Bushcraft Blog

Like most bushcrafters, I occasionally like to search YouTube to find videos to watch when I’m looking to improve or learn new skills. Recently one of the things I’ve been...

Last time in my blog I took you all on the late Woden’s dog walk, which I would regularly take him on in the springtime. Now we can carry on...

In this blog I will be taking you through my process of belt making however I must say, on this occasion, it is more a case of assembling shop bought...

Giant hogweed – Heracleum mantegazzianum is often talked about, seldom seen in the flesh let alone appreciated for its statuesque beauty. Many bush crafters and foragers, will be much better...

The daisy family (Asteraceae) is the earths largest flowering family with over 23,000 species and considered one of the most advanced in flora evolution, many plants you will be familiar...

I want to give you some ideas that I hope will fire those imaginations even more and really get you looking at re-using and recycling stuff that would normally be...

In this blog we are going to focus on the “stance” how to position yourself in relation to all the components of the friction fire bow set. If you have...

What a spring for flowers, so far this year! The hawthorn flowers have been truly amazing. I wasn’t sure if this was me paying them more attention (I had a...

Spring is a great time of year to forage with a huge range of edible plants waking out of their winter sleep but in my opinion one of the greatest...

In this blog we are going to focus on the bearing block and bow of the bow drill set. If you have not read the previous three blogs that dealt...

In this blog post I am going to talk about some of the things I’ve learnt during the Game ranger Experience and Cybertracker Training and Assessment Course, which I returned from...