BaD

Share your rides with us.

Moderators: Bearbonesnorm, Taylor, Chew

Post Reply
User avatar
RIP
Posts: 9009
Joined: Wed Nov 12, 2014 7:24 pm
Location: Surfing The Shores Of Sanity Since 1959
Contact:

BaD

Post by RIP »

Well this young man's Bivvy-a-Day has put us BaM-ers to shame.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england ... 54513247

Talking elsewhere about encouraging people to join our eccentric little hobby, reckon he'd love any BBB Devon Dwellers to take him out on a wild bivvy and give him a membership form! I'd do it myself if he lived near me.

"The 10-year-old said the best part of sleeping outside was "escaping" parents and getting to "read the Beano for as long as you want".

And he added the worst bits had been the weather and finding an ants' nest underneath the tent.

"I sometimes get a bit freaked out when it's stormy weather, but I wouldn't say I get scared."

However, Max said he now preferred sleeping in a tent to indoors and enjoyed listening to the birds and the weather "battering" against the tent"

A nascent Boner if ever there was one. Especially the bit about the Beano :-bd .
"My God, Ponsonby, I'm two-thirds of the way to the grave and what have I done?" - RIP

The sign outside the asylum is the wrong way round.....

"At least you got some stories" - James Acaster
redefined_cycles
Posts: 9282
Joined: Tue Sep 20, 2016 8:19 am
Location: Dewsbury, West Yorkshire

Re: BaD

Post by redefined_cycles »

Good man. Thanks Reg. Nust the ticket for my 6 year old. Will read the report to him later...
User avatar
RIP
Posts: 9009
Joined: Wed Nov 12, 2014 7:24 pm
Location: Surfing The Shores Of Sanity Since 1959
Contact:

Re: BaD

Post by RIP »

Don't forget to buy him a Beano....
"My God, Ponsonby, I'm two-thirds of the way to the grave and what have I done?" - RIP

The sign outside the asylum is the wrong way round.....

"At least you got some stories" - James Acaster
redefined_cycles
Posts: 9282
Joined: Tue Sep 20, 2016 8:19 am
Location: Dewsbury, West Yorkshire

Re: BaD

Post by redefined_cycles »

RIP wrote: Wed Oct 14, 2020 8:47 am Don't forget to buy him a Beano....
True point... which was the mag that had faceache and SweetTooth in it
User avatar
thenorthwind
Posts: 2574
Joined: Thu Mar 10, 2016 6:07 pm
Location: Newcastle

Re: BaD

Post by thenorthwind »

:-bd
User avatar
Borderer
Posts: 1541
Joined: Sun Jul 03, 2016 9:59 pm
Location: Scottish Borders
Contact:

Re: BaD

Post by Borderer »

Good lad. Maybe we should all be writing wills to gift our gear to someone young and impressionable.
User avatar
RIP
Posts: 9009
Joined: Wed Nov 12, 2014 7:24 pm
Location: Surfing The Shores Of Sanity Since 1959
Contact:

Re: BaD

Post by RIP »

That's a good idea B...
"My God, Ponsonby, I'm two-thirds of the way to the grave and what have I done?" - RIP

The sign outside the asylum is the wrong way round.....

"At least you got some stories" - James Acaster
User avatar
BigdummySteve
Posts: 2974
Joined: Sun Nov 20, 2016 9:16 pm
Location: Somewhere over the rainbow

Re: BaD

Post by BigdummySteve »

:-bd I read this earlier, my first thought was ‘he deserves a BAM patch’
We’re all individuals, except me.

I woke up this morning but I’m still in the dark
User avatar
Dave Barter
Posts: 3594
Joined: Sun Jun 16, 2013 6:21 pm

Re: BaD

Post by Dave Barter »

I did 2 years as a kid. My Dad used to mark it off on the calendar as DUC (Dave under canvas). There was a bit of our lawn that never grew grass again because we had an upstairs loo.
Elite keyboard warrior, DNF'er, Swearer
User avatar
RIP
Posts: 9009
Joined: Wed Nov 12, 2014 7:24 pm
Location: Surfing The Shores Of Sanity Since 1959
Contact:

Re: BaD

Post by RIP »

2 years! That's very impressive.

They "found" the key in the end then :wink: .
"My God, Ponsonby, I'm two-thirds of the way to the grave and what have I done?" - RIP

The sign outside the asylum is the wrong way round.....

"At least you got some stories" - James Acaster
Post Reply