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Tracker Bushcraft Course  •  Plantlore Bushcraft Course  •  Spring Forager  •  Autumn Harvester

Specialist Bushcraft Skills


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Our specialist two-day and three-day outdoor skills courses span a range of specialist knowledge and skill-sets about how to survive in the wild. Carefully designed for maximising the transferral of skill and knowledge, these courses are suitable for both novice and experienced alike. Specialist courses permit focused study, highlighting the importance and relevance of specific interest areas within the study of bushcraft. Enhancing in-depth competency, these courses enjoy the atmosphere of the out-door campfire classroom, whilst benefiting from the relevance of in-situ learning.

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 Tracker Course
 
Animal tracksTracker - Wildlife Tracking & Nature Awareness Course
    

In our technological era, knowledge of how to track and trail has been perceived as irrelevant to modern life.  Yet it is now more  important than ever if we are to understand the wildlife we wish to conserve. This 3-day course is a fully practical, fully immersive introduction to tracking UK wildlife; taught by instructors who have employed their tracking ability in desert, snow, jungle and mountainous terrain and have been professionally employed overseas for months at a time to track for conservation purposes.


 Plantlore Course
 
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Plantlore - Ethnobotanical Plant Study for Wilderness Bushcraft 

This two-day course allows focused in-situ study, via walks, collection and application, regarding the fascinating stories, properties and usage of our native and local plants and trees. With a dual emphasis on both identification skills and ethnobotany, this weekend whirlwind tour of the plant world will leave you far more confident in your ability to ID plants and trees whilst valuing their modern and historical application and experience how to practically harness their many properties.

 Spring Forager
 
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Spring Forager - Springtime Wild Food & Wilderness Cookery Course

Backwoods/trail cookery is a fundamental part of wilderness bushcraft. This 2-day course utlises a myriad of backwoods and traditional cookery techniques, that can be adapted and applied to your own circumstances. The Spring Forager focuses on methods for cooking seafood, fish and spring plants. We will take time out from the hectic pace of modern living to enjoy the time honoured and rewarding activities of foraging and cooking in the open air.
                                                                                                                            
 Autumn Harvester
 
BannockAutumn Harvester - Autumnal Wild Food & Wilderness Cookery Course

On both Wilderness cookery courses you will learn about how to manage fires for cooking and make improvised ovens for baking. However our autumn course will focus on foraging berries, nuts and fungi, whilst learning many methods and techniques to dress, skin, prepare and cook furred and feathered game meat. Both courses are a triage of trail methods, backwoods techniques, expedition considerations and the forager's kitchen recepies.

Tracker Bushcraft Course  •  Plantlore Bushcraft Course  •  Spring Forager  •  Autumn Harvester