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wilderness living skills July 4th-6th

4/5/2025

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We still have a couple of places on our wilderness living skills course. This course is designed to give you time to get to grips with fire lighting and management. How to ensure your safety when using knives axes and saws. Discover how to find water and make it safe to drink, finally experience 2 nights in different types of shelters, from tents to debris shelters. Get a better understanding on how to ensure a good night sleep.  Don't miss this great course get in touch here
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woodland plant day

16/3/2025

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Sunday April 13th, a relaxed day in the woods looking at the plants, how to identify and their uses. An introduction to an array of species.
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Join us in the beautiful bluebell woodland as we wander around and discover the amazing wild plants. We will search out some edibles and those with medicinal uses. For more details click here
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24 hour course May 10th-11th

2/2/2025

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Join us for 24 hours in the woods and have a go at some great bush craft skills including sleeping in the woods. we supply a range of shelters for you to try, from tents to bivvy bags, tarps hammocks and debris shelter. Get in touch now and book a place here.
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wilderness living skills july 4th-6th

26/1/2025

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A 3 day course in our beautiful woodland near Tiverton.
Ensure your place, book now.

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The course covers Fire, Water, Shelter and using sharp tools. The 3 days gives you time to learn and practice these key skills. With 2 nights in the woods you can try 2 different shelter systems from basic debris shelter to modern tarps, tents and hammocks. Its self catered and we can provide a variety of cooking equipment to cook over the fire. Contact us here
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WALKING WITH TREES 2025

29/12/2024

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Once again we are running this amazing course where you can learn about the trees that surround you. Covering over 40 species of trees and some very ancient craft skills you will be immersed in the world of trees. We have a couple of spaces left for the course starting in January. Click here to find out more.
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happy christmas 2024

24/12/2024

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Lin and I wish you all a very happy and peaceful Christmas.
Another great year with lots of amazing people in the woods,
from fire lighting to in depth learning each day is a joy for us.
To all of you who have joined us in the woods thank you.
To those who will join us next year we look forward to great days with you in the woods.
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great christmas present

4/12/2024

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We supply vouchers for all of our courses, its a great Christmas present.
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From single days to more in depth courses, time spent in the woods is good for the soul. We aim to teach good skills with enthusiasm and fun. So if your stuck for a present get in touch and we will sort out a voucher for a great time in the woods.
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walking with trees 2025

5/11/2024

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Book before 1st Dec at this years rate.
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Spaces on the course are filling up, if you book before the 1st of December the price remains at this years rate. This course will change the way you see the trees around you, you will be able to identify them and understand the role they played in our past. You will also learn some great craft skills related to the trees. No prior knowledge is needed just an enthusiasm to learn about trees.
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more bushcraft days

24/9/2024

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Our bluebell woods look great in the spring but we operate all year round. We are looking forward to several days booked in October with a variety of groups. Regardless of time of year the woods are a place to find a moment of peace, a sense of wellbeing and to re engage with the natural world. Get in touch now and book your day with us.
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Walking with trees 2025

6/9/2024

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Looking forward to running this course again next year. The dates are now on the web page. If you want to know more about trees then check it out.
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Most educational stand at the mid devon show

6/8/2024

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We are very humbled to win this cup at this years show. We are all about educating and inspiring others, so to win the East Devon college cup for most educational stand was amazing.
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mid devon show saturday 27th july

22/7/2024

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Once again we will be at the show with a display and running some demos. We love being at the show and meeting people, its a chance to show what we do and promote the benefits of being out in nature. If you're at the show come and see us you might even catch me making fire with 2 sticks...
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wilderness living skills course

22/4/2024

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A 3 day course in a beautiful woodland.
Get to grips with 4 key skills.
Sharp tool use, fire,
​shelter and water.

