Northern Ireland Outdoors Forum - Hiking, camping and more
Outdoor Activities => Northern Ireland Camping and Bushcraft => Topic started by: Wolf_Larson on August 09, 2009
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Im going to do the coast of ireland and try live of the sea and land to get food, im going to start at Befast then east coast south then west. I have yet to get tent sleeping bag knife fishing rod etc, when i get all my stuff ill have to do short trips to get use to living of the land, then hopefully one day do the dream, the whole coast !!!! But i am all ears if anyone can hep me in any way, regards Dave.
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Hi wolflarson,
Welcome to the forum, I'm sure you will get plenty of advice here and unless your going solo I don't think you would be short of volunteers for the pre-trip training or even the full adventure !!!!
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Hi wolflarson,
Welcome to the forum, I'm sure you will get plenty of advice here and unless your going solo I don't think you would be short of volunteers for the pre-trip training or even the full adventure !!!!
What time of the year do you intend to go?
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Welcome mate that sounds first class. A real adventure.
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Sounds like a great idea. I'd be game for some of the training sessions. Although I can't catch fish for toffee!
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I think it would be very difficult to live off the land while travelling around Ireland's coast. I bet it wouldn't be quite the fun adventure it sounds once you had been at it for a while. The romance of the trip seems great, but the reality may be different. You could not shoot game as you cannot back pack with a gun, you cannot trap game except with a free running snare so that's meat out of the equation, lots of rivers are now controlled by angling clubs, you need permission from land owners to go on their land to gather plants etc etc etc. Some staples would be essential, eg, rice, pasta etc. Fish stocks are not what they once were, safe water is also difficult, though there should be plenty of opportunities to fill at taps etc. Good luck with it though I would advise caution.
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To be honest its a long way off as i have a lot to learn, im on NI WILD to find out as much info as possible. I still need all my equipment, from a tent to a knife, so im on NI WILD to find out what brands are good. Once ive got my camping and survival gear fishing rod etc, im going to do some practice runs here and there, then when i feel i have the konwledge, skill, fittness, tools Maybe turn my dream into reality. Could be 1-2 year away but it will be worth the wait. I want to know my island, before maybe one day i can go across the water for a wee trip. It would be nice to life forever and stay 30 years of age, so i could do all the worlds coasts. So im all ears to any advice and info people can help me with. Thank you all for reading my errand.
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To be honest its a long way off as i have a lot to learn, im on NI WILD to find out as much info as possible. I still need all my equipment, from a tent to a knife, so im on NI WILD to find out what brands are good. Once ive got my camping and survival gear fishing rod etc, im going to do some practice runs here and there, then when i feel i have the konwledge, skill, fittness, tools. Maybe it could be a year or two to turn my dream into reality. I want to know my island before maybe i can go across the water next time. It would be nice to life forever and stay 30 years of age ;-) so im all ear to any advice and info people can help me with. Thank you all for reading my errand.
That is a very sensible approach. A trip like that would need some serious planning and thought. I'm sure that you will find plenty of people on here willing to help though.
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Has anyone been away camping for a long time ??
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5 days my longest camp but it wasn't wild camp.
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I don't know the Ilse of Man can get pretty wild ;D
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Thats true 100,000 bikers can be pretty rough. And a coast to coast walk just for the crack. ;D
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I know you guys are prob sick of me banging on but if its a solo trip your planning you maight want to think about the argos pro action, this seems to be were its in its element (coast to coasts, long tips etc) cheap as chips for your 1st tent and at 25quid it doesnt matter if you wreck it. or else
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Sounds like a worthwhile venture to me. If you are planning to do it within the next 1-2 years you will need plenty of practice. im well up for giving you any help advice that i can. It could be done though you will need an indepth knowledge of wild food and you will have to plan your route carefully. Give me a shout if i can help out mate.
Paul
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Thank you very much all, Iwas going to buy a knife (mora clipper) £10......What do you all think ??
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Thank you very much all, Iwas going to buy a knife (mora clipper) £10......What do you all think ??
I have one. It's a good starter knife.
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The Mora is probably the best value for money Bushcraft knife you can buy. It's a top choice.
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Just out of interst mate, and not to seem cheeky what got you into the outdoors and is there a reason why your starting with such a big piece of it? hopefully this doesn't sound arogant as I'm very glad your getting out there and living the dream, wish I had the nads!
