The tick effect with trees can be a really useful natural navigation technique to determine direction and is relatively straightforward. Trees will often have different growth on the south side than on the north side due to the amount of sunlight they receive. In the northern hemisphere the branches on the south side of a […]
Whilst taking a walk along the beach with our granddaughter and Willow during the week I found a perfect pebble for bow drilling. We also collected a couple of limpet shells. So in this video I do some bow drilling using both the pebble and the shells as alternative bearing blocks. You might also want […]
Being able to identify trees is a key skill in bushcraft. It’s probably easiest to do when the trees are in leaf but it’s entirely possible to go out identifying trees in the winter. So here’s a few tips on how to do just that. We only look at identifying trees in the winter, well […]
If you’re spending any length of time in the woods, at some point you’ll need to defecate. And like everything we do in bushcraft, we want to do our absolute best to ‘leave no trace’ as well as to be hygienic. You might also want to take a look at this post on general hygiene […]
Hygiene is important. We know that improved hygiene has had a significant impact on the increased life expectancy seen over the last century. So hygiene for bushcraft is key if you’re spending time outdoors on your own or with a friend, but becomes increasingly important the more people there are in the group. When I […]
When people first started using fish traps is difficult to ascertain, they were made of natural materials after all and would decompose relatively quickly. We do know that people the world over used them with great effect. Here’re some photos showing how Nicola recently made a fish trap using willow wands. This particular type of […]
