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 Tracking course

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.

Woodlore student Louise using the bow drill method of creating fire by friction

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Deer remains found on Woodlore’s Woodsense Tracking course

An interesting discovery was made last week on our Woodlore Tracking course, when deer remains were discovered in the woods.

Is anyone able to identify the type of deer they came from?

Woodlore’s Camp Craft course, 2010

Colette, one of the Woodlore office team members, recently went to visit Woodlore’s first Camp Craft course of the season.

The course was in full swing and the sun was shining, so she she managed to snap some pictures of our students working away on various axe and woodwork techniques.

If you’d like to take a look you can see the photos here:

Camp Craft Photo Gallery

Students of our 2010 Arctic Experience expedition, relaxing at the end of the day in their very own quinze

We are very excited to announce the 2011 dates for Woodlore’s Arctic Expedition, which are now live and available to book. We are also happy to reveal that Ray Mears will be leading both courses, alongside Lars Falt, so expect places to fill up quickly!

The students of our 2010 Arctic expedition took some great pictures during their time in Sweden, which can be seen here: Arctic Experience 2010

This year’s Canoeing in the Ardeche course took place last week, but not without complications! Weeks of torrential rain and hailstorms left the usual route of the gorge at such a high water level that it would have been illegal to paddle down.

Torrential rain at the Pont d’Arc campsite

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A badger footprint, spotted on the Woodsense – Tracking & Nature Awareness course

If you’ve been watching Ray’s latest series, Survival with Ray Mears, and are itching to give tracking a go yourself, take a look at our Woodlore Tracking course.

Run from an expedition-style camp in East Sussex, the Woodsense course aims to sharpen your senses,  helping you to develop powerful observational and deductive abilities. You will learn various tracking methods, as well as how to get close to animals while remaining undetected.

Students on our Wilderness Navigation Course

Alexis, a recent student of our Wilderness Navigation course, kindly sent us a slew of pictures and some great feedback from her week in the woods:

“It was great fun and I learned a huge amount! This is my third course with Woodlore and it never ceases to amaze me how the instructors manage to use differentiated teaching, to pass on so much, in such a short space of time and keep you laughing! It is quite a shock when you flick back through the notebook at the end of the week and see just how far you have come and realise that things that you found hard on day one, seem like a walk in the park by the end of the week!”