Bushcraft Mr Bloom: Here and There

# Hello! My name is Mr Bloom

# And I'd like to come to see you soon

# I'm out on the road, you see

# Here and there so that we

# Can get together and have some fun

# I'll help you out if there's work to be done

# So where is it you like to go?

# Call me up and let me know

# What is it you like to do?

# I'll pop along and do it, too

# Cities, towns or countryside

# I can travel far and wide

# I'm all about and everywhere

# I'm here and there

# Here and there

# I'm here and there. #

Tiddlers! There you are!

Hello, Mr Bloom here

and you just caught me looking at my logbook.

Yeah, I was remembering all the fun places that I've been and visited.

Because I love going here and there, meeting you Tiddlers,

finding out where you live and what you like to get up to.

Maybe you like to splash around in the sea,

go for a picnic with your family,

or perhaps grow things in the allotment, like me.

-WHIRR, DING DING

-Oh, sorry -

there goes my Route Finder.

Now, it's most likely going to be someone

wanting to tell me what they enjoy doing.

But I wonder who?

Hello, Mr Bloom. My name is Reuben.

And I'm Noah.

-BOTH:

-And we love the woods!

Our friend Millie comes along too.

I found a pine cone.

We're going on an adventure, with a ranger called Kerry.

We're going on a boat called a canoe.

It's important to wear life jackets near water.

They keep you safe if you fall in.

Come and have an adventure with us, Mr Bloom.

Well, you know what?

That sounds right up my street.

Are you going to join us?

Jolly good!

Let's be off.

# Whereabouts will I end up next?

# Let's put my Route Finder to the test

# It could be a beach A village or a city

# Museum or a school A garden so pretty

# A church or a station A river or town

# I just can't wait till you show me around

# Tiddlers, I'm on my way

# So where am I today? #

TIDDLERS: Norfolk!

Now, I love a good adventure, me.

So I'm really excited to see

what the Tiddlers have got planned for today.

And I've got my logbook, so I can put things in it as we go along.

We just need to find those Tiddlers, eh?

Erm, did you see where they went?

The river, that's right!

They went for a paddle in their canoe.

Oh, hey, I think I found them!

Hey, hello there, Tiddlers.

TIDDLERS: Hello, Mr Bloom.

Oh, it's nice to see you, Noah

and you too, Reuben and Millie.

-Hello, Kerry.

-Hello, Mr Bloom.

Now, you picked a lovely day here today.

Thanks for inviting me over, but what have you got planned?

-We're going to build a camp.

-Build a camp?

And where are we going to build the camp, Noah?

-In the woods.

-All right, then, you lead on.

Make sure you come as well.

'Now, these woods are a special place,

'where families can come to learn to do bushcraft

'and how to make camps.'

Oh, wow, look at this!

So, Millie. Why have we stopped here?

So that we can build our camp.

I reckon you're right.

This looks like a great place to build our camp.

Got lots of trees around us, but a bit of space. But um...

I think there's something we need to do before we set our camp up.

-What you reckon it might be, Reuben?

-Tidy up.

Yeah, but if we're going to clear all this lot away,

-what do you think we might need?

-Gloves.

-Gloves.

I think you're right.

Noah, your gloves.

Push your hand in there.

There you are.

We're ready to go.

There we go, good lad.

-Thank you.

-Whoa, you've done a lot of tidying there, well done.

Are you tidying up the pine cones?

Yeah, because they're in a bit of a mess, after they?

You're making quite a collection there.

Speaking of collections, do you reckon I could keep one of these?

-Yeah.

-Cos I could put it in my logbook, couldn't I?

-Yes.

-Which one shall I keep?

-This one.

-That one?

-Yeah.

Ooh, hang about.

There's a hole here.

Oh, I wonder who's down there?

What do you think?

Well, maybe the Tiddlers will know.

Hey, Tiddlers?

Over here! Look, there's a hole.

Now, who do you think might live down this hole?

Might there be a hippopotamus down there?

-No.

-No.

-He's too big!

He's too big. So, I know -

maybe it's the hole of a wiggly worm.

That's too small.

So who do you think might live in this hole?

-A rabbit.

-A rabbit?

I think that's a really good guess. And what do we call a rabbit's home?

-It's a burrow.

-That's right.

-WHIRR, DING DING

-Oh, hang on. It's me.

Oh, it's the Route Finder.

And ooh - now this is exciting!

It's going to show us more about life underground.

'Lots of animals live underground.

'Wow! Look how many rabbits there are in that burrow.

'Oh, and watch this mole use his claws to make a tunnel.

'He-he!

'Those baby badgers are playing underground.

'There's certainly a lot to do down there.'

Well, there we go. We've learned a little bit more about the animals

that live under the ground.

Do you reckon that today, we could make

pretend little holes for ourselves in the woods?

TIDDLERS: Yeah!

-Hey, and what can we call them?

-Dens!

Dens, that's what I was thinking, Reuben. We could make some dens.

