I just loved this photo when it appeared on Robin's Instagram page the next morning with the caption 'i'm never going to leave' Poor darling worked his socks off that weekend.
Robins replica hembury bowl in the fire.
Alan Bruford's wonderful eco-toilet- all the mod cons.
Its what its all about. Pots in fires.
Another secluded glade encampment
Dinner in the woods by the fire just after setting up the tent
Robin captioned some of his photos of the weekend in the woods ‘I’m never leaving’ and another ‘I’ve found my true home’. I felt that too when I had spent time at Beacon Cross Copse. As we passed the weekend with all the activities and visitors, the weather outside of the Copse was wind and rain. But inside it was sheltered, warm and fairly dry. I imagine that during the Neolithic, as they had only just started to clear the land for causewayed enclosures, at some sites for example, at Bury Hill shade-loving snail shells have been found in a ditch indicating surrounding woodlan
. Living in the woods is a much more pleasant and easy way of life than you could imagine. It is much easier staying here than on a commercial campsite where all the trees have been removed due to H+S regulations. But this is all thanks to Alan Bruford who has constructed and provisioned his Forest School. There is even an eco-toilet. Of course, we had running water and so we were very comfortable in a large tent with blow-up beds and duvets. and getting up in the morning, rekindling the fire from last night with a fresh log and putting the kettle onto boil is just heaven. I want to go back!
Sarah and the kettle
