Bushcraft Blog

In my last blog “Birch Uses and Dry Distillation” we looked at the properties of birch and some of the many uses the tree can provide for us. One of...

I am always interested in the different journeys the Woodland Ways team have taken. We’re quite a diverse lot and I’m sure some of our paths would have never crossed...

I’d like to do a brief run down of how I pack my personal kit for a multi-day canoe expedition in the hopes it might prove useful to someone starting...

Autumn has well and truly arrived here in the northern hemisphere and, since I’m one of those people who feel the cold badly, now is the time when I get...

To compile a set of tools that you can use when in the woods to make items, kit and furniture there are certain things that will make life easier. Most...

In my next few blogs, I will be taking a closer look at birch and its uses, our two native species being silver birch (Betula pendula) and downey birch (Betula...

There are possibly three reasons why I am writing this particular blog at this particular stage of my apprentice journey. Firstly, as a bit of a pep talk to myself....

As a Bushcraft Instructor and Head of Courses for Woodland Ways I get to do a vast array of activities throughout the year. In fact, it’s one of the things...

I am fairly new to the Woodland Ways team. So, I thought you might like to know, how did I become an apprentice and what is it like being a...

Hello there, I hope you enjoy this little “How To” article I have been using the Snugpak under blanket and quilt when in my hammock for many years now and...

Before becoming an apprentice instructor, I like many others who choose to take this path, may have attended a number of courses with Woodland Ways. One of those courses for...

At the time of writing this blog it’s that wonderful time of year when the willow trees are giving up their bark freely for use in crafts and cordage. I...