The snow of a few weeks ago had weakened the ridge pole on our wet weather shelter so whilst the group collected the firewood I started untying lines to remove the tarps. I hope to be back on Sunday to start rebuilding the shelter. Helen had an audience while she lit the storm kettle until I asked for help removing the tent pegs and the boys started working on the best way to get them up. Most of the group were busying themselves with their dens and our youngest members were finding different sticks to dig with, the best being a hooked branch which could be used as a pick axe.
After snack time I refreshed everyone about the different techniques we had learnt using the fix bladed knives. Compared to yesterday’s plaster count of three scratches today we just had the one injury, unfortunately it was to a boy who had just got over sticking a pencil in his eye while drinking his hot chocolate (had the pencil in same hand as cup). This group has a number of less experienced knife users than the Thursday group and they are still getting comfortable with the tool. Everyone had a go with the crook knives and we had the making of some bowls appearing by the end of the session.
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