A short video where I talk about blackthorn, sloes and sloe gin! How to make sloe gin Freeze 500g of sloes for a couple of hours before pouring into a jar Add 1 litre of vodka and 250g of sugar, put on the lid and put in a dark cupboard Shake daily until the sugar […]
Lighting a fire with birch bark is something that I do regularly, generally in combination with a fire steel. More often than not I’ll peel bark from a live tree, occassionally I’ll cut a strip from a dead one. In this video I discuss these two approaches in more detail. We teach using birch bark […]
Last week I made a video showing how to make an improvised water filter. This week I thought I’d do one around the various chemicals we can use to purify water. We teach using chemicals to purify water on our 2 Day Bushcraft Course,5 Day Bushcraft Course and the Institute for Outdoor Learning Bushcraft Competency course. You can see photos […]
A short video on making an improvised water filter from a discarded plastic bottle and materials found in the woods. We teach making a water filter on many of our courses, such as our 2 Day Bushcraft Course, Institute for Outdoor Learning Bushcraft Competency Certificate and our 5 Day Bushcraft Course. You can see loads […]
