By: Blonde Two
Last Tuesday I told you about how I was planning to take Mr Blonde Two’s Granfors Bruks axe with me to our DofE training week at the Exmoor Centre (which is, by the way, a near perfect place to be). I thought you might like to know how I got on; here are a few Blonde conclusions:
- Wood is hard.
- Before you axe wood, you have to saw it.
- Wood is hard.
- Rotten wood is not hard, and is therefore suitable for chopping in front of an admiring young audience.
- Most wood is hard.
- If you are going to borrow a bloke’s axe, it makes more sense to borrow the bloke as well.
- This is because wood is hard.
- Chopping wood is very satisfying.
- Having a campfire with your chopped wood is even more satisfying.
- Seeing the faces of youngsters round a campfire is enough to make you forget that the wood was hard.
There’s a little leather cover on the blade of the axe. I’m thinking if this was removed maybe the wood wouldn’t be so hard? Just a thought.
Blonde but not that Blonde!!