Bushcraft and Survival Shows 2015
There's plenty to look forward to during 2015 - including this new event
I can't wait to get back to the bushcraft shows this year. If you have never been to a bushcraft show before, then you're in for a great time.
The whole atmosphere is buzzing with all sorts of characters demonstrating the age old skills and traditions
All the event encourage you to take part and learn these skills for yourself. There's also specialist courses going on during the show to really help hone your personal bushcraft skills.
With some of the most skilful practitioners of these age old skills on hand to talk to and ask questions you will learn so much about the crafts.
New for 2015 - The Great Wild Food & Chilli Fare
I want to start with this show first, as this event is brand new for 2015 and looks to be something a bit special.
I have spoken to the organizers and they are really geared up to put on a fantastic event with some very interesting features.
Certainly something to look forward to .
The event will be taking place at Rooks Hall, in Maldon, Essex on the 27th and 28th June 2015 and will be the very first event of its kind in the East of England region.
The Great Wild Food & Chilli Fare is being held across three distinct arenas to offer you a different wild experience each time.
There's a host of great instructors and experts giving talks and demonstrating skills as diverse as flint knapping from the UK's leading authority, Will Lord. - To the very 1st Official Essex Chilli Cook-Off UK - this is for a place in the UK and World finals.
Of course, there's going to be loads to see and do and, importantly, to eat.
This is an event to put in any preppers diary as these old skills are something we often overlook, especially the foraging and medicinal benefits of natural plants. It's also a chance to brush up on some of your bushcraft & survival skills., and learn new ones.
Will Lord
So, it looks like there's going to be plenty to see and do and eat at this show and I would think it's definitely going to be a hit amongst bushcraft enthusiast as well as us preppers,
Admission to the show is very reasonable indeed. With a day entrance ticket at £9, going up to a family ticket for 2 adults & 2 children + weekend camping for only £55
I will definitely be there, so if you see me, come over and say hello.
If you want to find out even more details about the show - here's a direct link to their website - and don't forget to mention, you heard about it from Steve at the UKpreppersGuide website..!
Happy Prepping Folks.
Steve
]]>Survival & Bushcraft Schools and Courses in the UK
Prepping is all about survival – although there is a lot of information on the internet, there’s nothing that beats actually ‘doing it’ for real.
Learning your bushcraft and survival skills from a good survival school is something well worth considering – there are lots of different areas where you need specific skills, not just how to build a shelter, but ‘real’ survival skills that will keep you alive.
Most UK survival schools include natural medicine and foraging for foods as well as identifying the good from the bad, as well as 100’s of uses for natures materials to help you survive in the wild.
If bugging out is a big part of your disaster survival plan then I highly recommend enrolling on as many, varied survival courses as you can afford.
Even the relatively simple tasks like skinning and preparing an animal for food is something that must be practiced – most UK survival schools go into this is in detail, making sure you gain the knowledge and bushcraft skills needed to keep you alive.
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The list below is for Survival & Bushcraft schools & courses around the UK. In no particular order – I do not endorse any of these , it’s just a helpful list
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| WoodLifeTrials –provides unique nature-based courses. introducing and immersing participants into the woodlands and forests of England. WoodLifeTrails.com |  |
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| Woodsmoke – Bushcraft & Wilderness Survival: woodsmoke.uk.com Location: UK – Lake District. |
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| Woodland Ways – Bushcraft & Survival Courses: woodland-ways.co.uk Location: UK – Oxfordshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, and Lincolnshire |
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| Natural Pathways Bushcraft est:2002 : natural-pathways.co.uk Location: Kent, UK |
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| Wild Man Wild Food: wildmanwildfood.com Foraging courses – how to identify, gather and cook wild plants. Location: UK – Canterbury, Kent. |
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| Woodlore – School of Wilderness Bushcraft: raymears.com Location: UK – East Sussex |
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| The Trueways Survival School: survival-school.org Location: UK |
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| Wildwood Bushcraft: wildwoodbushcraft.com Location: UK – Sussex |
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| Forest Knights: forestknights.co.uk Location: UK – Sussex |
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| Bushcraft Expeditions: bushcraftexpeditions.com Location: UK – Beaminster, Dorset |
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| Hands on Bushcraft: handsonbushcraft.co.uk Location: UK – Wiltshire |
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| WILD-LIVE: wild-live.org Location: Ireland & U.K |
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| Forest Skills Ltd: ForestSkillsLtd.co.uk Location: U.K – Cheshire |
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| Bear Grylls Survival Academy: beargryllssurvivalacademy.com Location: UK |
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| If you are thinking of booking a course with any of the schools above, please, don’t forget to mention you found them on the UK Preppers Guide website. | |
*if you know of any other good UK based survival schools, please let me know and I will add them to the list.
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Happy prepping folks….
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Knowledge is King…! 
What better way to increase your survival and bushcraft knowledge than actually seeing how things are done.
There are exhibitions and shows happening all the time, but some stand out as true bushcraft shows, offering all things survival and bushcraft.
