Bushcraft Blog

The first of this year’s school bookings is fast approaching, the fourth year I will be involved, and I surprised myself how much I am looking forward to them, whereas...

Today I want to share with you a use of a plant that I’m pretty sure you will all know and be able to identify and that is so widespread...

Many of the common names have male and female connotations, Lords and Ladies, Kings and Queens, Devils and Angels. This all relates to how the plant forms to seemingly represent...

If you find yourself in a situation when you want to light a fire but don’t have a lighter or matches, or even if you want to try different fire...

“I’m not the Pheasant Plucker, I’m the Pheasant Plucker’s son. And I’m sitting plucking pheasants ’til the Pheasant Plucker comes.” So goes the Old English rhyme and tongue twister. I...

In this blog I’ll be talking you through the process of making a wooden ring. This is new to me but is the same process as making an antler or...

If like me you are a bit long in the tooth, you may have had one of these as a youngster; sadly I was not able to keep hold of...

After a trip to the coast, I have begun to extract my own sea salt. This is the rough procedure. Step 1Fill and haul containers of seawater up from seashore....

A key component of bushcraft in my opinion is being able to tune into the natural world around you and appreciate how plants can be transformed into food, medicine, natural...

This is a simple open sided shelter to stay in when needing to be home overnight. It has a hazel frame with leylandii thatch. Just a bed and some panels...

Spring has arrived and with it our Spring Foraging Courses. It’s a wonderful time of year to blow off the winter cobwebs and get outside to soak up the life...

One of the things that I love about bushcraft is how it teaches me to challenge my perception on things. I see the world through different eyes… recognising resources everywhere...