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Bushcraft the Sea Cadet way

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on 18/09/2009 | Leave a Comment »

I have been involved in teaching outdoor pursuits to Sea Cadets now for over 10 years, mainly focussed on land-based activities (though I’ve been known from time to time to get a toe or two wet in some sort of boating activities).
I am very keen to bring Bushcraft into the Adventurous Training part of the Sea [...]

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Lapland Spring 2009 – 22nd May

Posted in Crafts, Fire craft, Fishing and Hunting, Food and Drink, Lapland, Natural Materials, Nature, Shelter, Tools, Travel and navigation, Trees, tagged , , , , , , on 17/06/2009 | 2 Comments »

Rowed to the far end of the lake first thing this morning and went walking in the forest, but very quickly it clouded over and really heavy rain fell.  I was soaked by the time I got back to the cabin and it’s times like that when I really appreciate have the cabin and a [...]

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The hand drill – Rich59

Posted in Fire craft, Guest Blogger, Natural Materials, Primitive skills, Trees, tagged , , , on 03/04/2009 | Leave a Comment »

I have written this post with the express purpose of passing on my hand drill skills to you.
Myself and  a friend set ourselves the challenge to collect some fresh materials and make a working hand drill set with them.   We went out for a walk in the local woods to see what we could find [...]

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Guest blogger – Rich59

Posted in Fire craft, Guest Blogger, Natural Materials, Nature, Plants, Primitive skills, Travel and navigation, tagged , on 31/03/2009 | 3 Comments »

Hi, I’m Richard (AKA Rich59).

Fenlander asked me if I would be interested in helping with some guest contributions to his blog.  More than glad to help mate if I can pass on anything of use!  I come to bushcraft as a townie looking to escape when I can and for as long as possible.

Leading a [...]

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Teaching Sea Cadets

Posted in Equipment, Fire craft, Meetups and gatherings, tagged , , , , , , on 30/10/2008 | 5 Comments »

Last Friday evening I left work and headed down the M11 to Hoddesdon, to help teach Sea Cadets bushcraft and outdoor living skills as part of there Expedition Leaders Assessment, at the invitation of my friend George and the London North East District Sea Cadets.
I arrived just before dark, to a deserted campsite, so walked [...]

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A couple more pictures from the Bodgers Ball

Posted in Crafts, Fire craft, Meetups and gatherings, Trees, tagged , , , on 14/05/2008 | 1 Comment »

Here is one of the most beautiful Birch bark containers that I have ever seen. Birch bark has even been used to stitch it together.
Unfortunately I never did find out who had made it or where the Birch bark had been sourced from.
Here Dave Watson from Woodland Survival Crafts is demonstrating making fire using [...]

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Pump-drill

Posted in Fire craft, Natural Materials, tagged , on 08/05/2008 | Leave a Comment »

I have just made a pump-drill for friction firelighting, made from items I found in a neighbours skip.

The drill is a length of wooden curtain rail, with a hole drilled in one end to allow the insertion of various wood-tips for firelighting. The flywheel is a round 2kg weight (the type used in weight [...]

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