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Adventures in the world of bow drill
Hi folks, this week's blog came as a result of me setting myself a bit of a friction fire challenge for the month of November, that challenge was to produce...
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The Red Oak: A Guide to Identification and Habitat
For those of you who follow Woodland Ways on Facebook, you may have seen the team’s social gathering in August, when Jason had arranged with Lord & Lady Manners for...
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The connection between bushcraft kit and our courses
For this week’s blog, I wanted to highlight the connection between our retail operations, and our courses and instructing team, with a specific focus on the kit we stock being...
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Field Maple Facts
Some little facts about our beautiful native Field Maple Acer campestre. Field maple leaves Acer means ‘sharp’ and is from the family Aceraceae now moved to the Sapindaceae family of...
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Rosebay Willowherb Honey
Many of you may be familiar with Dandelion honey and may have made it in the past, of all the foraged foods I have ever introduced my wife to Dandelion...
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Making a leather pouch from scratch
I have experimented with tanning animal hides a few times. I have tanned hides using a purchased ‘K tan’ solution and using eggs for a ‘brain’ tan and have been...
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Antler Shelf
In this weeks blog I will be showing you how I made an Antler shelf for my home. You will need... Suitable Antler piece of your choosing for mounting Saw...
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The Forest of Dean is a Boaring place
Sorry about the pun there, but the Forest of Dean is famous for two mammals. The Wild Boars and Bears, but I would not recommend asking the locals about Bears...
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Pemmican
In this blog I want to show you how I made some food stuff that I will be taking with me on my expedition to Sweden. This food stuff is the amazing...
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Being in a state of flow…
Over the years of being fascinated by bushcraft I have often found myself in a state of mind where I am totally absorbed in the task or subject matter at...
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My First Attempt at Working with Bone - Bone Knives
I recently had the opportunity to experiment with another artform that could become (yet another) obsession… I have always loved collecting bones and ever since joining Woodland Ways have been...
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Expedition Preparation
With Woodland Ways, we’re very lucky to have the opportunity to travel to many different parts of the world, and with new opportunities coming up in the next 12 months,...