Category: Outdoor Pursuits
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Trails
#socs #trails Finding a way out of the trees and back to your campsite is easy if you know how use of sticks, stones and leaves on the path to where you’re going to leaves you with an aide memoire for people wanting to follow you (It also assists, if you’re making your way back)
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Den
#Writephoto #Outdoors #Camping #Scouts It wasn’t the easiest of shelters for young scouts to construct finding wood that wasn’t attached to a tree was a difficult task in itself Take the wrong kind of material and you would attract some serious attention if not from the leaders guiding you then the camp warden in charge […]
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The Circles we walk
#Napowrimo #Writeclub Cheers to Jacqueline @ Writeclub for the prompt! I suppose its the direction of travel guided by the earth itself moving wheels round a orbital road with spokes heading off around to the nearest city, village or town on foot the directions a little bit longer but it makes the traveller a little […]
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Taking in the view
#FFFC The walk up the mountain path was a long one with snaking twists and turns past mountain bogs and pot holes and occasional dead ends They’d gone up the mountain for a challenge and to see what was at the top but stopped at a meeting point half way up eating so they wouldn’t […]
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Retreat
#writephoto #retreat Sometimes, there’s a need to just get away from the hustle and bustle of the big city. Find somewhere quiet and out of the way and relax where the air is fresh the grass is green and you’re free – from pressures of life enjoying the peace and the fresh air and maybe […]
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Put a Pin on it
#socs #pin Someone once told me – you never really leave the scouts In a sense – i guess they were right. Why? i hear you ask – because of some little things picked up along the way back when i was a cub scout (yeah! i am that old) when we went on expeditions […]
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Finesse
#fowc #finesse There was some artistry in the way the embroiderer had set the scene on the patch a celebration of outdoor activity life under canvas for over one hundred years colours distinct – to stand out from the crowd and if the needlework on the edge wasn’t noticed the bit in the middle would […]
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Backwoods Stew
#Scouts #Cubs #Beavers #Supper The ingredients were simple enough, Taters in the embers of some dying beechwood Corned beef, Some Carrots and a very big onion Butter for frying, and some stock cubes for flavour The Metallic billy can protected by the finest washing liquid as flames licked the sides of the can As the […]
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Gliding
#fowc #Gliding The crew waited for that moment the moment that was perfect the moment to change direction No Salty Afternoon Washes No Swabbing the decks of Seawater No trouble from the turning wind Simply moving through the water Simply cutting past the breakers Simply Gliding through the sea
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Storm
#writephoto #storm #beyondthestorm #writephoto Something told you it wasn’t going to be a Terrific idea to venture onto the hills today, but Of course you were out voted – as you and your pals Rambled up the public footpath, seeking out paradise – Maybe you could discuss what you found in that shelter – Atop […]
The Inkwell 