Survival Basics Course - Sussex
Learn Survival Skills for a Temperate Climate in Sussex
This course is designed to give you a firm grounding in survival skills in a temperate climate from which to build. Over the two days you will build a shelter which you will spend the night in, make fires to cook from and learn how to collect and purify water. We also look at emergency equipment, the difficulties of moving and transporting an injured person, basic navigation by night and day and identifying basic fungi, plant and trees and their uses.
This is a very practical and fairly intensive course and is designed to dispel any myths about survival and teach realistic and useful skills. You will be busy from the moment you arrive, we run this course in a lecture then practical style ensuring you get all the correct knowledge and skills you need before you head off into the woods to put them to the test.
The course is run in 400 acres of beautiful woodland in the Ashdown Forest in Sussex.
During the course we will cover
- Survival psychology
- Shelter building
- Fire lighting
- Water collection & purification
- Tree, plant & fungi uses
- Emergency equipment
- Navigation techniques (day & night)
- Carrying an injured person
- Contacting help & being rescued
Cost
£185Want to book a group? You will need the minimum number of people (please see Group Size).
Duration
2 DaysGroup Size
6-12
Aim
To teach the principles of survival in a temperate climate, aimed at teaching useful and practical skills for all outdoor enthusiasts.
Who it's for
Anyone with an interest survival, especially useful for those who head off into the hills, rivers or crags!
Please note: traps, snares and preparing animals are not taught on this course. For that you will need to attend out Survival Skills Course.
Day 1
Shelters, creating fire, collecting and purifying water, signs and treatment of hypothermia, night navigation.
Day 2
Survival equipment, carrying an injured person, basic navigation skills, plant, fungi and tree identification and uses.
March to October, please see the calendar for the next available dates.
Sussex / Kent
Equipment Supplied
All tools and equipment for the course are supplied.Equipment Needed
Comfortable clothing and footwear. Due to the nature of the locations, you must have extra warm clothes and waterproofs. You will also need a sleeping bag, ground mat, torch, water bottle, notepad and pen / pencil. We will provide you with a kit listMin Age - 18yrs
Catering
All food is provided, please bring a plate, mug and cutlery.
Accommodation
1 night, in the shelters you have made.
18/6/2010
Thank you for running such a well-organized, fully active and fun weekend, I really enjoyed it. I would like to attend another one of your Courses in the future, for example, I might try your 4-Day Advanced Survival Course next time. Thanks once again for running such a good Survival Weekend – great fun & very informative!
Peter Walsh
18/6/2010
I went on the Basic Survival Skills weekend and it was fantastic. The weekend was fairly evenly spilt between being taught the theory, in the style of mini-lectures while gathered around the camp fire with tea and biscuits, and carrying out the practical aspects of survival in the wild. It was an incredibely well-organised and taught weekend course, and and a great way to learn more about the woods and countryside around us, as well as how to cope if you get stranded in them. A fun and informative weekend, which I would recommend to anyone!
Kirby Stevens
27/7/2010
We still havent stopped talking about the survival basics course. I saw my friends who were on the course with me yesterday and we were laughing about it again, and Maddie got carried away in a camping shop the other day and we are now the proud owners of a first aid bag and survival kit!
Thanks for such a great weekend!
Louise
27/7/2010
I would just like to take this opportunity to thank you and your team for an amazing weekend. Me and my partner, Vladimir had a fantastic time. We found that you and your team were hospitable and friendly, which impacted on our time in a positive manner…. Thanks again.
Lisa Faulkner
27/7/2010
Just to say many thanks for the weekend course. It was really enjoyable and I learnt loads! I think you and all your staff- Gary, Tom and Will have an excellent manner with all your guests, just the right balance between being encouraging and supportive and yet pushing us on to achieve well, survival!
It was a really unique experience for me, one which I will value highly, if only to appreciate the comfort of a real bed! But it has given me an appetite for more such courses, there's nothing quite like waking up in the middle of forest in a shelter you've built yourself, quite wonderful really.
Kate
11/4/2011
Good course
Better than I was expecting, I really learnt a lot of useful thimgs
and can't wait to get back out there and put them to the test
Thanks for a great time
Derick Bland
11/4/2011
Absolutely brilliant, really enjoyed the survival basics course. I learnt a lot of new things, and what I already knew was reinforced. Tom and Chris were very knowledgeable, friendly, helpful. Even though I was tired and very hungry, I could have stayed longer, as I really enjoyed it. So much so that I'll probably be doing the 5 day course.
I will be trying some of the fire lighting techniques myself, and also identifying the trees and plants in woodlands near me. I could not stop talking about this course at work today, and I'd like to get more involved in survival.
12/4/2011
very enjoyable weekend, lots of good knowledge transferred and practised.
17/4/2011
Hello there I thought the course was fantastic , much more intensive than I thought lots to take in but all in a good way, I especially liked the fire lighting lecture as all men do I suppose, cant wait to take my son wild camping as soon as possible, cant recomend the cource highly enough Tom did a great job many thanks Tim.
