After everyone arrives at the meeting point and introductions are made, the kit is slung on our backs, and we have a short walk into the woodland. On arrival in camp time will be allocated for you to set up your personal sleep systems, exactly when this happens may vary depending on weather conditions and daylight hours available.
We will then turn our focus to looking at the syllabus. This covers all the components included in the IOL Bushcraft Competency Assessment plus additional supplementary topics to give you a better grounding in basic bushcraft skills.
The exact order of topics may vary but the following is covered in full over the 3 days:
Woodland as a renewable resource
Safe use of edge tools
Basic Tree ID
Building a fire, different fire lays & firewood selection
A demo of different ignition sources, tinder selection & tinder bundles
Consolidation of ignition sources & building fire, carving a feather stick
Introduction to the friction fire bow