Day Courses - Fire lighting, Food Foraging, Navigation, Tracking, Shelter, Traps and Snares, Knot work, Natural Cordage, Water.

		Our Woodland Ways Bushcraft Basics 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 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.
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Course costs: £55 per person

Dates	Location	Availability
28th October 2007	Oxfordshire	Completed
3rd February 2008	Oxfordshire	Completed
7th June 2008	Derbyshire	Fully Booked
20th July 2008	Derbyshire	Limited Spaces available
27th September 2008	Oxfordshire	Spaces available
25th October 2008	Oxfordshire	Fully Booked

This course can also be run for organised groups at weekends or weekdays on demand. Please contact us for details.

		New Spring Forage course date added due to overwhelming demand We deliver two foraging courses throughout the year to discover the different resources available to you at different times of the year, a Spring Forage and an Autumn Forage. On both courses you will join our instructors on a days forage around the woodland to take a look at what we can find. During these forages we will cover flora identification techniques, and some of the useful edible and medicinal plants available to us in our British Woodland. Further to this, through hands on training, you will learn how to harvest these resources in a sustainable manner, and finally how to prepare each ingredient. There will be tasting sessions through the day and the opportunity for you to practice cooking techniques. You will also have the opportunity, should you wish, to prepare and cook your own game lunch around the camp fire, (Vegetarian options are always available). This lunch will be either Rabbit, Pigeon, Partridge, Pheasant, or Trout. If you have a specific interest in a particular food type then just can also let us know in advance and we will do our best to accommodate this.
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Course costs: £55 per person

Or you may book on both the Spring Forage and the Autumn Forage course at the same time and save £10 on the total cost, that's £100 for both courses!

Dates	Location	Availability
Spring Forage- 26th April 2008	Oxfordshire	Fully Booked
Spring Forage- 27th April 2008	Oxfordshire	Fully Booked
Autumn Forage- 21st September 2008	Oxfordshire	Limited Spaces Available

		New Course for 2008! During this course you are invited to join our instructors in either the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, or the wonderful landscape of the peak district, to develop your map and compass skills. Initially we will brush up on the basics of interpreting the map within the landscape, understanding scales, calculating distances, providing 4 and 6 figure grid references, and setting the map to ground. We will then move on to learn, and put into practice, some more advanced map and compass skills. These will include orientating the map to identify features, calculating magnetic and grid bearings, walking on a bearing, use of attack points, identification of hazards, use of handrails, relocation strategies, and probably the most important skill to learn of all… contour interpretation. The course is run entirely out on the hills and is completely "hands on". You will be provided with a map of the area and guided through all of the above skills to provide you with the confidence to plan and execute your own navigational lowland walks using the footpath network.
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Course costs: £50 per person

Dates	Location	Availability
14th June 2008	Buckinghamshire	Fully Booked
11th August 2008	Peak District	Spaces Available

		Our Family Bushcraft course is a one-day and one night course aimed at parents and children who want to learn how to live more comfortably in the wilds, in a family friendly environment. This one-day/one-night course covers skills for everyone including shelter building, collecting and purifying your water, preparing your own food, choosing materials for and lighting your own fire, knot work, navigation and tracking. For the adults there is also the chance to learn how to use an axe properly, and how to select and care for your Bushcraft knife. In the morning we also learn how to make damper bread. You have the option of sleeping in your shelter overnight, you may bring a tent, or we can provide you with a basha. The course starts at 10:00 and we break camp at 10:00 the following morning.
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Course costs:
Adults - £100
Under 16's - £75
Family of four (2 adults 2 children, 1 adult 3 children) - £300
For larger family groups please contact us for a rate.

Dates	Location	Availability
26th - 27th May 2008	Oxfordshire	Limited Spaces available
31st July - 1st August 2008	Derbyshire	Limited Spaces available

		Our tailor made day courses allow more detailed coverage of certain areas of Bushcraft & Survival, and are adapted to suite your existing knowledge base. Therefore the courses can be ran as an introduction to each subject area or the level of technicality can be increased to give you a more in-depth knowledge of your subject. Again these courses are designed to give you practical hands on experience.
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Please feel free to contact us to discuss them further with one of our instructors.

These day courses can be extended to a one night overstay also.

Fire lighting
Learn how to make your own fire bow Discover different methods of lighting fire Learn how to identify, gather and prepare your tinder Explore different types of fire lay for different uses

Food/Foraging
Gain knowledge of various Game, Mammal & Fish preparation Foraging for natural foods Medicinal plants Become skilled at both tree and plant identification

Navigation
Natural navigation Map and compass work Emergency evacuation

Tracking
Learn how to identify various mammal signs using tracks, droppings, feeding remains and other signs

Shelter
Study the various shelter building techniques & structures available to you, this course also covers axe & knife choice, care, and safe cutting techniques

Traps and Snares
Discover a whole host of various trapping and snaring techniques from around the world. You will have the opportunity to make your own triggers and mechanisms

Other subject areas that can be included in any of the above day courses are:
Knot work Natural cordage Water or any combination of the above, please contact us to discuss your requirements

Course costs: £50 per person
(add £50 per person to extend to an overnight stay).

Minimum 4 people, maximum 16.

You may book on as an individual or as a small/large group of friends.

These courses are delivered on demand and can be delivered during weekdays and weekends subject to availability. Please contact us to make a booking or to go onto our waiting list.