Now in it’s 7th year, we’ll be starting Bushcraft Club on Tuesday 7th July at 6:30pm from our ancient woodland camp in Westwell, Kent, just a few miles from Ashford. After much thought we’ve decided that this year we will run Bushcraft Club for adults only; normally on Family Bushcraft Club we have more people […]
Introduction The government wants to slowly reopen the country and the economy whilst protecting the health of the population. Furthermore, the government has acknowledged that ‘the risk of transmission outdoors is significantly lower’. Jack Raven Bushcraft is committed to working in a way that reduces the transmission of coronavirus (COVID-19) as much as possible and […]
Updated on 22nd March 2020 Like many of you we have been keeping a close eye as events unfold around us. It is not tenable, or indeed socially responsible, for us to run our courses in these circumstances. Consequently, for the safety of us all, all courses scheduled for March, April & May will be […]
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 […]
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 […]
A quick video taken at Bushcraft Club last Thursday of Donny and Alex carving spatulas. A great way to get to know axes with a simple project. Take a look at our posts on axe safety and splitting with an axe. We teach axe use on our Axe Workshop. You can see photos from this and […]
