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Wednesday 23 September 2020
Extinction Rebellion
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Sunday 13 September 2020
Wednesday 9 September 2020
Thursday 27 August 2020
Sunday 23 August 2020
Saturday 22 August 2020
Australian Survival and Preppers..: Lost Survival.
Australian Survival and Preppers..: Lost Survival.: Lost Survival. In an ordinary lost situation if you did the right thing & notified several people in regards to WHERE you were goi...
Thursday 20 August 2020
Thursday 6 August 2020
Tuesday 28 July 2020
A Woodsrunner's Diary: My Book. Primitive Fire Lighting. eBook. Written F...
A Woodsrunner's Diary: My Book. Primitive Fire Lighting. eBook. Written F...: Primitive Fire Lighting-Flint & Steel & Fire Bow. eBook. Title: Primitive Fire lighting. ID: 9784776 Category: History De...
Thursday 26 December 2019
A Woodsrunner's Diary: A Hand Carved Wooden Spoon for Xmas.
A Woodsrunner's Diary: A Hand Carved Wooden Spoon for Xmas.: My youngest son carved this spoon for me for Xmas. Carved from pear wood.
Tuesday 26 November 2019
Monday 18 November 2019
Thursday 18 July 2019
Tuesday 2 July 2019
Wednesday 26 June 2019
A Woodsrunner's Diary: Wild Foods. Nettle Pudding.
A Woodsrunner's Diary: Wild Foods. Nettle Pudding.: My sincere thanks to Grizz for sharing this recipe with me. Ancient Nettle Pudding Recipe courtesy of Ancient Craft and Celtnet Rec...
Wednesday 24 April 2019
Sunday 31 March 2019
A Woodsrunner's Diary: Gourd Water Bottles. Were They Sealed?
A Woodsrunner's Diary: Gourd Water Bottles. Were They Sealed?: Water bottle gourd found at Bents Fort. 17 th & 18 th Century water & wine gourds. Were they lined inside? To date I ha...
Tuesday 2 October 2018
Tuesday 28 August 2018
Thursday 7 June 2018
Sunday 3 June 2018
Wednesday 4 April 2018
Monday 2 April 2018
Thursday 9 March 2017
Wednesday 1 March 2017
Wednesday 22 February 2017
Thursday 20 October 2016
Monday 10 October 2016
A Woodsrunner's Diary: Angling Information. A Treatyse of Fisshynge wyth ...
A Woodsrunner's Diary: Angling Information. A Treatyse of Fisshynge wyth ...: http://www.hagstone.net/1496.html A Treatyse of Fisshynge wyth an Angle.
Monday 3 October 2016
A Woodsrunner's Diary: More On OTZI The Iceman.
A Woodsrunner's Diary: More On OTZI The Iceman.: Bearskin Cap. http://www.iceman.it/en/clothing/; Shoes. http://08sainje-theiceman.blogspot.com.au/; Reproduction Tools &...
Saturday 3 September 2016
Thursday 1 September 2016
Saturday 27 August 2016
A Woodsrunner's Diary: Flint & Steel Fire Lighting Methods.
A Woodsrunner's Diary: Flint & Steel Fire Lighting Methods.: Flint & Steel Fire Lighting Methods. Flint & steel & the use of a tinderbox has been in use since before the middle ages....
Wednesday 24 August 2016
A Woodsrunner's Diary: Polypore Fungus Worldwide. Plant Tinder For Fire L...
A Woodsrunner's Diary: Polypore Fungus Worldwide. Plant Tinder For Fire L...: Copyright Keith H. Burgess. Australia. Polypore Fungus grows worldwide. This is one of my main sources of plant tinder for flint &...
Monday 21 March 2016
Tuesday 5 January 2016
A Woodsrunner's Diary: The Well Equipped Woodsrunner.
A Woodsrunner's Diary: The Well Equipped Woodsrunner.: This post is just to encourage people to improve on their equipment when ever they have the opportunity. In our busy lives we can sometimes ...
Sunday 25 October 2015
A Woodsrunner's Diary: Corn, can it really sustain you on a long trek?
A Woodsrunner's Diary: Corn, can it really sustain you on a long trek?: I have read that the Woodland Indians travelled with just corn to sustain them on their long journeys, & I have often wondered, k...
Tuesday 15 September 2015
A Woodsrunner's Diary: 18th Century Cooking Link.
A Woodsrunner's Diary: 18th Century Cooking Link.: http://savoringthepast.net/2015/09/15/a-stupendously-fresh-soup/
Wednesday 9 September 2015
Thursday 16 July 2015
Reconstructed Eastern Woodland Indian Wigwam. Winter Scene.
This is the reconstructed woodland Indian wigwam that I built in our forest. You can see the drying rack to the right, & the outside fireplace with tripod just in front.