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Chris 8764, A lot of things have happen the last year to make me think how im wasting my life away. Society is a place of falseness, i want to see the real life and the true beauty it has to show, not the falseness all around me. I use to live in holland when i was 19 till i was 22, i had to live on my wits alot of the time, i felt alive. I want that feeling back again the feeling society numbs on me. I dont mean to sound like i hate society, it just bores me now and a need to relight a spark in me. What better way to do it than hit the coast and feel the wind on my face feel what its like to be lean again and see beauty at its realest. I also lived in london before xmaz past there for 7 mouths and i hope ireland never sees the mass builded up busy fast food no time for any thing or any body life, only time for work and material life, not even a home bakery !!!
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Trying to fill an empty void in your life?
Sounds like you need Jesus ;)
Oops! it's talk like that'll get me banned from the site! :o
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excelent mate. Its refreshing to see more people thinking like that these days, not everyone is caught up in the rat race as we would be lead to believe! You've def put the seeds in my mind for something epic, I was looking at walking the ulster way at one stage might start planning again!
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We know life only phenomenally, as a person goes to church knows intuition, we know nothing of the nature of intrinsic. Or material world is trying to obscure your soul to the point of no return, liberate or selfs from the chains, that spread material things and revelations, on a bended knee is no way to be free. Faith is blind drybag.
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Go for it mate, if you no commitments why not. If it was few years back i'd be away too. ;D
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Cheers people, im going to order a mora knife today, what one should i get and why. Frosts Mora 860MG Clipper Stainless steel....OR.... Frosts Mora 840MG Clipper -High Carbon ???
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Cheers people, im going to order a mora knife today, what one should i get and why. Frosts Mora 860MG Clipper Stainless steel....OR.... Frosts Mora 840MG Clipper -High Carbon ???
I got the high carbon because you can use it with a firesteel. However I think the stainless steel one keeps an edge better.
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My knowledge is limited, but I think the stainless steel one won't rust, but it'll be harder to sharpen.
The carbon one will sharpen easier but won't hold its edge as well, and you can use the carbon one with a firesteel.
I could have got that all wrong, so if there's an expert nearby, feel free to jump in.
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Cheers, you can never have the best of both worlds, fire steel and a good edge ;-)
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Im looking for a kinfe no bigger than 215 mm and the mora seems to be the best one, there is also FALLKNIVEN, NL5 IDUN KNIFE or F1blz FALLKNIVEN KNIFE or HUNT AND FISHING KNIFE F1 can any of these knives give you easy sharpen, keep good edge, and use on firesteel ???
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What about making your own!!
Who was it made their own knives recently and had postings showing some of the knives, was it here or elsewhere?
Hound.
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Would be a class thing to make your own knife, but its a way over my head.
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A man may not only play many parts in life, but sometimes even his real character undergoes a change and comforms to his surroundings. Some of the handwriting of the greatest people was bad, and it was not their handwriting made them great, but the thoughts and language they used.
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Does anybody know where in the coast of ireland would you catch sea bass ??? infact is there anybody that fishes the coast of ireland ??
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As far as I know, you need to get out to deep sea in a boat to have a chance of catching much other than mackerel on the east coast of northern ireland. All I've ever caught at harbours has been mackerel, my dad did catch a cod and an octopus on a boat off the coast of kilkeel
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yeah sea bass is a deep sea fish, you need to go way out to have a chance of cathing one of those suckers! I've been out on a boat fishing off bangor and all I caught was mackrel, pretty big mackrel, and a seal. But thats another story!
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Chris ive been on that very boat, you call the seal sally ??
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dunno what its name is all I know is it cost me a fish!
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You can catch Sea Bass on Downhill beach, especially just after a big storm. there's flounder, dogfish, pollock, rays etc all along the coast.
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Nice one Celt_Ginger thats where ill head when i buy my 8-9 foot spinning rod (travel one) or would i need a beech caster ??
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A beach caster would be a better choice as you sometimes need to cast out a good bit and the beach caster has a bit more belly than a spinning rod. There are lighter versions of the beach caster specifically designed for Bass fishing.
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Nice one,a lighter verson would be good for traveling also, cheers again
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Have you any idea how long the whole trip is going to take you?
