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I think this hike is definitely one of the dogs favourites~
I noticed quite a few fungi starting to appear, this reminded me to try something later in the hike !
As we sat on an outcrop Snicker spotted a Seal !
Turned out there were 3 in total but my little camera struggled to zoom in on them enough to see~
Maisy's mind seemed elsewhere, she'd seen more seals in the past that Snicker had eaten bowls of dog food !
We continued on with the hike~
Snicker making sure we were following !
The waterfall was flowing quite well !
With Snicker entertained by her little stick I decided to set about making my lamp~
I took a Bracket fungus and hollowed out an area in the centre. I then filled this with some pine resin ~
I cheated today, I had a small bit of cotton ball in my pocket so I stuffed that into the resin to take the spark from my ferro-rod~
As you can imagine this gives off quite a bit of light and with a sharpened stick poked into the side it could easily be carried around a camp. I'd think this would burn for quite some time but if you get some extra resin you can keep adding to it as it gets low.~
You can see I moved it without a stick as the bottom stays quite cool, a stick would be better though as you will be in a world of hurt if that resin drips on your skin !!!
Happy lamp making !
I noticed quite a few fungi starting to appear, this reminded me to try something later in the hike !
As we sat on an outcrop Snicker spotted a Seal !
Turned out there were 3 in total but my little camera struggled to zoom in on them enough to see~
Maisy's mind seemed elsewhere, she'd seen more seals in the past that Snicker had eaten bowls of dog food !
We continued on with the hike~
Snicker making sure we were following !
The waterfall was flowing quite well !
With Snicker entertained by her little stick I decided to set about making my lamp~
I took a Bracket fungus and hollowed out an area in the centre. I then filled this with some pine resin ~
I cheated today, I had a small bit of cotton ball in my pocket so I stuffed that into the resin to take the spark from my ferro-rod~
As you can imagine this gives off quite a bit of light and with a sharpened stick poked into the side it could easily be carried around a camp. I'd think this would burn for quite some time but if you get some extra resin you can keep adding to it as it gets low.~
You can see I moved it without a stick as the bottom stays quite cool, a stick would be better though as you will be in a world of hurt if that resin drips on your skin !!!
Happy lamp making !
She's got a thing for seals eh?