Yearly Archives: 2012


IOL FBC Assessment

I went to an IOL FBC assessment yesterday to watch in and see what happens.  The assessment was conducted by Dave Watson & Kevan Palmer.  It was a really useful visit on my part and has given me a better understanding of what our students can expect when they are assessed.  Just small things like […]


Bushcraft Courses | Team Building | Wild Foods | Kent

Friction fire wood collecting

Just been collecting friction fire wood as preparation for some fire by friction we’ll be doing on a course next week. We’ve got a lot of treee species in the woodland, but many of the good friction fire woods are missing: lime, horse chestnut, spruce, western red cedar, alder and limited willow, so realistically we’re left with […]


Cattle troughs and daft dogs 1

Yesterday Willow decided to jump in the cattle trough at the bottom of the field adjacent to our woodland camp.  Previously she’s always walked straight past it without so much as a second glance.  Maybe it was because the weather was a bit warmer, maybe it was just curiosity, who knows.  Unfortunately for her though it turned out […]

cattle trough | Willow

A tarp erected with my car 2

When we attended the Bushcraft Show last month we took a gazebo.  Whilst it was reasonably waterproof it was entirely un-windproof  and not very bushcrafty, so I’ve been thinking of doing something different for the Wilderness Gathering.  So yesterday, armed with a few bolts and brackets, I went to the camp and cut down some […]


Woodland Management Plan

We had a visit from our good friend Derek Wright yesterday.  Some of you may know him as the proprietor of The Jerky Shack; if you haven’t tried his jerky, then you really should, it tastes great and is ideal bushcraft food (we’re hoping to run some courses on making jerky with Del).  But I […]