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Gary

About Gary

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

real life debris shelters | making a bed for a debris shelter | bushcraft | Kent | London | south east — When we teach debris shelters we always make a big deal about the importance of getting off the […]

Making a bed for a debris shelter

This entry was posted in Debris Shelters and tagged bushcraft camp debris shelter debris shelter bed on 19/09/2019 by Gary (updated 190 days ago)

faqs | how to make a feather stick | bushcraft | Kent | London | south east — Feather sticks are a useful addition to your bushcraft skillset, especially when it’s difficult to find other sources […]

How to make a feather stick

This entry was posted in Camp Craft Fire and tagged 5 day bushcraft course feather sticks fire lighting on 17/09/2019 by Gary (updated 190 days ago)

fruit and nuts | foraging course | Kent | south east | London — We ran one of our 1 Day Foraging Courses at the weekend and found lots of haws in […]

Finding haws in the hedgerow

This entry was posted in Foraging Herbal Remedies Trees and tagged foraging hawthorn herbal remedies wild foods on 13/09/2019 by Gary (updated 423 days ago)

collecting downy flower heads | bushcraft | Kent | south east | London | survival — A few days ago I spent some time collecting downy flower heads for tinder. At this time of […]

Collecting downy flower heads

This entry was posted in Fire Plants and tagged downy flower heads ember extenders fire lighting tinders on 09/09/2019 by Gary (updated 190 days ago)

splitting wood with an axe | bushcraft | Kent | south east | London | axe skills | axe courses | axe workshop — Take a look at this short video where I demonstrate splitting wood with an axe, firstly using a […]

Splitting wood with an axe

This entry was posted in Tools and tagged axe axe skills bushcraft green woodworking on 04/09/2019 by Gary (updated 190 days ago)

foraging for giant puffballs | wild foods | Kent | mushrooms — Foraging for giant puffballs (Calvatia Gigantea) is a straightforward endeavour, they can be found in meadows and fields […]

Foraging for giant puffballs

This entry was posted in Foraging Fungus and tagged cooking foraging mushrooms wild foods on 01/09/2019 by Gary (updated 543 days ago)