{"id":3625,"date":"2016-12-05T13:46:19","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T00:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/?p=3625"},"modified":"2016-12-13T12:43:31","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T23:43:31","slug":"the-young-adventurer-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/the-young-adventurer-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"The Young Adventurer Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Young Adventurer and DIY Guy<\/a> were\u00a0on the farmlet over the\u00a0weekend.<\/p>\n

DIY Guy and the Forbearing Husband took turns\u00a0wielding the the chainsaw<\/a>\u00a0out in the Seven Acre Wood. They were dropping trees, and chopping firewood for next winter. Meanwhile the Young Adventurer\u00a0and I had our own project.<\/p>\n

As you will\u00a0see, all that knot tying practice we had at the tavern<\/a>\u00a0wasn’t for naught.<\/p>\n

\"One\"<\/a>

1. Safety gear.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Two\"<\/a>

2. Someone had to climb that ladder. It was me.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Three\"<\/a>

3. Not as worrying as you might think.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Four\"<\/a>

4. Guessed yet?<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Five\"<\/a>

5. We used\u00a0two running bowlines, two scaffold hitches and two regular bowlines.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>

6. Safety testing was undertaken, using a locally available crash test dummy. Yup, me again. No photos, but here is the sick-making video<\/a> proof.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Swing!\"<\/a>

7. After all the excitement I was ready for a sit down and\u00a0a cuppa, but somebody wanted to be pushed.<\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

How do you like to go up in a swing,
\nUp in the air so blue?
\nOh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
\nEver a child can do!<\/p>\n

Up in the air,\u00a0and over the wall,
\nTill I can see so wide,
\nRivers and trees and cattle and all,
\nOver the countryside —<\/p>\n

Till I look down on the garden green,
\nDown on the roof so brown —
\nUp in the air I go flying again,
\nUp in the air and down!<\/p>\n

by Robert Louis Stevenson<\/em><\/p>\n

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