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Bushcraft and Survival are huge subjects and can be approached from many different angles and styles. For some it’s the military survival style that appeals, for others it’s the nature loving element, for us its about using the best bits from all to help us on our travels and adventures!

Our approach is from the adventurer’s point of view and our courses are designed with this in mind. We have studied and taken the best from all the elements to create our courses. For example we have taken our experience from mountaineering expeditions to remote areas and elements learnt on courses run by the Mountain Leader Training Board to broaden our outdoor skills and give us an overview of bushcraft and survival. We have used our military backgrounds where we have experienced the hardship of survival with minimal kit, equipment and extreme environments. And lastly we have learnt the fine skills required to create tools, identify plants, find food and make the outdoors our home from our bushcraft experience.

Survival Basics Course - Sussex

2 day survival course aimed at teaching the basics of survival in a temperate climate. Over the two days you will build a shelter to spend the night in, create fires from your surroundings and cook on them, learn how to collect and purify water. We also look at emergency equipment, how to carry an injured person, navigation by day and night and learn about identifying fungi, plants, trees and how to use them.

Survival Skills Course - Sussex

Spend 5 days putting your survival skills to the test in the Ashdown Forest. You will be thrown in at the deep end to refine your skills in shelter building, fire lighting and water collection throughout the course and be competent should you ever need to use these skills in a real life survival situation!

Tracking Skills Course - Sussex

Run in and around the woodland of Sussex, this course teaches you how to track wild animals, how to spot the signs of life nearby and identify species once you have managed to track them down. A fun and informative course that will excite wildlife enthusiasts, nature-lovers, biologists, hunters and photographers alike.

Tree Felling Course - Sussex

Learn how to fell trees effectively and safely with a range of tools in Sussex/Kent woodland. Also gain knowledge in such areas as safe felling direction and legal and environmental implications. Please note: this course does not involve the use of chainsaws.

Spoon Carving & Cordage Course

Out in Sussex woodland we will teach you more about the craft side of bushcraft by showing you how to create your very own spoon using just using a few tools.