Survival & Bushcraft Weekend

• Fully hands on, practical course conducted entirely in the wilderness
• Learn how to prepare evening meals and light a fire
• Learn to build your own shelter
• Guided tour of the woods showing edible plants
• Game and water preparation
• Woodland Sauna
• Experience gift pack including smart wallet and personalised voucher.
• Personal Accident Insurance to the value of £50,000 together with cancellation indemnity.

These courses are fully hands on, practical courses conducted entirely in the wilderness. The course meets at 7pm on the Friday. You will be shown your camp and shelters for the first night. You will be shown how to light the fire, and then you will prepare your evening meal of trout, rabbit or pigeon. On the Saturday you will make your own Damper bread, learn about traps and snares, set your own snare, build your own shelter entirely from natural materials in the woods. You will also learn how to light fire by friction, more importantly you will get the chance to do it yourself. We will also give you a guided tour of the woods to show you dozens of edible plants. You can try them yourself. We will also spend time on game preparation, water preparation, backwoodsman’s candles and natural navigation. On Saturday night you will be sleeping in the shelter you built. On the Sunday we will teach you about navigation, natural cordage and knife/axe sharpening. The last event is the Woodland Sauna. This is probably the highlight of the course. A truly memorable experience!

• Minimum age: 12 (kindly note that under 18’s must be accompanied by a full paying adult).
• Please ensure you let the staff know if you have a condition, which may affect your ability to participate in some activities e.g. asthma, allergies, strains or physical impairments.  We can cater for the partially sighted, hard of hearing and those who do not require a wheelchair.
• Available on selected weekends throughout the year.
• You should arrive on Friday evening at 7.00pm and expect to depart 12 noon on Sunday.
• Some items of kit will be provided for you by the centre, but it is recommended that you take the following items with you: -
  Plenty of warm clothing – wearing several thin layers is better than a few thick layers.  A waterproof jacket and several
  sweatshirts underneath are sufficient.  Jeans should not be  worn as they are slow to dry, clinging and cold.  Natural colours
  or camouflage will give you a better chance of spotting wildlife.  Walking boots are ideal, but wellies in wet weather and
  trainers in dry weather will suffice. Gloves, hats, etc if in cold weather. Sleeping bag and insulated sleeping mat. Knife,
  fork, spoon, mug, bowl and plate. Water bottle (1 litre mineral bottle will do). Torch with fresh batteries and 2 spare sets.
  Wash kit and towel, personal toiletries and medication. Small first aid kit (plasters, bandages, headache pills etc).
  Antibacterial wipes / soap. Spare change of clothing
  

All you have to do is pay for the experience you wish to purchase and we’ll send a gift pack to you or directly to the recipient. A voucher and booking information will be included in the pack so you just need to check the info and book your experience.

Gloucestershire - Stroud

Please note all locations are correct at current time but may change or be withdrawn for reasons beyond our control.

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