Labels:
18th century,
Australia,
bushcraft,
camping,
England,
forest,
historical trekking,
living history,
New England,
NSW,
snow,
survival,
wigwam,
winter,
woodland,
Woodland Indian
Location:
New England, Australia
Sunday 14 June 2015
Thursday 21 May 2015
A Woodsrunner's Diary: DANGER ! Boiled Linseed Oil, Or Is It ???
A Woodsrunner's Diary: DANGER ! Boiled Linseed Oil, Or Is It ???: For those of you making your own oilcloth, or using linseed oil on wooden implements used for food, it is wise to note that the "B...
Thursday 9 April 2015
Saturday 4 April 2015
A Woodsrunner's Diary: A Change Of Opinion. Flint & Steel Striking Method...
A Woodsrunner's Diary: A Change Of Opinion. Flint & Steel Striking Method...: I am not sure when or where, but I know that I once made the statement that striking the flint with the steel was not the correct way. Now i...
A Woodsrunner's Diary: Fire Steels. Researching Three Types.
A Woodsrunner's Diary: Fire Steels. Researching Three Types.: Fire Steels. Researching Three Types. I am sure after doing so much research on fire steels, that there is still a lot to learn on my p...
Wednesday 25 March 2015
Monday 2 March 2015
Wednesday 24 December 2014
A Woodsrunner's Diary: More on Punkwood or Touchwood.
A Woodsrunner's Diary: More on Punkwood or Touchwood.: Recently someone contacted me and told me that to date they had not managed to make fire with flint and steel using uncharred punk wood. At ...
Monday 10 November 2014
A Woodsrunner's Diary: The Pemmican Manual
A Woodsrunner's Diary: The Pemmican Manual: You can substitute other meats and dried fruits that are available in your area. http://nativeamericannetroots.net/diary/1377 T h...
Monday 11 August 2014
Wednesday 23 July 2014
A Woodsrunner's Diary: Making A Linen Bread Bag. A Link.
A Woodsrunner's Diary: Making A Linen Bread Bag. A Link.: http://www.ecabonline.com/2010/07/sewing-linen-bread-bag-french-seams_23.html
BUZZARD BUSHCRAFT: Lord Farquhar Firesteel
BUZZARD BUSHCRAFT: Lord Farquhar Firesteel: I recently got a firesteel on BCUK from Mozzy, who goes by the username Lord Farquhar on a number of bushie/knife forums..here's a few ...
Friday 11 July 2014
The Old Foodie: Compressed Bread for Travel.
The Old Foodie: Compressed Bread for Travel.: On two previous occasions whilst travelling I have posted on the topic of ‘travellers bread’ ( here , and here ) and it might be thought th...
Monday 9 June 2014
Friday 6 June 2014
Tuesday 8 April 2014
A Woodsrunner's Diary: Tools Of The Settlers 2. A Find. Gimlets.
A Woodsrunner's Diary: Tools Of The Settlers 2. A Find. Gimlets.: Gimlets are handy tools, they are the hand drill of the 18th century. These tools drill a hole for nails & screws, as some nails tended ...
Thursday 13 February 2014
A Woodsrunner's Diary: Tinder Horns.
A Woodsrunner's Diary: Tinder Horns.: Not everyone used a tinder box, and no doubt some of those who did have a tinder box may not have used it for making fire per se. Some peopl...
Wednesday 29 January 2014
A Woodsrunner's Diary: Fire Lighting Problem-Not Enough Tinder.
A Woodsrunner's Diary: Fire Lighting Problem-Not Enough Tinder.: One of the problems I have noticed of late is people having trouble making fire with flint and steel. Either the kindling is damp, or hard t...
Saturday 11 January 2014
A Woodsrunner's Diary: What To Carry and Reasons Not To.
A Woodsrunner's Diary: What To Carry and Reasons Not To.: What to Carry and Reasons Not To. Time and time again throughout history we read about a common person who neglected to carry one piece o...
Wednesday 1 January 2014
Saturday 21 December 2013
A Woodsrunner's Diary: The Housewife Sewing Kit and Comfort.
A Woodsrunner's Diary: The Housewife Sewing Kit and Comfort.: Everything we carry on the trail is for comfort. Different people have different ideas about what was carried by the average woodsman. But w...
Friday 20 December 2013
Apology
Hi Guys, just an apology for leaving the blog unatended and to say a thank you to those that have posted and kept it active, the social networking has taken over as late but in the new year hope to get this blog up and running as it should be.
Regards, Al.
Regards, Al.
Monday 2 December 2013
A Woodsrunner's Diary: Woodland Indian Leggings By Sheryl Hartman.
A Woodsrunner's Diary: Woodland Indian Leggings By Sheryl Hartman.: I did write several reviews on this book many years ago. My copy is now an old one. The new version I believe has a new cover image. I did t...