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No previous experience needed, this course will give you the chance to learn these key skills. You will have plenty of time to work on the skills, learn form each other and enjoy our beautiful ancient woodland. See web site for details.
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Wild plant identification and uses 2024

13/2/2024

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Course dates now on the web site

An introduction to over 30 woodland plants over 3 days. Each day will include a practical session using the plants that you've learnt to identify. You can join us for just 1 day or book all 3 days see the web site for details.
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bushcraft days

5/2/2024

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We love running bushcraft days whether its taster sessions or more in depth training.
​We create great days for the novice or the more experienced.
People have already started booking courses with us, check out the website and see what course you would like to do with us.
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give a voucher this christmas

7/12/2023

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You can buy a voucher for someone this Christmas and they can use it for any course we run in 2024
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There are single day courses, overnight courses, skill training courses and identification courses. We specialise in creating bespoke courses so you get the most from the course.
Click here and get in touch.
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school activities with lydeard farm

29/11/2023

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We will continue to provide great activities for school groups while they stay in the amazing lodges at Lydeard Farm, check out there site here. We run team building, archery, air guns, bushcraft, including foraging, fire, making ink from trees, safe use of knives, shelter build and so much more. This is the most wonderful site for your school children to experience nature, have fun and learn skills.
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2024 courses in the woods

25/11/2023

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Looking forward to a great year in the woods. We start in January with our really amazing course all about trees, then we will be running a wide range of courses from single days to in-depth 3 day courses. We will be working with schools, families, corporate groups, helping with Somerset wildlife trust wellbeing days and foreign students from as far away as Mexico. We can create the best course for you, so get in touch and book a wonderful day in the woods with us. Contact us here
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all about trees

4/11/2023

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We are approaching the time when deciduous trees lose their leaves and become dormant. Its the time to look at trees and be amazed by their form, the twisted boughs reaching out and in some cases the shear size of the tree. Its why we start our tree course in January, walking with trees is for anyone who wants to discover more about trees. Check out the website and book a place, join us and be inspired.
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April 29th single day course

22/4/2023

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We have some places on a single day bushcraft course this Saturday, if your interested get in touch here 
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single days courses

19/4/2023

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Another great day in the woods with amazing people enjoying the spring weather as we learn some bushcraft skills. We specialize in creating bespoke days and courses to suit your requirements. You can join others or book an exclusive day. Check out the website and get in touch to book your day with us.
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Wild woodland plants

12/2/2023

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A new course for this year. The aim is to provide an introduction to the plants found in a woodland. It will cover how to identify them, how we once used them, a practical element, where we have a go recreating a few of the uses. Our ancient woodland boosts over 15 species of trees and over 50 species of plants including several acres of blue bells. It makes for an amazing classroom in which to learn about plants. It is a 3 day course over 3 months. details on the website.
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tree identifcation course 2023

4/1/2023

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WALKING WITH TREES, is our tree ID course plus so much more. Learning how to ID trees in winter and summer. Visiting our beautiful woodland over a 6 month period and seeing it change with the seasons. Learning about the trees place in our history, its folklore and stories. Discover how we made use of the trees with craft skills going back in time. A walk will never be the same as you learn about the trees that surround you.
​More details here
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wALKING WITH TREES, TREE IDENTIFICATION COURSE FOR 2023

10/8/2022

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DATES FOR OUR TREE IDENTIFICATION COURSE FOR NEXT YEAR CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE.
This will be the fourth year we have run this course and the dates are in the diary. Places are limited to enable us to provide quality teaching experience for you.
This course will help you identify trees, understand how we used them and learn some skills that date back 100,000's of years. Its 6 days over 6 months, enjoy being in an ancient woodland and watch the woodland wake up from winter and become full of life. Its time around a fire with like minded people and its most importantly re engaging with these most amazing living beings.
                      Course details here                                           ​Book now here
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a very busy time

1/8/2022

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This year has been our busiest ever, which means lots of days in the woods with amazing people. We have enjoyed many family days, run bush craft sessions for schools activity weeks and run large corporate team days. Its not over yet with more schools work and corporate team days booked in. We also ran our tree identification course Walking with trees, it has proven very valuable and popular, dates for next year coming soon.
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    BUSHCRAFT COURSES IN SOMERSET, Bristol and DEVON

    We love the great outdoors and are continually learning more about how amazing our wild world is.
    We are also discovering that being out in woods, up in the hills or paddling down a river is such a benefit to our innermost being.
    It does us good.
    So how can we help you?
    We run all sorts of days where you can learn how to be at home in wild places, how to engage with our world with minimum impact.
    From children's birthday parties, to a fun day out with partners and friends. Staff training to team experience days.
    ​Stag and hen events. From an introduction to bushcraft to taking it further.
    Whatever it is you are thinking about we will endeavor to make it happen for you, or find the person who can.

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