Bushcraft Blog
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Restoring an Old Axe
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...
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Sharing Bushcraft with the next generation
As a child I had one great love, the outdoors. From a young child I would often find myself wandering into the wilderness armed with nothing but a pot, a...
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It takes a village...
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...
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Yew trees and origins of the name
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’....
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Making a canoe paddle while paddling the Yukon
During a trip to Canada with Woodland Ways, where myself and 14 other people canoed and wild camped nearly 500 miles of the Yukon river. One of the many great...
