Whilst I’ve previously written about how to use a traditional flint and steel in this post, I thought I’d do a short video demonstrating how to use this great fire lighting technique. Typically I tend to hold the piece of flint in my left hand and the steel in my right and then bring the […]
For this video I wanted to demonstrate using the chest pull knife stroke, one of my favourite knife strokes. You might want to refresh yourself by taking a look at this post on knife safety first. ‘Don’t cut towards yourself’ is a maxim that is ingrained into us when using a knife. However, there are a […]
We are immensely fortunate to have so many wonderful people give their time to help us out in the woods over the winter. This is when we have the time to do a little woodland management; in previous years we’ve coppiced the hazel, as well as sweet chestnut, and opened out the main rides. This year […]
