Popular Post NEWKID 28,037 Posted October 4, 2014 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 It's been a while since I built a den, so I took the kids up the woods and built this, They loved it... But not as much as me, nothing like den building to bring the kid out in you!! Lol 20 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 28,037 Posted October 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 The finished article.. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted October 4, 2014 Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 Brilliant mate ... All mine are to old to take den building now ... I will have to wait for grand kids to do that with now " not for a while though I hope lol" ... Used to spend most of my childhood building dens and sleeping out in them cooking trout from the river or rabbits I had snared ... Fantastic times ........ 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 28,037 Posted October 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 Same here Ken, As kids you knew how to build a den by the time you were 10, A den, a fire and a fish.... Oh and you'd normally find a stash of old porn mags somewhere to hide in your den lol 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dogmad riley 1,348 Posted October 4, 2014 Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 Great stuff did the exact same today with my lad he only 6 and loved it, he also loved destroying it after ha ha little git. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brewman 1,192 Posted October 4, 2014 Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 Lofty Wiseman's handbook has a lot to answer for lol. I remember going on the hop and heading up the woods and making a den and a little for to cook the sausages on me todd. I appreciated time on my own then but don't get much now unfortunately. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 27,895 Posted October 4, 2014 Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 Great stuff mate,,,you should camp out in that now,,,get a fire going,,,bit o scran,,,and your sorted 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 28,037 Posted October 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 I would've loved that Tomo!! Fin and isla were up for it, unfortunately the wife wasn't lol.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted October 4, 2014 Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 I would've loved that Tomo!! Fin and isla were up for it, unfortunately the wife wasn't lol.. If you put your hand down the front of your trousers and rummaged about a bit you might find your balls ......... 11 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RemyBolt 420 Posted October 4, 2014 Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 That's cool. Massive den though. Look at teaching them to build a debris shelter. I've slept in them and woken up to snow outside. Best of all, I wasn't even in a sleeping bag. Just slept out and woke up toasty as can be. If you make it with about 2.5-3 feet of debris, you will be waterproof. If you get up to 6feet of debris, you'll be warm to -10 for sure! Obviously you'll need a lot of debris on the floor to insulate you from that too. Awesome to see the kids out the house though. Top work mate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dogmad riley 1,348 Posted October 4, 2014 Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 I would've loved that Tomo!! Fin and isla were up for it, unfortunately the wife wasn't lol.. Same situation here pal the wife wouldn't let me ha ha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dogmad riley 1,348 Posted October 4, 2014 Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 I would've loved that Tomo!! Fin and isla were up for it, unfortunately the wife wasn't lol.. If you put your hand down the front of your trousers and rummaged about a bit you might find your balls ......... Ha ha ha, you haven't met the wife 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 28,037 Posted October 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 I would've loved that Tomo!! Fin and isla were up for it, unfortunately the wife wasn't lol.. If you put your hand down the front of your trousers and rummaged about a bit you might find your balls ......... Hark at her!! Lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 28,037 Posted October 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 That's cool. Massive den though. Look at teaching them to build a debris shelter. I've slept in them and woken up to snow outside. Best of all, I wasn't even in a sleeping bag. Just slept out and woke up toasty as can be. If you make it with about 2.5-3 feet of debris, you will be waterproof. If you get up to 6feet of debris, you'll be warm to -10 for sure! Obviously you'll need a lot of debris on the floor to insulate you from that too. Awesome to see the kids out the house though. Top work mate. Not sure what a debris shelter is mate? Is it a den made from any crap you can find? I only know a few ways to build dens, mainly from wood although we did make a great dug in den in the side if a bank when we were kids. Also dragged a pallet up a tree and tied it off, made a canopy above with branches, top tree house right in the middle of the woods.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiercel 6,986 Posted October 4, 2014 Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 (edited) Been a long time since I built a den, from what I can remember it was always work in progress. As once you found a rivals den you were honour bound to destroy it as best you could before they came back. And as a matter of course the same applied to your den. TC Edited October 4, 2014 by tiercel 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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