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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.

Team effort using a hawthorn fire by friction set — On our recent trip to the Isle of Arran we were able to try out some different materials for fire […]

Fire by friction on Arran

This entry was posted in Bow drilling and tagged fire by friction fire lighting on 05/11/2014 by Gary (updated 263 days ago)

feather sticks | bushcraft | south east | Kent | London — Sometimes it can be difficult to find dry tinder to light your fire. This is where feather sticks […]

Feather Sticks Recently updated!

This entry was posted in Fire Tools and tagged feather sticks fire lighting on 03/11/2014 by Gary (updated 25 days ago)

Gary digging the gypsy well — A gypsy well, sometimes known as an Indian well, but more commonly as a ground well, is a […]

Gypsy Well

This entry was posted in Water and tagged water on 19/10/2014 by Gary (updated 289 days ago)

Forked sticks for debris shelters The finished debris shelter — We’ve built plenty of debris shelters in the past at our ancient woodland camp in Kent, generally using […]

Debris shelter in a coniferous woodland

This entry was posted in Debris Shelters and tagged coniferous woodland debris shelter on 16/10/2014 by Gary (updated 299 days ago)

Dave digging up a burdock root — This recipe was inspired by the Wild Gourmets and we first tried it on our fantastic trip to […]

Potato & Burdock Root Scones Recently updated!

This entry was posted in Recipes and tagged bushcraft course courses foraging wild foods woodland cooking on 15/10/2014 by Gary (updated 25 days ago)

Preparing the mushrooms — We used a mixture of shop bought and foraged mushrooms when we made this. If you aren’t completely, […]

Mushrooms with bacon & herbs

This entry was posted in Recipes and tagged bushcraft course courses foraging wild foods woodland cooking on 14/10/2014 by Gary (updated 370 days ago)