Yearly Archives: 2021


bushcraft uses for hornbeam | outer barks as tinder | bushcraft | fire lighting | Kent | south east | London

Bushcraft uses for hornbeam

Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) is one of my favourite tree species, which is good because we have lots of it in our ancient woodland in Kent! Here’s a short video where I discuss some of the identification points for hornbeam and also some of the bushcraft uses for hornbeam. We take a walk around our woodland […]


using bluebells for fire lighting | bushcraft | Kent | London | south east

Using bluebells for fire lighting

If you’ve been to our ancient woodland camp in springtime, you will have seen the absolute abundance we have of native bluebells.  Often, however, people don’t realise that they’re a great resource for fire lighting. So in this short video I show you how to use bluebells in a tinder bundle to light a fire. […]