Beating the weather.

Where did the wind come from ???
A nice morning, but a Gale blew up this afternoon.
If the weather stays fine Sunday is Archery day, so it will be out with the Longbow and a walk through a slippery Oak Wood.
Using an English Longbow on a Woodland Course can be difficult at times due to their length, they can catch on the lower trees and branches, a shorter bow is sometimes more practical in those situations..
The Horsebow is getting more popular in the UK, as due to it's shorter length it is a lot easier to use on Woodland Courses with low hanging branches.

Direction ??

I met up with the Big man pictured above today, he's friendly enough as long as you respect him.
We meet up several times a week, he's not worried about me, it seems to be more about the dog and looking after his ladies.
It was out with the old LL Bean maine hunting boots today, their well worn but you can't seem to get them in the UK, so I'm hoping I can find a friendly Cobbler who can do something with them and bring them back to life.
The soles are covered in Shoe Goo which keeps coming off, but hopefully they can be saved as they are the comfiest boots I have and the driest, as I spend a lot of my walking through bogs.


I've been looking at other peoples's blogs to find a direction for this one ??

The problem now is, I've looked at so many that are so good and so interesting I find myself looking at others rather than getting on with this one.

As you may notice I'm not good at colours ?? but I think I'm slowly getting the right idea.

The Bohemian Lifestyle looks interesting whatever it's supposed to be, but someone mentioned art so not being very artistic, that sort of leaves me out..

Rain and Feathers don't mix, so no Archery today again..

Quick Week

That was a quick week, Saturday already !!

Took the Horsebow out and the Rinehart Target ball for an hour or so.

I was surprised how quickly it got dark.

Looking at the weather it's going to be a wet weekend .

And I need to practice more, but rain and feathers don't go together very good, even if they are covered in silicon waterproofing powder .

But even if you don't get out with the Bow you should do exercises to keep you fit.

What happened

After a nice day yesterday, it's wet again.

I've been in the Workshop sorting out a belt sander, that had a problem. It's now sorted so one less excuse not to get on with the bow making..


“Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.”

The Setting Sun

Out today and realised the nights are drawing in.

It'll soon be time for the River Rat to start thinking about hibernation.

Then it's time to gather the reading material together and settle down for the Winter..