Venue: Thorton Duesbury Wood, Maughold (parking opposite Dhoon school)

Dates:
Sunday 2nd March 10:00 – 12:30pm – Knife handling and safety, whittling pegs.

Saturday 8th March 10:00 – 12:30pm (Special International Women’s Day session ) – Wild Woman bushcraft. – Make your own lip balm, charcloth, bracelet around the fire. (Session includes lunch, made over the fire).

Friday 4th April – 6:30 – 9:00pm – Fire starting and cooking

These fun and hands-on sessions are focused on basic bushcraft skills, including fire lighting knowledge and skills. Participants will learn about different fire starting methods, the types of materials needed, fire safety, and practical fire-building techniques. Some of the sessions will include wood whittling and basic carving techniques.

In some of the sessions (see event info) we will prepare food over the fire. Cooking is the art and skill of preparing food in the wilderness using minimalistic tools and techniques. Outdoor cooking varies heavily from conventional cooking in a kitchen, as it relies on specialised bushcraft cooking supplies that are portable, durable, and suited for the ruggedness of the outdoors.
These sessions are not all about the bushcraft. We see a growing need for people in our communities to reconnect with each other and nature. We love to bring people together to harness the power of nature and connections to overcome improve wellbeing and build peoples resilience.

What You’ll Learn
• Fire Safety and Precautions: Learn essential safety measures and proper techniques to safely build and manage fires.
• Fire Lighting Methods: Explore various fire-starting techniques, including primitive methods like bow drills and modern tools like firesteels.
• Preparing food outdoors: Explore how to get creative while cooking outdoors
• Hands-On Practice: Gain confidence through guided, hands-on practice with personalised feedback from the instructor.
• Wood Whittling methods: Different carving techniques

What We Provide
• All equipment.
• 2 qualified bushcraft instructors.
• Tea, coffee and biscuits. Also, food if the session is advertised as a cooking session.
What You Need To Bring
• Appropriate clothing and footwear. We’ll be outdoors, in our woodland, and we can’t control the weather! Warm clothes is essential.
• Water bottle.
• A sense of adventure.