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Five Senses

Five Senses

We live by the Atlantic Ocean and love books so much we married in a library ... the oldest lending library in Scotland.

About me ... Ancient skills for modern survival, exploration, guided tours of Scotland, bushcraft and survival courses, mountain navigation, travel and wilderness skills, environmental teaching ... instructor and... more »
  • Stromness, Or, UK
  • member since November 6 2007

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  • Chaska (formerly Kitty Blu)

    Chaska (formerly Kitty Blu) says

    Thank you for accepting my invitation. From you I hope to learn about an entirely "different world"...obviously one which interests me. Of course, I was also taken by your photo with your cat! Cats are good!:-)

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Piglet

    Piglet says

    hi there as an ex-Brit I love your selection.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Aljan

    Aljan says

    Hey there - I see that you have Glenn Randall's "Breaking Point" on your shelf. Have you read it? What did you think? Worth reading?

    Thanks, hi, nice to meet you and all that.

    ~Aljan

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Jeff G42

    Jeff G42 says

    Wow, good questions. I’d like to learn more about “living off the land”, so to speak. How to find water, food, build shelter etc. “Bushcraft” would be fun to learn but, I guess my overall goal would be to “see” better when out in nature. I’ve spent most of my life hiking, camping, etc and think I “see” better in the woods than many people. I see more plants, wildlife etc. I was always quite proud of myself in this capacity until I went out in the woods with my dad several years ago. (He was born and raised in rural Appalachia if you’re familiar with that part of the US and as such was very connected to nature) All of a sudden I was the “blind” man.

    “Hey look, there was a deer rutting up against this tree. Looks like he was such and such size. Probably was here just a day or so ago.” Everywhere he turned he saw, heard, and smelled things that I didn’t. It was an eye opener. He has been gone for many years and I have lost touch with that side of my family. So, I’d like to find a way to improve my “vision”. Does this make sense?

    I guess my main concern with this particular group is that they do appear to be mainly college age students and I’ve been out of college for 20 years.

    Jeff

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Jeff G42

    Jeff G42 says

    As much as I'd like to take your class, it's unlikely to happen in the next decade. :) There is a group very close to me though that I've been investigating. I'm sending you the link to their site. I'd appreciate your thoughts as to the legitimacy of what they're teaching.

    The site is http://www.owlcreekprograms.com/index.html

    Thanks,
    Jeff

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Jeff G42

    Jeff G42 says

    Hmmm, thought I left you a note but it's not showing up.

    Thanks so much for the friend request. I'm enjoying the group greatly.

    "I have just spent the morning teaching a class of 8 year olds about ancient fire making at a site 5,000 years old. Now for a good book and tea :)"

    How fun is that! Sure beats sitting in meetings all day and watching my Inbox fill up with email.

    Cheers!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • hal l

    hal l says

    Hi Malcolm sorry about the delay in replying but I as still a bit of a computer novice and I am slowly feeling my way around the site. I have sent the Shelfari site to my friend Larry so yo can expect to hear from him soon. Still on a high from our last visit to Stromness and can not wait to get back!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • passionate

    passionate says

    Hi,

    Just dropped by to say hello to a friend. I hope you're doin great. Keep smiling! :)

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • golovin_benny

    golovin_benny says

    Here's our weather today:

    http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=99769

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • lindsey b

    lindsey b says

    Thanks for the great summary of "Toward Asmara." I'll definitely put it on my reading list!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • lindsey b

    lindsey b says

    Hi! I noticed you had a book entitled Towards Asmara tagged as a "survival" story, but Shelfari doesn't give any kind of description about it. If you have a minute, I'd love a quick note about it. Thanks, Lindsey

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • mbfan

    mbfan says

    Hey. Bad day for mountaineering.
    Sir Edmund Hillary was a true hero...

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )


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