Friday, 1 September 2017

The bank holiday weekend - feasting in a forest!

Last bank holiday a tiny, select few of us decided to camp in the woods. We fitted it in around other family commitments and so spent just a bit of evening and breakfast time at our camp before going and washing the woodsmoke out of our hair and doing something quite different. 

This year, we had no other plans - just to be in the woods, from Friday until Monday. There were a few more of us at times and we were all able to use and share our different skills to make a thoroughly enjoyable time. 

One of the things we were most excited about was cooking / food - so I thought I'd share a few pictures here... there is going to have to be another blog post as it turns out we cooked too much / took too many photos!

China Woodland mugs by Alice Draws The Line

I took some mugs along - which we used throughout! Above is a morning cup of tea - the mugs can be found in the Etsy shop here

Something we sometimes make in my day job (Forest School) is chocolate orange cakes, cooked in the orange skin in the embers of the fire. This weekend we built an oven and so sat them in a pan (just to stop them wobbling over) and popped them in that! Here is a step by step guide - we just used a packet brownie mix and used some of the orange juice from the hollowed out oranges instead of water.

Campfire chocolate orange cake cooked in the woods 1

Campfire chocolate orange cake cooked in the woods 2

Campfire chocolate orange cake cooked in the woods 3

Campfire chocolate orange cake cooked in the woods 4

Campfire chocolate orange cake cooked in the woods 5

Campfire chocolate orange cake cooked in the woods 6


Temporary Bee Tattoo by Alice Draws The Line

 I'll write another post with a few more of the treats we cooked - for now here is some of the lovely summer sun on the bracken. The temporary tattoos can also be found in the shop by using this link