Posted in Fishing and Hunting, Lapland, Meetups and gatherings, Nature, Swedish Lapland, Tracks and signs, Travel and navigation, tagged cabin, fish, Gallivare, hunting, Sweden on 11/12/2009 | 1 Comment »
I thought I would take a step back in time and write about my first visit to Swedish Lapland in September 2006.
My friend Eckhardt had invited me to visit him and his family and spend some time at his cabin in the forest
This was the first view I had of his cabin and I never [...]
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During my last three visits to Lapland my friends have spoken of “Surströmming”, a delicacy and favoured food of the people of the north. It is in fact fermented herring which has been caught in the Baltic Sea. The herring is fermented in barrels for two months with just enough salt added to prevent the [...]
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Posted in Fire craft, Fishing and Hunting, Food and Drink, Lapland, Natural Materials, Plants, Travel and navigation, Trees, Wildlife, tagged birds, cabin, fire, fish, Parachute, pine, tipi on 12/07/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Cold with a strong NW wind this morning.
Every day I have had my fish trap in the lake but caught nothing. I am told it is because of all the rain and melt water stirring up the lake. After a couple of warm sunny days the lake has become clearer and this morning I caught [...]
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Posted in Fire craft, Fishing and Hunting, Food and Drink, Lapland, Meetups and gatherings, Natural Materials, Travel and navigation, Trees, Wildlife, tagged birds, cabin, fire, fish, food, mammals, pine on 19/06/2009 | 4 Comments »
I walked into the forest to cut some more poles and passed an area where a Redwing (Turdus iliacus) a member of the Thrush family was mobbing me and alarm calling so I decided to look around and see if it had a nest. I did not have to look far
The nest contained 6 eggs
I [...]
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Posted in Crafts, Fire craft, Fishing and Hunting, Food and Drink, Lapland, Natural Materials, Nature, Shelter, Tools, Travel and navigation, Trees, tagged cabin, Fire by friction, firesteel, fish, flint, pine, tipi on 17/06/2009 | 2 Comments »
Rowed to the far end of the lake first thing this morning and went walking in the forest, but very quickly it clouded over and really heavy rain fell. I was soaked by the time I got back to the cabin and it’s times like that when I really appreciate have the cabin and a [...]
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Posted in Clothing, Crafts, Food and Drink, Meetups and gatherings, Natural Materials, Primitive skills, Tools, tagged bannock, butchery, deer, fire, fish, flint, food, hand-drill, Parachute, Razor clams, tipi on 13/05/2009 | 9 Comments »
Last weekend I attended a primitive skills weekend run by Will Lord and John Lord + some of their friends. Here are John and Will exchanging tips on the hand-drill
I arrived early on Friday afternoon as food was being prepared for an evening meal
Once this rabbit had been gutted and skinned we made up a [...]
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The Eel Day held at Ely is an annual event celebrating the cities namesake…..the eel. The celebrations start with a parade of an eel around the city (which you can see here)
The parade ends at Jubilee Park where there are events and activities taking place
Ely, built on an island in what were historically the low-lying, [...]
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Using a circular chopping board with 28 holes drilled in it as a gauge, we started making a trap. Inserting a willow wand into each of the 28 holes (the warps).
We used thin flexible wands to weave around the top of the trap (end nearest the board) until we had weaved around the diameter of [...]
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