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Gary

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Lead Instructor at Jack Raven Bushcraft, teaching bushcraft, wilderness and survival skills to groups and individuals.

Insulating yourself from the ground | weekend bushcraft trip | Kent | south east | London — When you’re camping overnight, insulating yourself from the ground is imperative to not only getting a good night’s […]

Insulating yourself from the ground Recently updated!

This entry was posted in Debris Shelters Tarps on 08/04/2021 by Gary (updated 20 days ago)

bushcraft courses | open sided tarp configuration | A 'lean to' tarp set up | bushcraft courses | Ashford | Canterbury | Kent — Now in it’s 8th year, we’ll be starting Bushcraft Club on Wednesday 5th May 2021 at 6:30pm from […]

Bushcraft Club 2021

This entry was posted in News and tagged bushcraft club debris shelter fire lighting foraging herbal remedies knife sharpening on 05/04/2021 by Gary (updated 378 days ago)

Downy flower heads as a tinder | downy flower heads | tinders | bushcraft | fire lighting | Kent | south east | London — After mistakenly telling everyone last week that I’d done a video previously on using downy flower heads as […]

Downy flower heads as a tinder Recently updated!

This entry was posted in Fire Plants Trees and tagged fire lighting tinder tinders wild flowers on 31/03/2021 by Gary (updated 20 days ago)

Foraging at Juniper Hall | https://www.jackravenbushcraft.co.uk/dandelion-bhajees/ — A post from Nicola. All about dandelions There are more than 30 different species of dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) […]

All about dandelions Recently updated!

This entry was posted in Plants Foraging on 30/03/2021 by Gary (updated 20 days ago)

collecting goosegrass for tinder | using cleavers as a tinder | Natural tinders for bushcraft | other natural tinders | bushcraft | fire lighting | Kent | London | south east — This is the fifth in a series of videos on the topic of natural tinders for bushcraft after […]

Natural tinders for bushcraft Recently updated!

This entry was posted in Fire Plants and tagged fire lighting tinders on 25/03/2021 by Gary (updated 20 days ago)

1:1 bushcraft training | starting a fire with a bow drill | Fault finding for bow drilling | bow drilling | bushcraft | Kent | London | south east — Starting a fire with a bow drill is probably the single most iconic skill within bushcraft. I haven’t […]

Starting a fire with a bow drill Recently updated!

This entry was posted in Bow drilling Fire and tagged bow drilling fire by friction fire lighting tinder on 21/03/2021 by Gary (updated 20 days ago)