How I took a few minor provisions to the woods and survived!
Ok. So I've already blogged about this. But I've finally got my arse in gear to create the video that goes along with the blog.
The first episode is out on YouTube, released like a trapped tiger being set free to the wild. It's all about my first stage in surviving the night which involved making a fire.
Spoiler alert - I made the fire!
I feel I need to fess up about a few things..
Firstly, YES, I did start the fire on my own using just a flint and steel. There was no matches or lighters involved (despite the edit looking like I cheated). What actually happened was that I turned the camera off and then managed to get it alight. Honest guv!
But here is where the honesty comes in. It wasn't the bracken that caught. Or the seeds, the dry leaves or the feathers. It was in fact some birch bark that my brother Ed had found on a dead tree further into the woods.
Also, the cheapo Go Outdoors impulse buy flint and steel that I had with me was bloody useless. In the end I used a superior flint and steel which Ed lent to me.
But, hand on heart, I definitely lit it with just the sparks from a flint.
Anyway, enjoy the vid and look out for the next episode coming soon.
Episode 2 - SHELTER
Episode 3 - FOOD
Episode 4 - THE MORNING