Where the hell have I been?
Time does fly.....can not believe my last post was that long ago. As you can imagine I have therefore been busy. Work has been hectic for the last 6 months and on top of that I have really gone into my archery and horses quite deeply which has taken up loads of my spare time. Nevertheless I am back and hopefully will be a bit more regular.
I organised a bow-making course back in October. We camped out in some woods near Glastonbury and were basically taught how to take a block of wood and literally smash it into the shape of a bow. Amazing weekend simply being out in the middle of nothing and nowhere. I can't remember the last time I had experienced such pitch black - you could not see your hand in front of your eyes at night. My weekend pretty much ended on Saturday as 4 hours of smashing a piece of wood with an axe also smashed my wrist up. I was left to watch proceedings by the camp fire for the rest of the weekend. Most people finished theirs with a few final bits to polish. It gave me a taste for camping and roughing it though - you feel a different person away from the world and technology (although we did sneak in a tv/radio to watch the rubgy world cup!).
On the small-holding things are quiet. I have learnt what I can handle now...a few chickens for meat & eggs, a couple of goats to breed some meat for Eid and the horses are plenty. Hopefully next year the veg situation will be a lot better - I gave up this summer as it was so ruddy wet. So that is my lot now. I just want to concentrate on the horses/archery and have some spare time to chill. If you give yourself too much you end up without a life! So my huge plans for sheep, geese, chickens, etc, etc, etc have died - RIP!!
My passion in life at the moment is the horseback archery. We had a big meet at my place in November - we had a good turnout and as a result we are establishing the British Horseback Archery Association (BHAA). The logo below is a world exclusive and will be up on the site once done. We hope to have a competition next year and send the top 3 people to the European Championship in Germany in 2008; I am also hoping to go with my teacher to the World Championship in Korea (God willing!). Part of the reason I am also keeping stuff on the smallholding to a minimum is that I need the space now for the horses and also for training sessions. My horse in the pic above is my girl Splash - I trained her myself for the archery and love her like I love my kids.
Anyway, hope to be back soon with more news!
I organised a bow-making course back in October. We camped out in some woods near Glastonbury and were basically taught how to take a block of wood and literally smash it into the shape of a bow. Amazing weekend simply being out in the middle of nothing and nowhere. I can't remember the last time I had experienced such pitch black - you could not see your hand in front of your eyes at night. My weekend pretty much ended on Saturday as 4 hours of smashing a piece of wood with an axe also smashed my wrist up. I was left to watch proceedings by the camp fire for the rest of the weekend. Most people finished theirs with a few final bits to polish. It gave me a taste for camping and roughing it though - you feel a different person away from the world and technology (although we did sneak in a tv/radio to watch the rubgy world cup!).
On the small-holding things are quiet. I have learnt what I can handle now...a few chickens for meat & eggs, a couple of goats to breed some meat for Eid and the horses are plenty. Hopefully next year the veg situation will be a lot better - I gave up this summer as it was so ruddy wet. So that is my lot now. I just want to concentrate on the horses/archery and have some spare time to chill. If you give yourself too much you end up without a life! So my huge plans for sheep, geese, chickens, etc, etc, etc have died - RIP!!
My passion in life at the moment is the horseback archery. We had a big meet at my place in November - we had a good turnout and as a result we are establishing the British Horseback Archery Association (BHAA). The logo below is a world exclusive and will be up on the site once done. We hope to have a competition next year and send the top 3 people to the European Championship in Germany in 2008; I am also hoping to go with my teacher to the World Championship in Korea (God willing!). Part of the reason I am also keeping stuff on the smallholding to a minimum is that I need the space now for the horses and also for training sessions. My horse in the pic above is my girl Splash - I trained her myself for the archery and love her like I love my kids.
Anyway, hope to be back soon with more news!
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