A new knife for Sweden!

Well, as the prospect of less driving & more flying (with Ryanair, the airline where you pay extra for hold baggage) looming I decided to put some of my "pocket money" to good use & treat myself to a new knife to keep at Munch's Hideaway!
I looked at several knives & eventually decided on a Karesuando Boar.

Those of you who have met me will know that I am a leftie which can pose the odd problem in life, I also like my knife to be housed in a left-handed sheath. So, as I had some Birthday money from my parents (thanks Mum & Dad) I went onto BushcraftUK & looked up Luckylee - a fine craftsman who does amazing leather work. He asked me to send him the knife to make sure the left-handed sheath he would make was a perfect fit. I sent the knife to him on Thursday & both knife & sheath arrived this morning (Saturday). The sheath is superb & the service amazing, I'd recommend him to anyone.

Harry's new compound bow!

Here's Harry, my nephew with his new bow.....

......and here's a picture of my Dad with his!

They're both members of Broadland Bowmen in Norwich, looking forward to shooting a round or two with them both when they visit in April.

How cold?

Hi folks, we've just got back from another winter re-supply trip to "Munch's Hideaway" & it was cold!
Lot's of snow as well which meant Mrs Labrador could get out on her skis.
We went to see the wolves at Jarvzoo....

Luckily we didn't have to fetch anything from the shed, Sarah tried to walk across the garden but only got  half way!

Another photo showing how much snow we've had.

An old interest renewed!

At last I've got around to doing something I've been meaning to do for a long time............I've got my old Martin Lynx compound bow out & joined Forest Bowmen in Derbyshire.

I managed to surprise myself (having not picked up a bow in anger for about 19 years), this was the first time I had ever shot an un-marked course with big game target faces & I had more hits than misses!

Some hits were better than others!

Now I just need to adjust the pin-sight & practice!

Santa has been very generous this year.......

I must have been very good this year, Sarah bought me a new float tube!

A Sparton Cruiser, the Rolls Royce of Float Tubes. This is a picture taken from Steve Parton's website (I'm sure Steve won't mind), more to follow when I get out onto Simmesjon after some trout next June! 

Santa's been!

Santa, well OK my Dad, has been bearing gifts of a pair of fantastic hand-crafted ash beavertail canoe paddles. I'd asked my Dad to make me a pair of paddles for my canoe - the "Nice Beaver" -  earlier in the year & sent him the Graham Warren "Paddlemaking" DVD.

Here they are.

They really are the bees-knees, beautifully balanced & perfectly finished.

Thanks Dad!

Can't wait to get out to Sweden & try them out this summer!

Lingon Vodka......

As promised, here's an update on the fate of the Lingon berries we picked whilst we were at the cabin in September.

Delicious!