Sunday 24 November 2013
Saturday 23 November 2013
A Woodsrunner's Diary: Lots Of Skills To Learn.
A Woodsrunner's Diary: Lots Of Skills To Learn.: Learning is an ongoing thing. Here are links to my Free videos, to my DVDs, and to my book. YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/historica...
Monday 18 November 2013
Australian Survival and Preppers..: Two Of My DVDs Are To Be Deleted Soon.
Australian Survival and Preppers..: Two Of My DVDs Are To Be Deleted Soon.: Just a Heads-Up that Trepstar are going to delet a couple of my DVDs due to lack of sales over the past 240 days. They are Muzle-loaders &am...
Saturday 19 October 2013
Thursday 3 October 2013
Cornish Woodland Workshop: Love parachute
Cornish Woodland Workshop: Love parachute: I love this image of the parachute we use for shelter. In fairness it was probably more effective as shade than rain shelter this summer, bu...
Friday 6 September 2013
A Woodsrunner's Diary: One Blanket Winter Camping.
A Woodsrunner's Diary: One Blanket Winter Camping.: One Blanket Winter Camping. It can get very cold here in New England NSW, but there are places where it can get much colder. So be min...
Sunday 28 July 2013
Images of my New camp in the Forest.
Framework for the Wigwam.
Inside fire place in front of bed.
Bed made from rolls of bark taken from wigwam poles.
Drying rack.
Outside cooking fire with tripod.
Labels:
18th century,
bushcraft,
camping,
forest,
historical trekking,
living history,
Ojibwe,
primitive skills,
survival,
wigwam,
woodsman,
Woodsrunners
Location:
Dumaresq NSW 2350, Australia
Monday 15 July 2013
BUZZARD BUSHCRAFT: Flint Nodule ..... or not?
BUZZARD BUSHCRAFT: Flint Nodule ..... or not?: I went to my favourite place to find jasper looking for some pieces when I found this, it's a flint nodule, or is it? Now a...
Monday 4 February 2013
Last Call For Skills DVDs!!!
This is a heads up for my skills DVDs being no longer available very soon. The company who sells these take them off the market if they are not selling over a period of 240 days, mine have not sold over the past 240 days despite the excellent reviews. So if you were thinking of getting any, now is the time!
http://woodsrunnersdiary.blogspot.com.au/search?q=DVDs
Muzzle-Loaders and More will be the first to go because it has not sold over the past 244 days. Believe me, I make no profit from these DVDs if you include my time. I could order one myself to keep these going, but frankly that would reduce my earnings to zero and if they are just not selling I don't see the point.
Regards to all, Keith.
http://woodsrunnersdiary.blogspot.com.au/search?q=DVDs
Muzzle-Loaders and More will be the first to go because it has not sold over the past 244 days. Believe me, I make no profit from these DVDs if you include my time. I could order one myself to keep these going, but frankly that would reduce my earnings to zero and if they are just not selling I don't see the point.
Regards to all, Keith.
Monday 27 August 2012
Spoon making as an Indian Captive-18th Century.
“my master told me to
Try if I Could make me a
Spoon, and Gave me a hatchet
and told me he would
assist me in it for he Said there
was nothing more
Necessary for me to be furnished
with in my march, his
orders I quickly obeyed, and
finished my Spoon with So
much Dixterity, yt my
master
was Verey well pleased with me",
The Pote Journal 1745.
Labels:
18th century,
bushcraft,
camping,
craft work,
historical,
living history,
primitive skills,
spoons,
survival
New Off The Grid DVD coming out soon.
http://woodsrunnersdiary.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/off-topic-off-grid.html
This is the image chosen for the DVD cover.
This is the image chosen for the DVD cover.
Labels:
18th century,
bushcraft,
DVD,
foods,
gardening,
Off The Grid,
primitive skills,
sirvival,
traps and trapping,
video
Location:
Armidale NSW 2350, Australia
Saturday 4 August 2012
Posts
Hi people, I apologise for lack of posts but committed with work lately, hopefully get up and runnin again soon. Regards Al.
Wednesday 20 June 2012
Tuesday 8 May 2012
Sunday 1 April 2012
Dave's ACT. An Australian Blog.
Check out the images from Dave's trail camera. Can you identify the last one!
http://www.davesact.com/2012/04/corin-forest-trail-camera.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+http%2Fdavesactblogspotcom%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefaultaltrss+%28Dave%27s+ACT%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
http://www.davesact.com/2012/04/corin-forest-trail-camera.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+http%2Fdavesactblogspotcom%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefaultaltrss+%28Dave%27s+ACT%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
Labels:
animals,
Australia,
Australian wildlife,
bushcraft,
trail camera
Tuesday 20 March 2012
Friday 24 February 2012
Tuesday 14 February 2012
Sunday 29 January 2012
Wednesday 25 January 2012
Friday 20 January 2012
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