Nicola, Willow and I went for a walk around King’s Wood today. The weather was great and the wood was almost entirely free of other people. We spent a good 4 hours wandering around and saw a lots of sign. We also got a really good view of a green woodpecker tapping away. Spotted loads of deer […]
Our first 2 students to take the Institute for Outdoor Learning Fundamental Bushcraft Competency assessment did so yesterday. Harry and Richard, pictured below on our 5 day Bushcraft Experience last September, both passed. We’re delighted for them. The IOL FBC course is a full on course. There is a lot of material to cover in […]
Our Tracking & Nature Awareness course at the weekend was great fun. On the Sunday we went to King’s Wood. It’s between Canterbury and Ashford and is about 1,500 acres. There is a wide variety of habitats within the wood, from sweet chestnut coppice, conifer plantation, beech wood to mixed broadleaf. As you would expect, […]
Had a great time on the Institute for Outdoor Learning Foundational Bushcraft course at the weekend. It was a rainy few days with a brief spell of sunshine on Saturday morning. Fortunately this coincided with us going on a tree identification walk so I took a few scenic photos along the way. They’re all taken […]
I had a fantastic day today at our woodland camp. I was getting some pole lathing lessons from Ross as I want to be able to do more with this traditional woodland skill. The photo below is of Ross making a Victorian style potato masher. He’s using a gauge that cost £1 at a boot […]
We had a fantastic time last week on our 5 Day Bushcraft Course. Great group of guys and excellent company. On Saturday we took a foraging walk down the lane to collect some plants for lunch and then walked up the field to the camp. A while ago Willow decided to jump in the cattle […]
