Entertaining

Impress your guests

Did you catch our “Cowboy Cottager” piece in the Summer issue of Cottage Life? With the help of YouTube, we’ve compiled some required watching for extra-curricular cowboy training.

Got your own maverick trick to share with cottagers? Let us know about it in the comments!

 

Learn how to water-start while windsurfing (and some other great technique tips).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gWTAB2PAQg

 

Need a walk-through of how to open a beer bottle with a beer bottle? Here you go!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfzxuOwhIsQ

 

And if you only have the one beer? Try using a newspaper to open it instead!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH8TmJYNr0Y

 

Start a fire using an orange, a rock, and a stick.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZp_q_7IExA

 

If you want to amaze and awe your friends, perhaps you can learn some cool ping pong tricks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjrfjggKX9o

 

And if you just want to try something completely bizarre, you can always try bunnock, the game of horse anklebones.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJA6RF7PuqA

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