Lighting a fire by friction is perhaps the most iconic skill within bushcraft, almost a rite of passage and nobody ever forgets their first ember. Which raises an important point, whilst we all talk about fire by friction, this method doesn’t produce a flame in and of itself – it produces an ember, which when added to […]
2012 was our first full year of operation. So we’ve put together a video of our 2012 showing some of the many things we’ve been up to in this fantastic year! Can’t wait for next year now! Some of my favourites include our 1 Day Bushcraft Course, our as well as on our 2 Day & 5 Day Bushcraft […]
This is Antony with his first ember from fire by friction. It won’t be the last though. Well done mate.
Just been collecting friction fire wood as preparation for some fire by friction we’ll be doing on a course next week. We’ve got a lot of treee species in the woodland, but many of the good friction fire woods are missing: lime, horse chestnut, spruce, western red cedar, alder and limited willow, so realistically we’re left with […]
