Monthly Archives: November 2016


Making a pot hanger with one hand

This is the third article I wrote for The Bushcraft Journal about doing simple bushcraft tasks with my non-dominant hand and came out in August 2015.  If you haven’t subscribed to The Bushcraft Journal yet, why not! One handed pot hanger In my previous articles I’ve managed to light a fire and put up my […]

billy can

Pine resin glue 2

We don’t have many conifers at all in our ancient woodland in Kent.  But in September we visited the beautiful Isle of Arran, which has a significant amount of coniferous trees, including many species of pine and spruce, hemlock and larch.  It provides a fabulous opportunity to practice our bushcraft skills in a different environment. […]

pine resin candle

one handed fire lighting

One handed fire lighting 3

I originally wrote this article on one handed fire lighting  in January 2015 and it was published in Issue 2 of The Bushcraft Journal.  I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it!  You can also look at a short video we made during our experiments. My mind is drifting as […]