Monthly Archives: December 2014

Char Cloth 1

This entry was posted in Bushcraft Skills and tagged char cloth on by (updated 1481 days ago)

We use char cloth a lot when we’re looking at different methods of lighting a fire, such as on our 2 Day Bushcraft Course, 5 Day Bushcraft Course and IOL Bushcraft Competency course .  It’s really useful stuff to have with you and comes into its own when using a traditional flint and steel, with a lens or […]

Charring birch polypore for tinder | fungus as tinder | bushcraft | Kent | south east | London
Building a 1 person debris shelter

1 Person Debris Shelter

This entry was posted in Bushcraft Skills and tagged debris shelter on by (updated 1712 days ago)

We built a 1 person debris shelter on our 5 Day Bushcraft Course in November.  We went for the standard ‘A frame’ or ‘Kennel’ shelter. I wrote a post recently about one that we built on our trip to the Isle of Arran in a coniferous woodland, but this one, built in our ancient broadleaf woodland, […]