Mark took the day off and the three of us went to the firecraft day held at Cockington in Torquay. It was a really good day with lots of other families there. We started off the day with a walk through the woods collecting different grades of twigs to get our fires going, then it was back to base to try to get the fire started. This proved to be more difficult than it looked !!
We started off with a bit of practise using the flint on a piece of cotton wool, the aim was to light it and let it melt. Some time later (quite a lot of time later) we finally managed to melt the little blighter so we could move onto the grown up stuff of starting a real life, proper fire !! All I can say is that we would probably not be able to survive in the outback just yet lol.
Sorting the twigs into the various grades
Finally the moment came.......it was time to light the fire !!
After all the hard work, it was time to reap the rewards......marshmallows over the fire mmmmm
we had a really lovely family day and will definitely do more of the activities that the Coast and Countryside trust will be running.
Cool! :D
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looks like fun x
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