Ray Mears Lecture Tour 2010

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Ray Mears in a traditional birch bark canoe

Ray Mears in a traditional birch bark canoe

We are pleased to announce that Ray will be doing a short lecture tour in Scotland and Belfast later this year.

Ray Mears’ skills with nature and in bushcraft have been acquired through working in some of the world’s remotest and harshest environments. In this fascinating presentation Ray brings together 30 years of study with a compelling story of wilderness, its wildlife and the bushcraft skills necessary for survival.

Ray will be talking at the following venues:

Win a £10.00 Woodlore Voucher

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For over a year now, we’ve been sending out Woodlore stickers with every single order from our Online Shop. Now, we’re giving you the chance to win a £10.00 Woodlore voucher, by showing us just where your sticker has ended up.

Adorned with the classic Woodlore logo designed by Ray so many years ago, these stickers have made it as far as Russia, Japan, Australia, Brazil and almost everywhere in between. If you’ve ordered from us during this time, we want to see where your sticker has made it.

E-mail us with a picture of your Woodlore sticker, and the best five entries chosen by the Woodlore Team will win a £10.00 Woodlore Voucher, which can be used against any of the camping kit in our shop, or against a Bushcraft Course of your choice.

To get the ball rolling, here’s Roger French’s entry, on the back of his 4×4, all the way from South Africa:

Roger French's sticker on the back of his 4x4

Roger French, South Africa

All entries must reach us by Wednesday 30th June 2010.

Meet the Suppliers – Gransfors Bruks

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Gransfors Bruks

The forge at Gransfors Bruks, Halsingland, Sweden

 The following article has been taken from our Meet the Suppliers section, an area dedicated to some of Woodlore’s most important bushcraft kit suppliers. Alongside Gransfors Axes, we also feature profiles on New Zealand-based company Swazi Clothing, the Swedish knife-maker Julius Pettersson, and S. Djarv Hantverk, a family-owned Swedish company who produce traditional woodcarving tools, such as the Spoon Knife.

Gransfors Bruks is a family-owned company, situated amongst the mountains and valleys of the beautiful Halsingland countryside in Sweden. A modest team of only twenty-five people, the axe forging is taken care of by just five highly-skilled smiths. The Swedes are often referred to as the world’s greatest axe enthusiasts, and Gransfors Bruks is one of their finest forges. 

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Canoeing in the Ardeche photo gallery

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Woodlore's Canoeing Expedition, 2010

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.

Photos from our Wilderness Navigation course

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Wilderness Navigation course 2010

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.

An interesting find…

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Deer remains found on Woodlore's Woodsense Tracking course

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?

Ray Mears Sleeping Bags now on special offer

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The Ray Mears/Nanok Golden Eagle sleeping bag
The Ray Mears/Nanok Golden Eagle sleeping bag

Two of Woodlore’s Nanok Sleeping Bags, which have been designed by Ray Mears, are currently on special offer:

The Osprey, a 3-season sleeping bag ideal for use at this time of year, as well as the Golden Eagle, a 4-season bag perfect for use from Autumn through Spring in the UK, are both now at a discounted price and can be found on our Special Offers page.

Camp Craft photo gallery

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Camp Craft 2010

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

Arctic Experience with Lars Falt and Ray Mears

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Woodlore's Arctic Experience expedition

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