Aboriginal Bushcraft Course
Living as a British Aboriginal
Imagine yourself in the heart of the Lake District national park, surrounding you are mountains, lakes, rivers, farmland, tarns and forest. The weather is unpredictable, the terrain is rugged and food is absent save what you trap, fish, dig up and forage. You have limited clothing and equipment to support you, but you do have essential skills and knowledge of your environment. You are totally reliant on your ability to effectively apply your bushcraft, and on your understanding of the fauna and flora that surrounds you.Our goal is to use the initial two and a half days of the course to teach you more advanced wilderness bushcraft, within the relaxed atmosphere of base-camp. You will learn essential skills and strategy. Focusing on those necessary to successfully live from the land. After this period you will walk out, equipped with only a knife, pot, and snare wire, for three days and nights.
You are completely reliant on your skill and knowledge, the determination of your small group and most importantly your self. The instructors will be on-hand at all times to answer questions and offer guidance, although you will be encouraged to cope as a small self reliant unit.
Food will be provided for the first two days and at the end of the course you will have time to clean up, eat, relax and thoroughly review your experiences as we debrief the teams.
"Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: 'Is this the condition that I feared?'" - Seneca the Younger
You must have completed the Woodlander course (or course of equivalent standard) and have a good level of fitness. This is a difficult and challenging course, but is extremely rewarding.
| "For the records I had lost just over 8lbs, that was recorded after breakfast so probably a bit more, it was a great week, I was amazed at how you tune in to your surroundings becoming acutely aware of shifts in weather and how your visual recognition of the various food items becomes very sharp. I guess its more a case of slotting back into our real awareness level, from the filtered version we have to use in modern life to stop us overloading our senses, I can already feel my senses fading slightly, good to know that when I need them they kick back in." - David Kennedy |
Heads Up... Whilst not essential, if you are keen on doing a bit of pre-course reading - we would recommend the following book -Camp life in the woods and the tricks of trapping and trap making - William Hamilton Gibson - Part 1 & Part 2
Please Note: This course is fully catered...(ish)
Documents for download
- trapping_&_trap_making_part_1.pdf (22/03/2009)
- trapping_&_trap_making_part_2.pdf (22/03/2009)