Wayne Jones

Day 2 of the 3 day course.

Bow making with @omotforest

@omotforest I have emailed the Sussex and Surrey Coppice Group to ask if one has an Elm Pole.

I've been asked to make a prehistoric mollegabet elm bottleneck bow. I'd love to do it. I've made a few in the past but unfortunately finding the 6+" diameter elm poles is unlikely.

Two sets of successful bows made last weekend on our Bhutanese Bow course. Great work much chopping was done. All f4 students were archers so the bows needed to be punchy. #archery #bows

@ajcdeane 70m pounds wasted on the Arundel bypass not an inch of tarmac laid. No wonder we can’t afford Navy.

We have spent £180m on plans for a tunnel under Stonehenge. The project is now scrapped. You can be for a tunnel & think spending is a good idea (even if you think the cost of planning is silly). You can be against a tunnel & think spending is a bad idea. But *nobody* can be for spending on this scale with zero result. And yet that is a peculiarly British outcome. Nobody will be reprimanded. Nobody will see their career affected. But that’s £180m of taxpayer money just wazzed up the wall. Totally without repercussions. Multiply this by airport expansions & train route plans and Thames crossings and power stations and other examples you can think of yourself, and… soon you’re talking serious money.

It’s frustrating my business forestknights total focus is client centred practice. Yet stores that desperately need customers can’t even get the basics right. No wonder online sales soar while town centres decline.

@GOoutdoors pleasantly surprised with the good customer service. @CotswoldOutdoor loss was your gain. Chichester.

@CotswoldOutdoor how long do you have to wait in the Chichester store while at the staff play on their phones to get service. 5 minutes stood by the boots. Only interested when I gave up and walked to the exit

@omotforest How? You were only in the shelter?

Little shit

Great weekend of first aid training.

Genuine question what is it about Judaism and the Jewish community that has lead to such historic and contemporary antisemitism? Is it the bible? Lack of assimilation? Equally what’s wrong with the other religions that seek to harm them.

Shaping the limbs of the bow.

Deliberately short arrow to limit draw length. The bow is way too powerful for the archer. Just needs a little more rasping to weaken evenly. Time was not our friend.

Bow making course this weekend went well. 2 really lovely bowyers.

Today is the start of this years 3 Day Bow Making Courses. Check out the website to book your course. forestknights.co.uk

@sdnpa Shame that as the planning authority you’re allowing so much development within the park especially on the flood plains.

The South Downs National Park is home to some incredibly rare habitats and wildlife - but even here, nature is under pressure and needs our help. 'Nature Recovery' is a priority in our latest Partnership Management Plan. Learn more: buff.ly/EAWDee1 👋 📸 John Dominick

I enjoy cooking over a campfire.

Cooking and keeping warm in Coventry.

Busy week for forestknights. Beth and I cooking in the rain for the week. Teaching camp fire cookery, baking roasting and no pot cookery. @omotforest will be running our regular SEN day

Toads in the road. We repeat... TOADS IN THE ROAD! 📣 Toads are migrating slightly earlier this year and many of them will be crossing roads as they move between their habitats. A little caution can make a toad-ally big difference🐸 📸: Peter Brooks