The Accidental Smallholder Forum

Smallholding => Techniques and skills => Topic started by: downthetrack on July 24, 2013, 03:06:45 pm

Title: Scythe Workshop - Aberdeenshire
Post by: downthetrack on July 24, 2013, 03:06:45 pm
My husband and I have invited Steve Tomlin to our small-holding to run a two-day workshop on how to use a scythe. It's a hands-on workshop for complete beginners and there are three places left.

We're based 30 miles north of Aberdeen; the workshop is on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th August. It's a not-for-profit venture and we are asking participants to pay £130 to cover the cost of booking Steve and pay for his travel etc.

If you're interested in joining us - or want to know more - feel free to email me direct on: basiamcdougall@yahoo.co.uk.

More details about Steve and his work can be found here: http://scytherspace.wordpress.com (http://scytherspace.wordpress.com)
Title: Re: Scythe Workshop - Aberdeenshire
Post by: spandit on July 24, 2013, 03:44:25 pm
Hope you don't mind but I've posted this on BushcraftUK to see if anyone there would be interested
Title: Re: Scythe Workshop - Aberdeenshire
Post by: downthetrack on July 24, 2013, 04:01:21 pm

Hope you don't mind but I've posted this on BushcraftUK to see if anyone there would be interested


No prob - thanks! ;D

Title: Re: Scythe Workshop - Aberdeenshire
Post by: chrismahon on July 24, 2013, 09:50:29 pm
I was interested indeed as my next tool purchase will be an Austrian scythe Downthetrack and I know that the cost of damage is far more than the cost of training. Sadly the travelling is a bit of a problem as I am in South of France, otherwise I'd have booked.
Title: Re: Scythe Workshop - Aberdeenshire
Post by: downthetrack on August 12, 2013, 01:36:27 pm
Still got couple of places available for the scythe workshop this week-end - 17 -18th Aug.


Email me for more details if you're interested in learning how to cut our own grass for hay or manage some unkempt land: basiamcdougall@yahoo.co.uk