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Bridgewood Blog

Bridgewood is a 20 acre woodland in North Shropshire between Manchester and Birmingham, owned by Tanos and managed for wildlife and Open Air BDSM. The FAQ list answers the most common questions about the wood.

This week I've been in the process of turning the upper half of this hammock frame from B&Q into a sort of arched spanking bench by turning it upside down (without the bottom legs) and bolting wooden slats across. The idea is to leave it outdoors at Bridgewood, probably with a tarpaulin across it when not in use. I'm bolting it to tanalised sleepers lengthways on the ground to stop it spreading out, and wooden supports under the wider slat at the top to add to its rigidity. [more...]

We had another good event day on Saturday, and mia and I stayed over again. The weather was good at first, but turned into cloud and some rain so we were glad of the shelter during the day. I also managed to try out this year's model of the Glider pony cart with mia, and she managed to negotiate the whole of the Middle and North Rides - over half a kilometre.

The Woodland Trust marks Royal Oak Day with a campaign to record ancient oaks all over the country. (None of Bridgewood's planted oaks are old enough to quality though!) mia and I visited Boscobel House last May and the picture shows the descendent of the original Royal Oak where Charles II hid after Worcester.

I came across BDSM Hoeve ("Farm") the other day, on the Dutch-Belgian border near Antwerp. Set in several acres including some woodland, converted farm buildings are used for BDSM film shoots, and for play events and workshops run by VVSM Village. Google has turned up some mentions of it that suggest it hosted some events in 2010 and was then relaunched as an event and filming venue at the start of 2011. It's new website is certainly well done and has some great pictures of their indoor and outdoor facilities I've added [more...]

I'm just back from another trip to Bridgewood, to do some repairs to the fences and clear the last of the fallen branches on the rides (trackways) from the spring. I also took this trolley cart shown in the picture back to the wood after some repairs. [more...]

We had the first event day of 2011, and I think it was the best one yet The weather was a bit off and on, with both thunder showers and warm sunshine during the daytime and evening, but the fire outside and space we now have in the log cabin kept the socialising going, and people went off to play in the wood at different times. Thanks to the gas lamp and the company, people who were just intending to stay for the day were still tearing themselves away at 9pm and it all ran very smoothly. [more...]

I put together a new fire pit at the weekend in front of the Log Cabin at Bridgewood. This one has a frame made from wooden poles with a metal cross bar and hanging grill. mia cooked some "a-mazing" pizzas on it, which tasted all the better for the smokey fire and being cooked with wood from the wood. [more...]

Yesterday I took the scythe mower to Bridgewood for the first time this year and did the Glade and the kilometre of rides. So following glorious weather for most of April, we're now ready on the First of May for the start of the Open Air season and this years Bridgewood events.

This spring's big project at Bridgewood has been the log cabin in the Glade. I took some pictures of it in the glorious sunshine yesterday and you can also see how the trees and ground cover are now in leaf. The weekend before, mia and I had lunch in the cabin during a brief hail storm, and it's lovely to have a proper building there now rather than the tents and shelters we've relied on up to now. [more...]

Tonight I've posted dates for the Bridgewood Event Days in 2011 on the site's Open Air BDSM event list, along with those of the North Downs Pony Club in Kent.

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