Family Bushcraft Weekend

Duration: 2 days: starting 19.00 on Friday night and ending 16:00 Sunday afternoon.

Camping: Recommended

Course content: firelighting, water collection/preparation, shelter, plant uses, wildlife and tracking

This is a fun and varied family weekend spent learning about bushcraft and woodland wildlife. You can have a go at firelighting (including fire by friction and sparking); collect and purify water; build a leaf shelter and string up a hammock; learn about plant uses and do some wildlife tracking!

We encourage you to spend the Friday and Saturday night camping in the woods and getting to know your fellow bushcrafters round the camp fire. It will certainly be a family experience that you will always remember!

The course is designed around parents/guardians accompanying their children.

Client quote:

"Fabulous hands-on and I really did make fire in the end. Great that we all got a chance to try everything out. Tutors were really friendly, treated us as equals." - P. Walker

Learning outcomes: At the end of the course you should:

• be able to tie some basic knots required to string up a hammock
• know how to build a leaf shelter
• understand how to find water and make it safe
• understand the basic principles of responsible firelighting and fuel collection
• have succeeded in lighting a fire with sparks and/or bow drill
• know how to recognise some of the plants that can provide food and other valuable materials
• have learnt about common animal tracks and increased your awareness and understanding of signs