Bushcraft Fundamentals

Our Introductory Bushcraft & Survival Course.

Our Woodland Ways Bushcraft Fundamentals course is aimed at those who want to learn how to live more comfortably in the wilds, but do not want to have the weekend or overnight experience.

This course covers the basic skills required to survive, and is based on the four main principles of survival- fire, food, shelter and water. Through out the day you will learn how to build an emergency shelter, collect and purify your water, prepare your own food, and how to light a fire.

This one-day course takes place on the beautiful Catton Hall estate in Derbyshire, or within our 250-acre woodland in Oxfordshire. 

The course adapts to the changing seasons, but below is a typical example of the Bushcraft Fundamentals Course.

From the meeting point the kit is slung on to our backs and we walk in to the woodland. During this walk your instructors will introduce you to some of the useful foraging materials that surround us. 

Upon arrival at camp and following an initial safety brief you are issued with your own Bushcraft Knife for the day. We then make ourselves comfortable, gather materials for, and light the fire. It is then time to look at safe shelter construction- specifically location, materials, and design. This culminates in the group building a one-man kennel shelter.

Everything in the outdoors takes longer than most people are used to and so we then get straight into preparing lunch. You do not catch your own food on this course; all is provided either still in the fur, in the feather, or in the skin. (Vegetarian options are always available). Here our instructors will guide you through the preparation of you food.

Following lunch Fire is one of the key skills to master for anyone wishing to develop their Bushcraft skills and therefore after shelter building your instructors will introduce you to the many fire lays for different uses, selection of appropriate kindling and tinder, and then show you c.10-12 different methods of getting your fire lit, and maintaining it. You also have the opportunity to try out the different methods, with our instructors providing one to one tuition and guidance.

We finish the afternoon off looking at one of the key principles of survival, water. We will provide you with the knowledge on how to source, collect, filter and purify your water.

At the end of the day we walk out of the woods back to the cars, and on route the instructors continue to share their knowledge with you about the sustainable use of the resources that are available to you in this environment.

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This course can be purchased as an 18 month voucher, to book online choose "18 month voucher" from the drop down menu and we will email the details over to you. Alternatively if you are purchasing this course as a gift we can post you a full colour gift presentation pack for just £4.25, just choose posted instead of emailed delivery option. Or contact us by phone to make the arrangements.

Call us on: 07843 064114
We'll take your details and payment over the phone and then email or post you and information pack along with the booking form. All you need to do then is complete the form and return it to us, your places are confirmed at the time of payment.

Simply download the booking form and pop it in the post to us with your cheque for payment. We'll get in touch once your payment has cleared to confirm your booking.