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To be honest, i dont realy care how long it will take, the longer the better but like i said im still a year away from it happening, im still trying to work out my route what i need and even what tent i want, but im getting real good help from you all, beech caster lighter version is great advise. After im prepared for the trip i hope how long it takes is the last thing on my mine, i just want to go and take eash day as it comes, as i dont like plans ;D
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If anyone has stayed anywhere on the coast in a tent doing a bit of fishing, i would love to hear about it as it would help me on my planing. Regards Dave
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Hi Dave how much off the coast are u thinking about i do a good bit off fishing of the piers in Donegal theres sum good fishing and i seen a few nice place's to camp, But as with most place's you'll have to check them out and see if your allowed to camp there. and the best of luck to you if i can give you any help i will.Ps would'nt mind a bit of beech casting at Benone myself.
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Hey Dee666 did you sea fish down in Donegal ?? what do you catch down there? Do you camp down there ??
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I thought you were daft when you first came on here with your grand plan to walk round Ireland with a knife and a fishing rod - especially since you freely admitted you were totally inexperienced.
I said nothing, and now I'm glad. The more I think about it the more I'm catching your enthusiasm - and with Ireland being (probably) the most fertile country in the world I'm actually thinking that with a year or so planning like this you might succeed.
Who knows, you might even get a BBC/RTE series out of it; now there's a thought.
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An idea might be to get in contact with as many people on this forum as you can and each time you enter their neighbourhood give them a shout and they can show you the best places to fish or forage.
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Hey paul great idear, thanks for that mate. welcome to the form.
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hi wolf i camped in an old army camp in a place called Leenan Bay and Culdaff and i've fished there aswell and fished in Malin Head,Portsalon,Fanad Head, Inch Island,Buncrana,Moville so if that any help to you can let me know and as i said before if i can give you any help i will. :-\
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Good man you are dee666, dont worrie ill be looking info of you, cheers again m8
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just thinking wolf when u go on ur trip round ireland i just mite join u if i have my land rover on da road i cud take u 2 a few spots in Donegal i've been too an we can do a bit off camping aswell if u want da company.
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I'd also take you up in that offer if the lonewolf is up for it. I have always wanted to get into the wilds of Donegal.
I'll keep my eye on this.
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I'd be game for a few days too
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That would be great !
And good practise for me, also to put a face to these names ( dee666 666_pack jonno )
Cheers dee !
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Sound like a plan then.
So Wolf how are you getting on with the initial planning stage off you big trip. I have to agree with drybag's comments as they say "for every oak there was once a nut who stood it's ground"
fair play too ye fella.
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LOL Dry bag is right, at the minit im doing more reading about the coast of ireland and living of the coast. I got a goo book about living of the coast in north street the other day.
FOREWORD: If you are good at it, you can make a living from the seashore, eating fish soup, sea beet and cockles, and picking up lost coinage and diamond rings, not to mention pieces-of-eight, to pay for your vists to civilisation. But most of us go for fun, and because we never know what might be around the next corner. In some parts of the country it isin the blood, and men have actually come to blows in the struggle to be the first into a promising cave as high tide falls back. Some get up before dawn to be first on the tideline; some do it the lazy way and drive a land Rover from end to end of the beach in a few minutes, making a of noise in the pross.
Jellyfish, pit props, fish boxes and far-flung timber riddled with shipworm and covered with goose barnaclees; the list of possibilities is endless, including everything from a tropical bean to a barrel of rum. The seashore is the most rewarding of habitats
I have money put away so im studying the net and forms to try buy the right tent and backpack and so on, regards Dave
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What way are you planning on travelling? Are you walking taking a car? I would love to do a trip like this and if I can help you in any way or give advice, give me a shout and I will help if I can.
Good luck and I hope your dream comes true.
Davy.
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I want to do it on foot, but if i need to use a boat or car at some stage to cross or get to some point fast then so be it. Cheers Mouldsy im sure i will need help and advice of you all, but once i get my tent and back pack and things ill be up for any kind of activity anyone is doing on NI WILD and it would be good if we all could start to hit the coast in different places to help prepare me and whoever else fancy it. Once i get all my stuff you we all hear right away even if it is the dead of winter ;D
Also at the minit im opening a coffee house under frames in Belfast so im very busy but once i get esablished, and time is on my side ill be busting to hit the coast at the weekends, to start to prepare me physicaley and mentality, all will be welcome. Regards Dave
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Lads any time u wana go to Donegal just let me know i live 5 minutes from Donegal and i found a good forest were me and my son go for the day we put up a tarp the last time we were out and lite a fire (i would put up Pic's if i knew how) so let me know week days better for me as i drive a taxi i need to work weekends so just get the train down to stroke city and we'll go for a day trip!
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Dee 666, Thanks very much for that ofter and ill look forward to getting down there to stroke city.
