Search For A Visual Storyteller

We’ve been around a bit and as far as bushcraft is concerned, we’ve pretty much seen and done most of it. But not everyone knows how it feels to create your first friction ember, carve something beautiful from green wood or toil for days to produce luxuriously soft buckskin. The time has come fo

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Constructing A Half Dome Shelter

Many bushcraft and survival text books have chapters full of woodland shelters using straight branches and leaf litter and there are some excellent ones that include the use of flexible saplings to make domed and hooped shelters. It may well be the case that there is a complete lack of study long st

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Medicinal Plants and Their Relevance Today

Over this series of blogs we will be taking a look at the fascinating world of medicinal plants and their relevance today, including recipes you can try at home and preparation techniques to help you along the way. Chemist’s shelf from the hedgerow Medicinal uses for plants have been practiced

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Answer to Snow Tracks in Croatia Blog

Tracks in the snow, but what caused it and why? In our previous blog we took a closer look at the above animal sign and invited you to share your thoughts on what you think had happened here and what had caused it, read on to find out the answer and if you are the winner […]

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Snow tracks in Croatia

Snow is great for tracking, tracks seemingly jump out at us from a distance which would otherwise be difficult to spot in other weather conditions and substrates, drawing us in to reveal the moment of animal behaviour recorded by its imprint in the snow. In this blog we are going to focus on one

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Winter Tree ID Tips

Working at the World of Bushcraft in Bakewell has its perks, not least that during a lunch break you can wander into the countryside and have a micro nature fix. On today’s walk I thought I’d share a couple of the features I use to ID trees at in winter. Horse Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) A

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Tallow Candle

In this blog we are going to be processing fuel from animal fat into tallow that we can then use to make a candle to help illuminate the encroaching darkness at this time of year. Tallow candles bringing light to the dark evenings

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Foraging for an Omelette

Foraging for mushrooms has always adds a little excitement to my walks, you can never be certain of what you may find from one walk to the next. They add flavour and texture to your meal, are useful around camp and have important medicinal uses as well. Common Puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum)

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Hedgerow Fruit Leather

Haw & apple fruit leather At this time of year the hedgerow is plentiful with fruits and berries, but not before long this years bounty will soon be past its best and so ways of preserving it so that it may be enjoyed long after the last has fallen from the hedgerow is a great […]

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The Mojave Desert

In just a few short weeks we will be taking a small group out to the USA to trek a section of the Mojave Road through the Mojave National Preserve. We will be trekking about 100 miles section across the breathtakingly stunning, Mojave National Preserve, carrying all our kit with us. The route we

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