I think I took a detour into Mirkwood. After a day of mundane duties I thought I would pay an overdue visit to my favorite archery range and trail. All the open areas were even more overgrown than I remembered. https://i.imgur.com/FOdV1vZ.jpg The locals had apparently survived the plague so far. The...

‘til it’s gone. I went to check out this forum the other day ... and it wasn’t there! Checked back in later and everything was back, I assume either routine maintenance or some kind of problem that was quickly fixed. Either way it made me really appreciate those who must work pretty hard to ke...

That looks great. Style before comfort I guess!

Not the same exact spot, but same trail, back in January, so you get the idea.

https://i.imgur.com/Bwc5yGN.jpg Hope all can see this. I wish I had a before picture, but this is the trail, probably wide enough to drive a vehicle through, which is on the field course where we usually go to fling arrows. Last time we were there was about 7 weeks ago. It was mostly moss, mud and ...

This is great stuff! Has anybody ever read the Harry Turtledove trilogy the Opening of the World? In the general area of the subject, but more like “fictional Iron Age empire along with sort of Neolithic hunters meet mammoth riding badasses and their sorcerer pals” or something like that. I woul...

Manveruon, it is a long and lonely journey indeed from your beautiful mountains to our humble hamlet. But I have a soft spot in my heart for the KCRF. It’s kind of where it all began for me, so many centuries ago. My brother ranger and I always show up for their archery tournament which is usually...

Almost forgot the best one...get a fire steel and start practicing real flint and steel fire skills. Ferrocerium rods are great but I think it’s time to go old school.

This may be cheating a little, but I’ll just jump in here and say my 2020 goal is to finally stop lurking and register and post on this very forum. And look I did it! (I don’t want to hijack this thread, so I’ll post a proper introduction later) ... and that leads into my next goal -meeting up...