Local and national and international celebrities and craftsman are common to see performing true bushcraft skills for us all to learn.
A real ‘hands on’ approach is always evident and everyone has lots of fun.
I really do encourage you to visit these shows, they are fascinating and you will learn so much.
The Bushcraft-Magazine 6th Annual May Day Meet 2015
May 1st – May 4th
Back again for another year! This year we are offering early discounts to subscribers, with tickets being sent out closer to the event.
Why not join us for a weekend of courses and a chance for bushcrafters and adventurous families to share skills and swap stories.
Taster courses, demonstrations and mini-workshops include:
Animal tracking, atlatl and arrow making, bone needle making, bow-drill, bow making, bread baking, ferreting, fire and forge, fire lighting and fire building, green woodworking, net making, spinning, spoon carving, star gazing, storytelling, wild cooking and wild forage.
The Bushcraft Show 2015
What is The Bushcraft Show?
May 23rd – May 25th
The Great Wild Food & Chilli Fare – 27th & 28th June, 2015
The Great Wild Food and Chilli Fair is happening at Rooks Hall, Maldon, Essex on the 27th and 28th June 2015 the first event of its kind in the East of England region.
The aim of our Fair is to:
- Celebrate and promote the incredible variety, quality and abundance of wild food that nature provides for us.
- Help young people and adults understand the connection between food and the landscape and the people who produced it.
- Work with local schools to educate our young foragers and artisan producers and guardians of the countryside of tomorrow.
- Support local charities.
- Encourage young people and adults to get out and forage, grow, and cook their food.
- To support young people and adults, to get out and about and visit our wonderful woodlands, countryside, lakes, rivers and wildlife reserves.
The fair will provide visitors with a Wild, Hot and Raw experience, based around three distinct areas, for example, within
The WILD arena provides an opportunity to learn and get up close to wild foods and includes a Bushcraft trail, which visitors follow, taking them through various Bushcraft and survival skills. A range demonstration and workshops from the likes of Will Lord, Woodland ways and Marcus Harrison from The wild food school amongst others,including individual instructors that specialise and are experts in a particular area of Bushcraft and environments. Including, green craft, primitive living skills and nature-focused activities across the whole weekend including a wilderness gathering within the campsite.
The HOT arena is all about chilli and spice; it will heat up our visitors senses and taste-buds. This will not be just wall to wall sauce event ……this will taking them on a chilli trail around the globe, from Mexico,Spanish Africa, India, Southeast Asia, Caribbean, South America and the USA. Offering the nation’s best-known independent chilli producers and growers. Including traders such as (Twisted 7 , The Chilli Alchemist, Grim Reaper, Fiery Foods, Clifton Chilli Club etc) selling everything and anything, you can make with chillies plus workshops and speakers talking about how to grow different types of chillis and chilli cookery workshops etc
The RAW arena, this is a very new areas for us, and we are keen to create a sound foundation of teachers and instructors /suppliers who can share their knowledge in this area. With the aim of introducing visitors to RAW food. Including super food smoothie demonstrations, vegetarian & vegan workshops, Raw Sushi, Fermenting, as well as detox and body cleansing methods and yoga classes, along with speakers and workshops from the herb society, plus lots more.
Visitors will also be able to sample delicacies from expert foragers /chefs, as well as local artisan traders, farms, smokehouses and brewers. Additionally, they can brush up their culinary skills at events and workshops hosted by some renowned local foodies including the Cake shop (woodbridge voted the best Bakery in Britain ,Braxted Park Cookery School ( Voted one of the best Game cookery schools in the UK and Maldon Salt, etc Promoting and showcasing excellent native ingredients foraged from the hedgerows, coastline beaches and rivers. Alongside chilli aficionados and US Broiler king pitmasters, raw food advocates and fantastic artisan-produced products.
We also have the 1st Official Essex Chilli Cook-Off UK for a place in the UK and World finals there will be loads to see and do and, of course, to eat.
A planned children’s zone (Kids go wild) that will create fun and safe environment for children to learn about the natural world and practice plant identification. As well as get hands on with a plethora of nature based craft workshops, children just love the treasure-hunt experience of searching the woods and the coast for plants to cook and eat over a campfire.
August 13th – August 16th
If you’ve never been to the Gathering before and you love nature and the outdoors, then we have the family show for you – Wilderness Gathering, a unique Bushcraft event, is the longest running and still the original festival of bushcraft, survival and primitive living skills. The Gathering has become a social event and brings together families and friends, all those interested in Bushcraft and Wilderness living skills to enjoy a weekend of knowledge sharing in a relaxed and family friendly atmosphere.
Onsite you will find leading Bushcraft schools and an international band of professional instructors hosting introductory lessons on all kinds of skills, trade and demonstrator stands, acres of woodland to practise your skills in and yes individual campfires are permitted, two lakes plus a herd of North American Bison!
The Gathering has established itself as the ideal outdoor FAMILY EVENT of the year and is recognised as the original bushcraft show.
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