After previously posting a video on collecting and processing sweet chestnut inner bark, I thought I’d make a video showing how to ignite it. We teach lighting sweet chestnut inner bark on our 2 Day & 5 Day Bushcraft Courses as well as the IOL Bushcraft Competency Course. You can see plenty of photos from all of these courses on […]
We don’t have many conifers around our ancient woodland camp, but recently we were gifted some fatwood by Joe, who lives in Snowdonia. Joe attended our IOL Bushcraft Competency Certificate training course earlier this year. So I thought I’d put together a short video showing how to prepare and ignite fatwood. We teach how to […]
This is the only occasion on which I’ve found inner bark of beech. Over the winter a beech branch came down and so I put it to one side to use later for some carving. I went back to it recently and found that I could pull away fibres from the inside of the bark. […]
There are many considerations to think about when you’re deciding where to site your shelter, whether that be a debris shelter, tarp or tent. In this video I discuss some of those considerations. We discuss siting your shelter on our 1 Day Bushcraft Course, 2 Day Bushcraft Course, and 5 Day Bushcraft Course. You can see […]
Nicola and I have been busy foraging for nettle seeds of late. We dry them and then eat them over the course of the winter. Watch this short video to find out how to collect and process nettle seeds. You might also want to take a look at this post which provides a few hints […]
