Whilst I’ve previously written about how to use a traditional flint and steel in this post, I thought I’d do a short video demonstrating how to use this great fire lighting technique. Typically I tend to hold the piece of flint in my left hand and the steel in my right and then bring the […]
For this video I wanted to demonstrate using the chest pull knife stroke, one of my favourite knife strokes. You might want to refresh yourself by taking a look at this post on knife safety first. ‘Don’t cut towards yourself’ is a maxim that is ingrained into us when using a knife. However, there are a […]
We are immensely fortunate to have so many wonderful people give their time to help us out in the woods over the winter. This is when we have the time to do a little woodland management; in previous years we’ve coppiced the hazel, as well as sweet chestnut, and opened out the main rides. This year […]
I’ve written previously about pruning cuts in this post but as we were gathering some hazel today we took the opportunity to make a short video. As responsible bushcrafters it’s imperative that we do everything we can to conserve and preserve the environment that we all enjoy so much. And that includes little things such […]
A slightly different video this time in that it’s not based in the woods. Yesterday Nicola and I went for a walk along the Greensand Ridge with Willow and Ronnie; if you don’t know who Ronnie is, he’s my daughter’s puggle, a pug/beagle cross. He’s a lovely dog but not very good at coming back […]
As usual we will be carrying out some Woodland Management & Camp Maintenance over the winter, in January and February 2020. In no particular order: We have ash dieback in the woods and whilst we are currently planning to leave most of them to die, fall and rot naturally, there are some close to the […]
