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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.

Coppiced hazel — I originally wrote this article on coppicing for the Institute for Outdoor Learning (IOL ) Bushcraft Special Interest Group […]

Coppicing

This entry was posted in Woodland Management and tagged coppicing on 26/02/2015 by Gary (updated 463 days ago)

Thistles as a tinder — I originally wrote this article on late summer tinders for the Institute for Outdoor Learning (IOL ) Bushcraft Special Interest […]

Late summer tinders

This entry was posted in Fire and tagged tinders on 25/02/2015 by Gary (updated 105 days ago)

Cream of cow parsley soup — Here we are in mid-February and the cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) is growing profusely in the hedgerows of Kent. Also known […]

Cow Parsley Soup

This entry was posted in Recipes and tagged bushcraft course courses foraging wild foods woodland cooking on 16/02/2015 by Gary (updated 337 days ago)

Fire Lighting | Fire by Friction | Bow Drill — This is Part 2 of a 2 part article on fire by friction. Fire by Friction – Part 1 […]

Fire by Friction Part 2

This entry was posted in Bow drilling and tagged fire by friction fire lighting on 22/01/2015 by Gary (updated 105 days ago)

Charring birch polypore for tinder | fungus as tinder | bushcraft | Kent | south east | London — We use char cloth a lot when we’re looking at different methods of lighting a fire, such as […]

Char Cloth

This entry was posted in Fire and tagged char cloth on 14/12/2014 by Gary (updated 105 days ago)

Building a 1 person debris shelter — We built a 1 person debris shelter on our 5 Day Bushcraft Course in November. We went for the […]

1 Person Debris Shelter

This entry was posted in Debris Shelters and tagged debris shelter on 09/12/2014 by Gary (updated 105 days ago)