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Bushcraft Survival WeekendShelter, fire, food and water
This weekend is aimed at beginners and those with some basic
knowledge wanting to improve their skills. You’ll learn the key skills needed
to survive: how to build a shelter quickly from natural materials, how to light
a fire several different ways without matches, how to manage a fire and to cook
on it, some foraging basics and how to ensure you have a supply of safe water.
Saturday
Shelter
Shelter is essential; it protects us from the weather, keeps
us warm and dry and is psychologically important for morale.
- You’ll learn how to make a one person emergency shelter
using the materials found around you
- You’ll learn how to make a lean-to cold weather shelter that
maximises the benefit you get from the warmth of your fire.
Firecraft
Firecraft is one of the oldest skills known to mankind; it
is thought that our evolution as an intelligent, dominant species was helped
greatly by our ability to cook raw food. Firecraft is a central survival skill;
it warms us, it dries us, it makes water safe to drink, it cooks our food, it
lifts morale.
- You’ll learn several different ways to generate a flame
without using matches including with flint and steel
- You’ll learn the ultimate in fire lighting techniques, fire
by friction, using a bow drill
- You’ll find out about collecting, preparing and using a wide
range of tinders to get the flame going
- You’ll learn how to build the flame up into a fire you can
cook over
- You’ll learn ways of lighting fire in wet conditions
- You’ll learn how to manage the fire from start to finish to
minimise impact on the surroundings.
Sunday
Foraging
There is plenty of food growing wild around us. 7,000 years
ago, our ancestors started growing their own food but before that we hunted
wild animals and picked wild plants to eat. It was really important to know
what was edible and what was poisonous; it could be a matter of life or death!
This is an introductory activity to a very big subject we’ll
get you off on the right foot. We’ll be out in the field looking at
identification, discussing preparation and some tasting.
- Easy protein sources (not for the squeamish and we won’t
make you try them!)
- A selection of edible leaves, flowers, roots, berries, seeds
and nuts found locally
Wilderness cooking
People often say food tastes better cooked outdoors over an
open fire; come along and find out how to cook the wilderness way.
- You’ll set up a camp fire for cooking, without using
matches
- You’ll discover how to use the different areas of the fire
for different cooking techniques
- You’ll cook bread cakes, smoke fish, make soup and do a bit
of barbecuing and baking as well as have a brew up. We’ll add a few seasonal
wild ingredients as available.
Water Surface water found in Britain is rarely safe to drink.
- You’ll learn a number of different ways to collect water and
process it for safe use.
Duration: 2 days: 7
to 8 hours per day
Cost: £200 for two people (£100 each), £40 per additional
group member.
Individual one-to-one booking available at £200. Accommodation not included;
see booking information.
Further information: Minimum group size two; maximum 12.
Participants should be 16 or over. Bring a packed lunch on Saturday.
Activity leaders are qualified through the Institute for
Outdoor Learning to teach bushcrafts and are CRB checked.
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