A new photo gallery is now live on our website for the Introduction to Bushcraft course, showing some of the pictures taken by staff and students over this year’s course season.
Just one of the leaf shelters built by students this year
For what seemed like the first time in years, students were lucky enough to have the sun shining over them while pitching their tarps, learning fire-lighting techniques, cooking over the campfire and building their leaf shelters.
Annemarie Hopper, a student of a number of Woodlore’s courses between 1998 – 1999, including the Introduction to Bushcraft as well as a wilderness cooking course, kindly got in touch with us recently to say she had some photos to hand that she had taken all those years back.
The resulting pictures were great to see, offering a glimpse into Woodlore’s past. After all these years, it’s amazing to see just how much has changed, while so much has stayed the same…
Ray Mears demonstrating the bow drill technique of fire lighting
The hand drill method of fire-lighting
As you may know, Woodlore’s very first Traditional Living Skills course took place in late June – a brand new course aimed at teaching traditional living skills & classic wilderness Bushcraft.
The Course leader and office staff member Steven managed to get some photos of just some of the skills and techniques being taught on this course, and the resulting Intermediate Bushcraft photo gallery is now live for all to see.
A couple of us from the Woodlore offices took some time out to visit the Traditional Living Skills course last week to see how everyone was getting on. This is a brand new course for Woodlore which has been designed as a ‘next step’ from the Fundamental. The Traditional Living Skills course is aimed at teaching you how to live comfortably in the forest with minimal equipment.
Steve having a go at the hand drill method with some help from Dan
Last weekend saw the very last of our Introduction to Bushcraft courses for the year. Our newest member of the office team, Harvey, went along to join in with the fun and see what happens on our courses.
The British weather did not let Harvey and the rest of the group down, staying beautifully hot for the duration of the course. Surely it’s going to chuck it down soon?!
The Hootchie – Harvey’s home for the first night
Woodlore’s Wilderness Emergency Medic level 1 course
June was an exciting time for Woodlore, with our first ever Woodlore Emergency First Aider course taking place. It’s the first in a new range of Woodlore First Aid courses, providing a solid introduction to the application of First Aid in the outdoors.
Preparing to tackle the rapids of the Ardeche Gorge, France
The dates for next year’s canoeing expedition in the Ardeche have now been released on our website and are available to book. Next year’s course has now been moved forward to September, in order to take advantage of the warmer water and more reliable water levels, after the monsoon seen in May this year!
To take a look at photographs from previous year’s trips to the Ardeche, please visit our Course Photo Gallery.
Ray Mears observing deer remains found on the Woodsense course
Toby Stevens, a student on our recent Woodsense Course, managed to take some great photos during his week in the woods (in between spotting snakes and dodging water pistols of course…).
You can see what Toby and his fellow students got up to in the Woodsense 2010 section of our Course Photo Gallery.
Due to some recent cancellations, the Woodsense course is one of the few UK courses this year with spaces remaining. To book your place, please visit the link below:
Woodlore's Canoeing Expedition, 2010
Client Jason Fudge and Woodlore instructor James Bath took some excellent pictures of our latest canoeing expedition out in France in May.
As well as the usual route down the Gorge, there are some stunning photos from the group’s excursion to a different lake, avoiding the storms and high waters of the Ardeche.
You can see these pictures now in Woodlore’s Photo Gallery.
The Wilderness Navigation course 2010; wouldn’t be the worst place to get lost though, would it?
We’ve recently uploaded a new collection of photos from this year’s Wilderness Navigation course, where Woodlore student Alexis got some great pictures of her week in the woods:
Wilderness Navigation 2010 photo gallery
About this course:
The Woodlore Wilderness Navigation course provides a thorough, no-nonsense grounding in all aspects of map and compass (which require no batteries!), equipping you with the skills to traverse open country or dense forest, day or night, in all weathers.
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