You will hear from me in good time, regards David McCrum.
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I want to do it on foot, but if i need to use a boat or car at some stage to cross or get to some point fast then so be it. Cheers Mouldsy im sure i will need help and advice of you all, but once i get my tent and back pack and things ill be up for any kind of activity anyone is doing on NI WILD and it would be good if we all could start to hit the coast in different places to help prepare me and whoever else fancy it. Once i get all my stuff you we all hear right away even if it is the dead of winter ;D
Also at the minit im opening a coffee house under frames in Belfast so im very busy but once i get esablished, and time is on my side ill be busting to hit the coast at the weekends, to start to prepare me physicaley and mentality, all will be welcome. Regards Dave
Looks like we found the official hang out place for ni wild! (when we're not in the wild of course!)
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Your all very welcome, im hopefully going to take it over on the 7th sep but ill keep you all posted. Still working on it but its looking good.
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I want to do it on foot, but if i need to use a boat or car at some stage to cross or get to some point fast then so be it. Cheers Mouldsy im sure i will need help and advice of you all, but once i get my tent and back pack and things ill be up for any kind of activity anyone is doing on NI WILD and it would be good if we all could start to hit the coast in different places to help prepare me and whoever else fancy it. Once i get all my stuff you we all hear right away even if it is the dead of winter ;D
Also at the minit im opening a coffee house under frames in Belfast so im very busy but once i get esablished, and time is on my side ill be busting to hit the coast at the weekends, to start to prepare me physicaley and mentality, all will be welcome. Regards Dave
I'm just down the road from there during the day. Will likely be in Frames for a few games of pool on Friday night.
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Ill see if im about on fri night jonno, sure let me know if your there fri, cheers
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Woodlore's Ultra Light Fishing Kit
Ultra Light Fishing Outfit
Price: £195.00 (inc VAT)
Thats a lot of money, but i dont know mush about the make, or fishing for that matter.
Does anyone know mush about this ?? maybe Dee666 ?
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Where in ireland has the best coast ??
I would say the north coast, but ive only been to the north coast and no where else.... YET ;)
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Dave i hear the west coast is supposed to b the best there was a programme on Discovery called REEL WARS and thats were it was .
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Ill have to make it my 2nd port of call, after your east coast. ;)
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Them pictures of the errigal mountians the lads put on the form are amazing. Is the coast near them mountians ??
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hi wolf i was just looking at my maps and i think the coast is about 15 miles Errigal the nearest coast to it Bunbeg and its a nice spot but they speak a lot off irish. ???
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hi wolf i was just looking at my maps and i think the coast is about 15 miles Errigal the nearest coast to it Bunbeg and its a nice spot but they speak a lot off irish. ???
It would be nice to know irish and realy i should as i live on the same island, 15miles thats not to bad, it looks a real nice part of the country and i diff want to get up there. Where you live Dee666 must be real nice as i dont think your that far from it all.
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i live in derry 2 minets from donegal some sundays if me and my girlfriend are off work we put the kids in the car and away we go !
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Maybe some day ill be lucky enough, to live near Derry or in it. ;D
As chrisy moore wouls say i wish i was back home in derry. :D
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the best thing about this place is its surrounded by Donegal your no more than a 10 minet drive away from it nomatter were you live here and some of Donegal is still wild and i love it !
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Stop rubbing it in Dee666, ;D
Ill have to get time to camp up there, you can keep me right where to go when the time comes. ;)
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I sure will cause i'll b there with you !
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Ill look forward to it dee666, We will have to see if we can get any of the rest of the lads up for it.
Ill have to start looking for some mid week im off, or if your off some weekend let us know.
Regards Dave.
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I'll see what i can do how much notice would you need ?
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Maybe a week, but no rush
Ill see about mid week myself, and im sure the other lads might be up for it. We can play it by ear.
Talk soon Dee.
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that will do for me later dude ;D
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Woodlore's Ultra Light Fishing Kit
Ultra Light Fishing Outfit
Price: £195.00 (inc VAT)
Thats a lot of money, but i dont know mush about the make, or fishing for that matter.
Does anyone know mush about this ?? maybe Dee666 ?
Mate you could make yourself up a better kit for a lot less money, if you are unsure about what to get speak to me about it on 26 th. £195 is day light robbery for what you get!
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Cheers paul good man you are, ill see you on the 26th
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Im in the coffee shop now, i have alot of work to do to sort it out.
Need to get the people in to it !
