I just realised I've been registered for a while now but haven't introduced my self. I do apologise, I can only put it down to reading all the interesting topics here.
My name is Malcolm or Malc as I prefer, 52 winters old and originally from Maidstone in Kent. I became interested in camping and then the skills side of Bushcraft as a weekend escapre form work and the town. I would grab my pack walk down to the Medway and hike about six miles upstream to a nice secluded patch of woodland. Once there I would make a simple camp and just relax the only sounds were the river and the occasional cabin cruiser on the river....Heaven.
Now due to a dodgy hip my bush trips are simply heading out to the state park and dropping a handline into the creek to see what comes up and the occasional cook out if I can convince my wife to have one, it might not be a weekender but it's still as nice.
All the best,
Malc.