A fire lay is how you set out your fire, how you structure it. I’ve discussed the V Lay previously, which is how typically I light my fires. Once lit there are often situations in which you want to then modify your fire for a particular purpose. In this video I talk about the star […]
Staying warm while camping in the winter is clearly important. Even here in Kent temperatures can get relatively low (OK, if you’re in Canada or Sweden reading this, then temperatures of -5°C might seem positively tropical, but it’s still plenty cold enough to cause problems for the unprepared); indeed, the first ever course we ran […]
When we’re running our courses we talk about what tools are need for bushcraft, what to look out for and generally offer up a few pointers to set people in the right direction. In this video I describe my thoughts on what tools are needed for bushcraft as well as suggesting the order in which […]
Birch is an incredibly useful tree for us in bushcraft, from providing tinder and kindling, to sap to drink and bark to make containers. It’s the second most common tree in the Britiush Isles (after oak) and is pretty straightfoward to identify. If you can only identify one tree, birch would be a good one […]
Recently I’ve been working with greenwood and this often leaves a sticky residue behind on my knife. This is a common enough occurence that I deal with routinely. So in this video I show how to clean a bushcraft knife from residue, although it could as easily be resin from a resinous conifer or indeed […]
When we’re teaching fire lighting we often get asked about what should go in a bushcraft fire lighting kit. So in this video I talk through what I take with me for a few days in the woods. Without giving too much away, it falls into two broad categories, ignition sources and tinders. Take a […]