So it looks like it will be a few mouths yet till im free to go wild :(
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HI dave the best of luck 2 u with the coffee shop hope u get sorted !
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Cheers dee666, have you any pictures of the coast near you dee?
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Woodlore's Ultra Light Fishing Kit
Ultra Light Fishing Outfit
Price: £195.00 (inc VAT)
Thats a lot of money, but i dont know mush about the make, or fishing for that matter.
Does anyone know mush about this ?? maybe Dee666 ?
I have had a check on the net and you can buy this rod and reel for 125.00, all you would need then is 14lb line and some tackle which if you were buying the same amount as what is on the woodlore site you have a lot of change out of £70. There are cheaper travel rods and telescopic rods on the market and there are certainly cheaper reels! For a compact bushie kit you dont have to spend this amount of cash.
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Cheers paul ill have to look into it a bit more, ill have more time to look now as ive decided to get the wm kodial sdl sleeping bag.
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Cheers dee666, have you any pictures of the coast near you dee?
no but i'll try and get sum im going fishing today (tuesday) so i'll take sum then.
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Cheers dee.
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Hi Dave i forgot my bloody camera so i'll get some for you when we go out next week but we did get some hand size pollock off the pier in Leenan bay.
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Pollock thats great dee666, did you take them home to eat ?
Im just about to have mackerel out of the tin. :-X
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Pollock thats great dee666, did you take them home to eat ?
naw they were to small,we put them back the funny thing is the 3 off us were rod fishing 3 different types of fishing 1 was spinning 1 was bottom fishing and the other was float fishing and the fish we got was on a 99p hand line outa the pound shop we tied it to the pier and throw it in and checked it every half hour or so.
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Pollock thats great dee666, did you take them home to eat ?
naw they were to small,we put them back the funny thing is the 3 off us were rod fishing 3 different types of fishing 1 was spinning 1 was bottom fishing and the other was float fishing and the fish we got was on a 99p hand line outa the pound shop we tied it to the pier and throw it in and checked it every half hour or so.
Pound shop rocks !
What is the other fish you can catch down there ?
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The coffee shop is up and running its called LA GNOSH, the name is not my idea :D
Im going to get cards for NI WILD members, so when you show it you get looked after. (have to think how)
Its in the frames complex in Belfast.
Ill keep you all posted on the cards as i have to make them up yet.
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What is the other fish you can catch down there ?
not to sure i know you can get pollock,mackerl,place,conger and we got a big lobster once, dont know what else.
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Wow lobster !!
What a catch dee, you have a good choose down there.
Ill have to get myself a rod soon. :)
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Anyone got any pictures of the coast they can share ?
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Dee666 that was a good size of a crab you got !!
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I sure was them boats were tied up but they go out for crabs i've sent you some more foto's you can put them on here i you want.
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Hi
Do you have much fishing experience ?
Andy
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I have a bit not much most off the fishing i do is of piers i was out in loug Swilly bout 2 weeks ago in a canadian canoe doing a bit with hand lines but we didnt get any thing and it was the first time i did that and i loved it.(nice land rover,is it yours) :)
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Yeah thats my 90 ... wouldn't drive anything else
I should've addressed the question to Wolf Larsen .. the reason I ask is fishing is a skill that needs to be learned, its not just a matter of buying a rod and reel combo and going out and catching fish.. although when the Mackerel are about its pretty straightforward
All this advice of Beach casters etc ... no good for what he plans to do
As for telescopic rods.. forget about them waste of money
The guys planning on supplementing his diet with fish/shellfish .. not an easy task if he's planning on walking around Ireland .. how much time are you prepared to spend foraging for food ?
Bear in mind that the shellfish are only available on a dropping tide .. which might be at 14:00 or 02:00
I'm an Angler and have been for 20 odd years .. I catch fish.. more that the average angler would ..i have a good knowledge of shore craft , but I wouldn't be 100 percent positive I could feed myself solely from the sea shore
Shellfish like Whelks and muscles are nice ..but you need a hell of a lot of them for a decent feed.. realistically the only fish you are going to be able to catch are pollock, coalfish and mackerel... you may be able to scrape a flatfish off a shallow surf beach .. but you would need bait for that
Another point is ... you can only catch enough to eat for that session . because theres no way in hell a pollock caught in the morning would be fit for consumption 8 -12 hours later, you have no way of chilling it .. you could try smoking it . but then your going to need to either construct a smoker or carry one .. you wouldn't be in one place long enough to Air dry fish ?
