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cropton forest

Post: # 209172Post old tree man »

Jane and i had a weekend away in the camper at cropton forest it rained solid for 2 days but we really enjoyed it, little walks in the rain did a bit of foraging found loads of blackberrys wild marjoram penny buns for breakfast, made some nettle tea and pine needle tea with honey, we read books and played scrabble, no telly no radio no phones absolute heaven, Jane have never seen REAL fly agaric so she was over the moon when we found a open copse full of them :thumbright: :flower:
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I love the fungi...but my teenage daughter is far more interested in your tiger tattoo!

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Post: # 209187Post Green Aura »

Looks like you had fun. I adore campers - the sense of freedom must be amazing - OH won't entertain the idea :roll: so that's that :lol: (for now :wink: )
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Post: # 209197Post Silver Ether »

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Post: # 209203Post pelmetman »

Glad you enjoyed your few days away.

I love our camper van more than our house but not as much as Dave and Troy. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Post: # 209244Post Rosendula »

We love Cropton Forest. We've been camping a couple of times at Spiers House camp site (I think that's what it was called) before my youngest was born. We used to take our kids 'hunting for eyes', so as everyone else was coming back to their tents because it was getting dark, we were just setting off into the forest with our torches. Very spooky, and much fun.
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Post: # 209272Post jim »

Jane have never seen REAL fly agaric so she was over the moon when we found a open copse full of them
Not that I'm suggesting there was ANY connection between fly agaric and "over the moon .... ": :drunken:

Glad you enjoyed the weekend. We all need to reconnect to recharge the batteries.

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