ONE HOUR WORKSHOPS ~ BUSHCRAFT SKILLS

These are some of the exciting courses that we offered at the 2007 Gathering, keep referring back to this page for the new courses for 2008 as they are added:

SURVIVAL SPEAR THROWERS AND DARTS - primitive technology - Andrew Packer
ONGOING CANOE CLINIC - Steve Yates and Chris Thompson
FIRE BY FRICTION - Dave Watson
FLINTKNAPPING - Karl Lee
IMPROVE YOUR TRACKING - using the phase method - Ian Maxwell
ASTRO-NAVIGATION - Bruce MacDonald
NATURAL CORDAGE - Dave Watson
SPOON CARVING - wood selection to final product - Jonny Crockett
PLANT & TREE IDENTIFICATION and uses - John Rhyder
KNIFE SHARPENING - Mike Jarmain
WILD FOOD WANDER - Chris Holland
PUMP DRILLS - for all sorts of use - Dave Watson
FLINTKNAPPING - Anthonio Akkermans
KNOW YOUR STEEL - knife 101 - Andrew Packer
FIELD ARCHERY - Wayne Jones
SLING BRAIDING - the art of sling making - Andrew Packer
PRIMITIVE AND MODERN SURVIVAL TRAPPING TECHNIQUES - Andrew Thomas Price
HAND DRILL FRICTION FIRE- Chris Holland
NATIVE FISHING TECHNIQUES - primitive - Patrick McGlinchey
SURVIVAL FISHING TECHNIQUES - modern - Tony Deacon
PRACTICAL WILD FOOD COOKING - Marcus Harrison
TRAPS and TRIGGERS - Trevor Funnell
URBAN BUSHMAN - scavenging - Andrew Packer

As each course is confirmed you will find further information on this page along with the details of the Bushcraft Instructor concerned. Please refer to the TIMETABLE OF EVENTS to see what's on when, these will be Word files which you can download.

DEMONSTRATIONS AND EVENTS

There will be various demonstrations given over the weekend at some of the trade stands including:

STALKING GAMES - 50% of all proceeds to Survival International - Chris Holland
BIRDING - Tales of the Tribe (Adults) - Jeremy Hastings
THE GREY RANGERS and other birding tales (kids) - Jeremy Hastings
PREPARATION and TANNING of SKINS
STICK MAKING
PREHISTORIC WEAPONS
TIMBER HITCH ARCHERY RANGE
AXE THROWING AREA