So we already have started
our first camp project with my dog Peru.
I was waiting for this moment
to take him with me to the forest for the whole night.
It will be the first experience for him like that.
We will see how it's gonna be.
We have around 7 kilometers to reach our final place.
In straight way. But I still don't know
how the way will exactly go.
Because for sure we will
twist and turn a little bit.
Map shows that there will be
a lot of zigzags on the way.
So nothing comes easily,
we can't just follow an one, straight path.
But we are both in good mood,
the weather is nice.
It's very stifling so far
so I think it's gonna rain tonight or tomorrow morning
But nothing can make us feel bad
at the very end of holidays.
And I hope today's night
nothing will disturb us.
And we will have a nice time together.
Keep Your fingers crossed.
We are closer and closer to our rest place.
We need around 40 minutes to get there.
We reached our place in the darkness.
So we have to hurry up
with setting up the place to sleep
and start the fire
To see something and stay warm.
Our tarp à la tent
to cover ourselves a little bit.
So we will sleep here tonight.
I took a set of tools
with me
to make a wooden spoon
You can even see drops of blood here
If You will ask
why my hands
look like this.
So... I haven't work
with wood for ages.
And today I brutally realized
that using a glove on the hand
that is not working with a tool
is really important.
Just to avoid injuries
it's worth wearing a glove.
Today in the morning
I'd started one project.
But after 1,5 hour of making a spoon,
it broke.
In this neuralgic point
between bowl part and handle
But... making a spoon is a good lesson
of humility and patience.
So I start another project.
Spoon will be a present for my friend
so we will see how it will work.
Keep Your fingers crossed again.
Here we have a starter for making a fire
We will start with preparing
the birch bark a little bit,
which will catch the spark easily.
[Oh yeah...Dog's ears are perfect for starting the fire ;)]
Then we will add woodchips from
from yesterday's spoon carving.
We will put the thinnest sticks
that will burn easily.
Then thicker ones.
And the thickets ones.
Finally we will put bigger and bigger material.
Tonight we had a quite nice sleep.
Just only around 2 AM
we were awaken by the noise
of breaking and falling down branch.
I think it was that...
Peru was also concerned
and started to look around
what's going on.
And from that moment
our senses were so aroused
that we couldn't sleep.
What's more - the moon was so bright
that we couldn't sleep a wink.
And few hundred meters from us we could hear deer rutting.
They made their concert for like 1,5 hour.
Maybe longer but after this time
I finally fell asleep. So I don't know what happened later.
They were really, really noisy.
It was a really intense
experience.
And during this rutting above our heads
there was a bird
making noises for a long time.
I don't know the name of the bird.
But it makes a sound very similar to screaming.
Which also enhance the sensation.
And makes it more difficult to fall asleep.
So... we had a lot of impressions during the night.
But nothing bad happened
it was very nice.
We woke up just around 8 AM, so it means
we head a good rest time.
And we slept few full hours
so we can't complain.
It starts to rain so we got to go.
We have around 3 hours walking back home.
We will go
different way than yesterday.
And... we managed to almost finish
our little spoon project.
It needs more sanding
so I will use
very fine sandpaper.
And edible oil.
To protect it
from getting dried
too quickly
and cracking.
And for sure I will put some nice cuts on the handle
to make it looking more pretty and special.
Maybe I will also put the name
of the friend I made this little spoon for.
I'm happy with the final effect.
I think it looks quite good.
