Two Day Out

I only had a few hours on Saturday to go to Poor Park woods, so I thought I would try and find the badger sett I knew must be in there. I'd found quite a few tracks but not enough to guide me to the sett; so it would be pot luck if I found it.

I made my way to the north east side, a place I haven't been for a while because of my ankle. I skirted my way around the old pond and low and behold... an entrance hole. It was easy to confirm it was badger as there was a large latrine hole about two yards away and badger hairs all around the entrance.

 

I went further to the east and couldn't believe my eyes as I stumbled across another sett about 200 yards from the first. Both setts will be easy to view so it's just getting the time to get out and observe them. Pot luck indeed.

 

We were meant to have rain today, but as yet, there's no sign of it. I went into the local woods this morning and tried out my new rucksack. It's more like a haversack and at around 25 litres not too big and not too expensive at £20-00 including post and packing. Just right for use as a daysack.

 

I had a bit of lunch (healthy stuff or what!) before I set about a couple of tasks.

I wanted to make a new bow saw and I was surprised that I can now make one in about an hour.

I don't bother with the fancy joints anymore and just make a couple of notches in the wood.

I also took my bow-drill set with me. It's easy to get out of practice and I set to work getting an ember.

The conditions were perfect so it wasn't a great challenge; nevertheless it's always a good feeling to see the little ember smoking away. A little tinder was all that was needed to get a fire on the go.

Ragged robin

Hope you had a good long weekend (for those that had one)

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