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18 Jul 10   This weekend at Bridgewood

July's event day took place this weekend, with 9 of us enjoying the sunshine and the possibilities of the wood. On Sunday, mia and I went back and I attacked the undergrowth appearing on the North Ride with a brushcutter. [more...]
3 Jul 10   Bridgewood on Facebook

Bridgewood now has a page on Facebook. This is primarily to provide another way of receiving notifications when I make new posts on the Bridgewood website weblog.
25 Jun 10   Another weekend at Bridgewood

Last weekend mia and I camped out at Bridgewood again. I've already posted about making switches and birches on Sunday, but want to say a bit about the rest of the weekend. [more...]
23 Jun 10   Making switches and birches

Last week there was a thread about birches on IC so while I was at Bridgewood this weekend, I decided to take some pictures of cutting switches and making a birch from the hazel which is abundant in the wood. Birch itself and willow are also good woods for this, but I naturally concentrate on hazel. [more...]
4 Jun 10   New Bridgewood video

I've uploaded a new video of the Glade and Holding Pen that I made last weekend. I've not done any videos since last autumn, and this one is now in HD which is much better for the highly textured woodland backgrounds. [more...]
24 May 10   Camping at Bridgewood

mia and I had our first camping trip to this weekend, with the weather hot and sunny both days, and warm over night. As well as being fun and convenient, this gives us more options for the event days which could cover both days of a weekend sometimes. [more...]
19 May 10   Lash, Bridgewood, Deer, Boscobel, BBB

It's turning out that mia and I have weekends that are either very busy or quiet. This weekend was very busy, with Club Lash, visitors to Bridgewood, a stay overnight in the Midlands, a visit to Boscobel House and then the BBB. [more...]
10 May 10   The Holding Pen

This weekend I've almost finished the Holding Pen at Bridgewood, which provides a secure holding space for captives, and is just over 3m by 3m in size. The walls are steel mesh panels, and it's all topped with barbed wire. [more...]
25 Apr 10   Fencing trip and more photos

Yesterday mia and I went down to Bridgewood with a van load of fencing, both some 6ft high boundary fencing and some wire panels for a "secure" area within the wood itself. I'll be posting more about this once it's assembled. I've also uploaded some more pictures today, including the new wooden signpost at the T-Junction. [more...]
19 Apr 10   Trip to Bridgewood

mia and I had a trip to Bridgewood yesterday, and the weather was glorious. [more...]

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