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

solar ignition methods | bushcraft | survival | Kent | south east | London — I wrote this article back in April last year for issue 9 of The Bushcraft Journal. If you […]

Solar ignition methods for fire lighting Recently updated!

This entry was posted in Fire and tagged fire lighting lenses parabolic mirrors on 26/07/2017 by Gary (updated 25 days ago)

lime bark cordage | bushcraft | Kent | south east | London — Back in early June Nicola and I spent an awesome day with Will Lord working on natural cordage. […]

Lime bark cordage Recently updated!

This entry was posted in Cordage Trees and tagged cordage on 18/07/2017 by Gary (updated 25 days ago)

shrink pot | bushcraft | Kent | London | south east — Inspired by an article by Beke Olbers in Issue 13 of The Bushcraft Journal, whilst we were running […]

How to make a shrink pot Recently updated!

This entry was posted in Natural Containers Trees and tagged bark containers on 19/06/2017 by Gary (updated 25 days ago)

Nettle, Ground Elder and Lentil Curry — This is a delicious vegetable curry; here we’ve used nettles and ground elder, but you could swap these […]

Nettle, Ground Elder and Lentil Curry

This entry was posted in Recipes and tagged bushcraft course courses foraging wild foods woodland cooking on 12/06/2017 by Gary (updated 263 days ago)

elder flower cordial recipe | Kent | London | south east | Essex — Elder (Sambucus nigra) is a small, common tree that produces a fabulous white flower that can be used […]

Elder flower cordial

This entry was posted in Recipes and tagged bushcraft course courses foraging wild foods woodland cooking on 31/05/2017 by Gary (updated 370 days ago)

natural cordage | Kent | London | Essex | south east — I’ve written previously about preparing nettles and sweet chestnut inner bark for making natural cordage but haven’t shown […]

Making simple 2-ply natural cordage Recently updated!

This entry was posted in Cordage on 29/05/2017 by Gary (updated 25 days ago)