So i do a fair amount of walking through the bits of greenery near me on the edges of leafy Manchester suburbs. Always like to stop for a smoke n shit, mebbie listen to some radio 4 and chill in the "wild" so i had the habit of bringing a plastic bag to sit on.
Got annoying
Made a basic bitch log on two shorter logs style bench for one of my frequent spots. was ok
Last week it just randomly became necessary to go into some deeper woodland and just fuck about. Made a better actually comfy seat/bench/emergency brexit shelter. Took some pics. The pics are awful and dont really capture it very well but whatever, its some sticks and moss in some woods being sticks and moss.
Got to try some basic bush craft shit like making decent stakes with beveled edges that can take a hammer (a log) without splitting.
Made some basic privacy stick fences then thought fuck it lets try put a roof on it
Kinda went from there. basically wove a big wooden half hut. Then thought fuck it lets roof it. Lined it with the last grass ferns of the year, and some anemic evergreens that were nearby. Topped the crown with moss and extended the coverage to make the bench basically watertight. Its a surprisingly comfy, cosy little hoboshack. 3 hours a day for 3 days to make, and that was me basically making it up as i went along. I recon a team of 2 could knock a more complete camping solution in a day of graft, as long as the supplies were at hand..
Fucking about in the woods is cool and you should all go fuck about in the woods. Here, have some awful pics shorty
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