Holiday in France

i had a nice holiday in the south of france this september. nine days in the Dordogne/Lot region. this area grows grapes (wine) sunflowers (seeds) and maize (animal feed. it is hilly, but not mountainous, with a healthy amount of woodland, none of it older than about 100-150 years old though.
not a lot of bushcraft was done. in fact not a lot of anything was done. we were put up by Brian's (flatmate) family. myself and brian had a 3 story villa to ourselves, while his parents live in the other house on the property. they also own another property in the area. i didn't camp out any night, because i was drinking every night (wine is cheaper than water there) and the bed i had was feather stuffed, and so so comfortable.
Mr Brown (the bear) did most of the adventuring ;)

regards bushcraft, i had a go at teaching brian the basics of making fire, and in that heat more importantly, controling fire. we kept it small, as lighting fires there in summer is illegal. i also had a bash at jobbing my own arrow together using a green hazel rod and leaves for fletching. it actually worked fine. it was pretty thick, and not totally straight, but knocked big holes in whatever it hit. that was sometimes the target. lol. the bow was only a 20lb draw bow, and we had carbon arrows. flimsy and light, but good practice.

anyway, winter is coming and i am planning assorted madness.... :)