ONE HOUR WORKSHOPS ~ BUSHCRAFT SKILLS

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

STAYING WITHIN THE LAW - knives, saws and axes - Jonny Crocket
SURVIVAL SPEAR THROWERS AND DARTS - primitive technology - Andrew Packer
CRITICAL INCIDENTS - how they develop and how to make effective decisions to avoid catastrophe - Dr Jon Cole
SHELTER FRAME DESIGNS - Ian Cresswell
SURVIVAL BEHAVIOUR - reactions to disaster and factors to help us to survive - Chris Smart
SEEING THE WOOD FOR THE TREES - making use of natural growth shapes of branches to use a tools - Chris Smart
IMPROVE YOUR TRACKING - using the phase method - Ian Maxwell
WATER PURIFICATION -primitive and modern devices- Andrew Price
FEATHER STICKS, FLOWERS & WHISTLES - Dave Watson
SPOON CARVING - wood selection to final product - Jonny Crockett
PLANT & TREE IDENTIFICATION and uses - John Rhyder
TRAPS & TRAPPING TECHNIQUES - principles of traps/triggers and ethics of using traps for survival - Andrew Price
BOW DRILLS - teaching bowdrills to children - Dave Watson
A STRAIGHTFORWARD FORAGING WALK (for novices) - Marcus Harrison
FIELD ARCHERY SESSIONS - Wayne Jones
PRIMITIVE AND MODERN SURVIVAL TRAPPING TECHNIQUES - Andrew Thomas Price
NATIVE FISHING TECHNIQUES - primitive - Patrick McGlinchey
WILD PLANT WALK - Jacquie Saul-Hunt
SURVIVAL FISHING TECHNIQUES - modern - Tony Deacon
SUSTAINABLE FORAGING IN THE SURVIVAL GAME PLAN- Marcus Harrison
TRAPS and TRIGGERS - Trevor Funnell
URBAN BUSHMAN - scavenging - Andrew Packer
TYRE MAINTENANCE OFFROAD - Iain Lambert
USING YOUR VEHICLE AS A SURVIVAL RESOURCE - Jason Ingamells
GPS NAVIGATION - Iain Lambert

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
KNOTTING AND SPLICING - Charlie Tyrrell
CHARCOAL MAKING
IRON AGE BLACKSMITHING - Dave Budd
HOW TO USE AN AXE - Rowland Jones
PIT FORGE
STICK MAKING
PREHISTORIC WEAPONS
ARCHERY RANGE - Kane Saul-Hunt
AXE THROWING AREA - Kane Saul-Hunt
STORYTELLING - Chris Salisbury (both on Friday and Saturday Night around the fire in the main arena)