3 days of winter bushcraft in an abandoned forest house that has not been lived in for 25 years.

My 3-day winter camp in snowy weather (a blizzard) was held at the beginning of winter in the Carpathian highlands in a remote from civilization in a forest building, which was built mainly for the overnight stay of the cattle and the shepherd himself who takes care of these cattle. As you have noticed, in this rather large house there are two compartments, one for the cattle and sheep, the other for the shepherd, which already has a stove, a bed, shelves, floor and ceiling, and the walls are plastered with mud, which itself is impermeable the cold. When I arrived at the place, I first of all cleaned the house of bushes and washed soot from the stove, as it was necessary to check whether the stove was working as it had not burned for about 25 years. After settling in, he made a broom from the yafina bushes to clean the house. After cleaning up and having dinner, he put down a sleeping bag for the night. All these days I watched, admired and collected the gifts of mother nature, hazelnuts, found deer ho
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