According to Wikipedia, “Gait is the pattern of movement of the limbs of animals, including humans, during locomotion over a solid substrate.” Understanding these different patterns will inform us of how quickly the animal is moving, so a useful skill in tracking and trailing. You might want to take a look at this post about […]
Bushcraft has a strong and tangible link to natural history. For our hunter gatherer ancestors, the forest was the supermarket, the chemist, DIY shop, tailors, it was all out there. I often suggest to our customers that trees are a good place to start with natural history as it’s a managable number. And that identifying […]
When we look at a track, what we’re looking at is the imprint made by the sole of the foot; this is called ‘hollow relief’. There are 3 main foot types within mammals, you might want to take a look at this post to get a better understanding of those different foot types. The picture […]
Understanding the different methods of locomotion in mammals relies on an understanding of the evolution of mammals so I’m starting this post with a very brief overview of that. The lineage that lead to mammals diverged from reptiles about 325 million years ago. This evolutionary line is referred to as synapsids. It’s thought that the […]
On our recent Primitive Fishing Kits course, we used spruce roots for cordage so that we could splice the 2 component parts of the hooks together. Of course this isn’t the only only use for this really versatile material. Take a look at this video to find out how to prepare the spruce roots to […]
Here’s a short video where I show you how to tell apart hornbeam and beech buds We take a walk around our woodland looking at trees and their uses, including how to tell apart hornbeam and beech buds, on many of our courses, such as our 1 Day Bushcraft Fundamentals, 2 Day Bushcraft Courses and […]
