and explain what you're doing, and how you learn as you go. Most online shows take offense from advice, even if the experience is greater then their own. We have peat bogs, and fires that end up burning down into the dry peat in the woods. Gets worse in the summer, but winter is almost safe as the permafrost in our area can go down four to six feet. Some areas can get really deep, and its difficult to put one of those fires out.
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I love how you take advice from commentors, and explain what you're doing, and how you learn as you go. Most online shows take offense from advice, even if the experience is greater then their own. We have peat bogs, and fires that end up burning down into the dry peat in the woods. Gets worse in the summer, but winter is almost safe as the permafrost in our area can go down four to six feet. Some areas can get really deep, and its difficult to put one of those fires out.
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Craig Bomberger
I gotta admit that i like seeing someone use a little common sense, i am of course referring to your use of the metal plate for your fire pit and using it to help ward off a possible large scale fire. I know some people might think a metal plate like that isn't a natural thing and shouldn't be used in a camp, to hell with that kind of thinking, it beats waking up in the middle of the night surrounded by a forest fire and the ensuing destruction of the entire area
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I gotta admit that i like seeing someone use a little common sense, i am of course referring to your use of the metal plate for your fire pit and using it to help ward off a possible large scale fire. I know some people might think a metal plate like that isn't a natural thing and shouldn't be used in a camp, to hell with that kind of thinking, it beats waking up in the middle of the night surrounded by a forest fire and the ensuing destruction of the entire area
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infinite wilderness
Seems like your damned if you and damned if you don't. People complain if you don't elaborate. However they complain when you explain. like a bad relationship the trolls are never satisfied. very nice videos. I appreciate you taking and demonstrating at the same time. Your videos have been a very pleasant inspiration for me. Moreover I respect that you have clarified that you do not kill living trees. lots of education and love. subbed
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Seems like your damned if you and damned if you don't. People complain if you don't elaborate. However they complain when you explain. like a bad relationship the trolls are never satisfied. very nice videos. I appreciate you taking and demonstrating at the same time. Your videos have been a very pleasant inspiration for me. Moreover I respect that you have clarified that you do not kill living trees. lots of education and love. subbed
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David Belet
I just found you camp updates and I have to say thats really cool and something I have always wanted to do. Three options I would say you have for a method of cooking would be a simple tripod lash to hang pots on, a rotisserie spit, or a grill. I personally think a grill would be optimal if you happened to have one kicking around; if not you could use a spit and a tripod in combination. That would do nicely
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I just found you camp updates and I have to say thats really cool and something I have always wanted to do. Three options I would say you have for a method of cooking would be a simple tripod lash to hang pots on, a rotisserie spit, or a grill. I personally think a grill would be optimal if you happened to have one kicking around; if not you could use a spit and a tripod in combination. That would do nicely
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Daraduggan Vlogs
Ur vids at the best if you want to keep food cool bury it best of luck you really have inspired me at school we go down to kinda a very well kept forest there's trees around the edges and a big open space but anyway I split a stick at the top and put a rock inbeetween and closed it again with string but after a few swings it was loose again if anybody knows how to make a bushcraft axe please tell me
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Ur vids at the best if you want to keep food cool bury it best of luck you really have inspired me at school we go down to kinda a very well kept forest there's trees around the edges and a big open space but anyway I split a stick at the top and put a rock inbeetween and closed it again with string but after a few swings it was loose again if anybody knows how to make a bushcraft axe please tell me
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A Keeper Of Odd Knowledge
I love what you are doing and the skill it took to do it As for a cooking system, you could build a movable tripod and hang a chain, or some sort of cordage off of it. You could hang a cook pot or metal water bottle from it. By moving one leg of the tripod in or out you can vary the height and position of the cook pot over the fire. Remove and fold up the tripod when not needed.
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I love what you are doing and the skill it took to do it As for a cooking system, you could build a movable tripod and hang a chain, or some sort of cordage off of it. You could hang a cook pot or metal water bottle from it. By moving one leg of the tripod in or out you can vary the height and position of the cook pot over the fire. Remove and fold up the tripod when not needed.
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Wilfred Oikle
In my part of the world there is an old saying concerning campfires, to wit, White man make big fire, sit far away, Indian make small fire, sit close. There were reasons for both. In wild days an Indian did not want an enemy ro see where he was and so small fire with little smoke. White men loving the comforts of home wanted heat and usually had his trusty flintlock handy.
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In my part of the world there is an old saying concerning campfires, to wit, White man make big fire, sit far away, Indian make small fire, sit close. There were reasons for both. In wild days an Indian did not want an enemy ro see where he was and so small fire with little smoke. White men loving the comforts of home wanted heat and usually had his trusty flintlock handy.
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