Gathering 2

Members of the public queue for Woodlife keyrings

I got home from the Gathering yesterday extremely tired but elated. The Gathering was a great success on many levels, not only for the Woodlife Network, but also on a personal basis. It was a great laugh to boot.

The 3pm Wooldife group photo. Ray and Bear sent their apologies.

It's a shame not everyone made the photograph, but there's always next year!

It's impossible to thank everyone in person who visited the stand and introduced themselves or who made nice comments either about this site, the Network or the videos on YouTube.

Brochures and keyrings - Note the bargain price.

Your comments really mean a lot to me as did your kind donations towards the cost of more storage space for the Network next year.

Two more TV stars beg for Woodlife membership

It was also great to see old friends. It's only at these events do you renew old acquaintances and of course get introduced through them to other people. This is true networking and follows the spirit of the Wilderness Gathering.

Maverick has a well earned rest after 12 hours signing autographs.

Thanks to Sean, who helped out on Saturday, but a special thanks to Maverick47 who helped me at the stand over the four days and also to George who spent some time helping out as well. George - you're on the staff list next year!

Crowds gather to witness Roger signing up for Woodlife membership...

Actually he was judging the extreme baking competition that we ran from our stand.

There were marks for presentation, method of cooking and of course, taste. Everyone who entered won a prize. We raised £50-00 for Survival International Charity.

There's were just too many things that went on to tell you about individual events, so I'll have to introduce them in context over a period of time.

Finally, a special thanks to Roger Harrington from Bison Bushcraft, who gave me the opportunity to have a stand at the Gathering.

There may well be many things happening in the future and if only half the plans come to any kind of fruition, this site will be very busy for many moons to come.

Thanks for the visit.

Pablo.