Come on, then.

All right, we're now going to make our den.

So, first of all, I'm going to use this big stick here

and then I need two more big sticks.

If Mr Bloom can help me get two more long sticks as well,

we'll need that one leaned in here, please, Mr Bloom.

-Oh, yeah.

-OK, like that.

-And we need another one!

We're going to tie this all up so it doesn't fall apart.

Then we're going to lean lots of other sticks against it

and we're going to put all our leaves around it,

-so it doesn't fall down. That's wonderful.

-One round here, Noah.

So if we lean it up against our branches...

Ooh, now -look at this.

That looks like a reindeer's antler to me.

I'll put that in my logbook later.

Wow, we are looking good, aren't we?

Ah! Well, this den is looking pretty good.

-What's it like in there?

-Good.

You know what I like about dens like this?

That you can make them out of things you find.

-Do you reckon we could spend a night in our den?

-No.

-Why not?

-Because it's too small.

Yeah. And are there any bigger dens around here, that you've seen?

Yeah, there.

-Ooh, could you show me?

-Yes.

-All right, you lead the way.

Wow, look at this!

This is a bit exciting, isn't it?

Wow!

Look at this one, Tiddlers.

And who's been working on this, Reuben?

-TIDDLERS: Mummy and Daddy.

-Mom and Dad. Well done, Mum and Dad.

Noah, do you reckon you could give Mum and Dad a hand

-to finish off the final touches?

-Yeah.

-Aw, good lad.

You pop this one up here for me, Noah? Put it in this gap here.

-I put it everywhere.

-Oh, that's a good place.

Well, I think we've done a pretty good job here.

We've cleared the camp, we've built some dens...

That's left me a bit peckish.

-What do you think we could do, Reuben?

-Cook some Bannock bread.

Ooh, that sounds a bit exciting! What's Bannock bread?

-It's a bit of bread, but it looks like pancakes.

-Really?

-And who might eat Bannock bread?

-Explorers.

Really? Well, that sounds right up my street.

I've never had Bannock bread before.

All right, you lead the way.

Are we all ready to make Bannock bread?

-We all washed our hands?

-Yeah, let's see your hands, Tiddlers.

Lovely. So, what we've got here, we've got flour, batter

and we've got some salt and some raisins.

So first of all, you need to scoop three cups of flour into your bowl.

Can you do that for me?

Very good.

Now we need some baking powder.

Can you scoop two teaspoons out of there, please, Reuben?

Oh, that's very good.

Now we need some salt. That will be lovely.

Bit of salt - in we go.

-What next?

-Shall we put the raisins in next?

Now you can stir it up.

Well done. So what are we going to do now, Kerry?

We're going to put some butter in, now.

Stab it down, so it all cuts into lots of little pieces.

That's it, well done, Reuben.

Just got to put some water in, now.

Oh, that's beautiful. Good pouring.

Now give it a stir.

We're doing all right, aren't we?

Millie, if you take a clump out of your dough

and we're going to roll it into a ball.

And then just put it on your board,

so it turns into a nice flat circle.

Put your Bannock bread into here and then we can cook it over the fire.

Thank you very much.

So, we've got a nice hot fire here, to cook the Bannock.

But because it's hot, it means it's very dangerous.

So, Tiddlers, you never go near the fire.

-It's just us grown-ups, isn't it?

-Yes.

Mmm!

-Yum.

-Yummy in my tummy.

I love it.

I think that tastes nice. What can you taste in it, Millie?

-Raisins.

-Raisins, yeah.

I'll certainly have Bannock bread again.

That's if I can remember how to make it.

Have this recipe card, Mr Bloom.

Aw, Ruben, that's very kind of you. I've got a recipe for Bannock bread.

So now, I'll never forget.

Oh, and you know where I'm going to put this, don't you?

Right here, in my logbook.

Look here, Tiddlers.

This has got all of the other things we've been doing today.

Look - it's got the pine cone that you gave me earlier on, Noah.

-Do you remember that?

-Yes.

-Yeah.

And we've also got this branch I found, when we were making our den.

Yeah. And then, we had our lovely feast of...

TIDDLERS: Bannock bread!

Yeah! That was delicious.

Why don't you go here and there

and find out about all the special things where you live?

-BOTH:

-We went here!

I went there!

ALL: We've been everywhere!

Why don't you go to the CBeebies website,

where you can make your very own Here And There logbook too?

There we go. Well, have you Tiddlers had fun today?

TIDDLERS: Yeah.

Yeah, I've had a lovely time hanging out with you three,

but look, it's getting on. It's time I headed home.

So, you join me again soon, when I'll be...

TIDDLERS: Here and there!

You're right, you lot. Bye-bye!

TIDDLERS: Bye!

# Where is it you like to go?

# Call me up and let me know

# What is it you like to do?

# I'll pop along and do it, too

# Cities, towns, the countryside

# I can travel far and wide

# I'm all about and everywhere

# I'm here and there. #