I'm not trying to belittle your plan in any way..I think its a great idea , but theres a lot of planning and skills to be learned before its undertaken
Myself and Pablo are kayaking 280 odd miles next year for charity ... we'll be on the water for two weeks ... the planning that has to go into that trip is phenomenal .
Andy
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I have spoken to Wolf face to face about this venture, and he is very serious about it's undertaking and the complexities of it. He is looking for advice not judgement he is a mature adult not a teenagers or a naieve twenty year old who has watched too much Bear Grylls. Let's give him the advice and understanding to help him on his way. This site seems to be full of knowledge on different subjects which will help him for instance boogaloo you have a lot of shoreline fishing experience couple that with what little I know about Bushcraft and he Will be able to find enough fish, be able to catch it and be able to preserve some for when he needs it. Come on folks let's let loose that good old Irish spirit!
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As I said
I'm not trying to belittle your plan in any way..I think its a great idea , but theres a lot of planning and skills to be learned before its undertaken
Andy
It may take a year or two to acquire the necessary skills , but it'll be worth it I'm sure
Andy
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theres always a macdonalds ffs,
id have starved years ago if i had been relying on catching fish for food. though theres always sheep in the fields i suppose.....remember to bring a lump hammer though ;D
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Yeah thats my 90 ... wouldn't drive anything else
They are a nice wagon,but for its a 1983 S111 109 2.5 desiel its my baby.
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IMO the ninety is superior off road .. My others cars a td5 110XS
For extra load carrying I converted a Sankey for my longer trips away
(http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/6149/campwl3.jpg)
(http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/9973/camppq4.jpg)
The roof tent is now on the trailer
Off topic I know ... sry
Andy
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The jeep looks the dog s balls.
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tart! ;D
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Now thats COOL lad 8)
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Has this guy Wolf disappeared from the planet ?
I read his post on British Blades , similar to what was posted on here . he seems to be banned from there tho
Only reason I ask iI was going to offer to take him fishing ,teach him a few new skills and show him the sort of equipment needed
Andy
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There s been no word from wolf in a couple of weeks
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I think he is probably up to his ears in it with his new cafe.
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Come on folks let's let loose that good old Irish spirit!
so what kind of spirit where you thinking...whisky or the other stuff begining with P ;D
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Now thats wat i call a set up !!! AMAZING !!
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hi wolf when you doing this i would love to get involved if possible and how long are you going for
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Hey all on NIWILD ive been very busy latey and miss you all, hope you have all had great trips and good camp fire storys to tell. I see there is a new cotts world shop open in Belfast. Regards Wolf
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he's back!!!
wow
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I have some pictures from the cause way i would like you all to see, i need to make them smaller so i can get them on here.
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Does b0ogaloo still hang around here ??? also i still would love to do the coast of ireland. The only thing is im not single anymore so i would have to do it in stages, like once a month to a different location. All ideas welcome.
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The population of the 32 counties of Ireland is approximately 5 million.
Climate
Winters in Ireland are mild and summers temperate due to the prevailing southwesterly winds and the influence of the warm waters of the North Atlantic Drift. Ireland has a mild climate all year-averaging 35°-45°F in winter and 65°-75°F in summer. May and June are the sunniest months with an average of over 7 hours of sunshine per day.
Useful Phone Numbers in Ireland
GoIreland.com (for credit card reservation ONLY): + 353 (0)66 979 1804
Nova Car Hire: + 353 (0)66 979 1801
AA Roadside Rescue: 1800 667 788
Police Tourism Support Services: 1850 661 771
Emergency Services: 999
Irish Tourist Board Information: 1850 230 330
Access for Disabled: 01 668 4181
Bus Eireann: 01 836 6111
Irish Rail: 1850 366 222
Department of Foreign Affairs: 01 478 0822
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As you all know i love anything to do with the coast and i came across this book on line........http://capewrathtrailguide.org/..........Then i seen Spud sayed they where going to make the walk longer !!!
Sounds amazing now to see if its on YOUTUBE or something like that :-)
P.S i know its not irelands coast lol
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What is your favourite bit of are beautiful coast line ?
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In my opinion, the wildest and most beautiful section of coastline is in Donegal between Glencolmcille and Ardara over Slievetooey mountain. Of this section, the highlight is Glen Bay looking towards Tor More stack, Ireland biggest sea stack.
(http://www.andymcinroy.com/images/ir504.jpg)
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Great picture thanks any !!!