Bushcraft Blog

I've mentioned heuristic traps to the Woodland Ways team before, but the recent Woodland Wayer Navigation Module in the Peak District provided a perfect example of them in action and...

As many of you know, last year (2025) I finished an epic project attempting to live completely off the land for a year. Here, I would like to share how...

We all have that one box in the loft. For some, it’s old photos or school trophies. For me, it’s a box (or several) of tarps, paracord, and the evolution...

The last time I explored this topic in a blog was last summer, so I thought it would be interesting to review my “WHY” again and compare how It has...

I thought I would write an update about how the apprenticeship is going. Being on the apprenticeship is, without doubt, a lot of effort. But is it worth it? Am...

In this blog I am going to explore some of the different reasons for being drawn into Bushcraft and Survival, and how those "Why" reasons change along the journey. As...

Over the years, I've often said that bushcraft and survival are about far more than tools and techniques. It’s a way of thinking - of reading the land, anticipating change,...

A side effect of people knowing I am a Bushcrafter is occasional gifts of odd tools. In this case I was offered a rusty axe but one that had an...

In 2022, during my long duration course with Woodland Ways, I decided to make an axe. A perfectly normal idea I thought. I had been dipping my toes in blacksmithing...

I'm typing this as I sit in the World of Bushcraft having loaded my pickup and twin-axle-trailer to head south to meet up with the team to deliver a two...

How you can introduce Bushcraft Skills to your holiday, wherever you're going, whoever you're with.

Yew, Taxus baccata, English Yew, Common Yew, European Yew. The name Yew comes from the Celtic name ‘iw’, but its ancient meaning is unknown. This also became ‘ew’ or ‘ewe’....