weekend course

survival weekend

location: Glen Nevis, nr Fort William, Highland

Take a step closer to real survival with a Survival Weekend course, suitable for adventurous beginners and those with some bushcraft experience. It is a challenging course in that participants have only basic provisions and wild plants to sustain them. Accommodation is provided in natural shelters and most food is foraged and cooked using bushcraft methods.

In addition, the course covers knife and saw use, primitive firelighting methods such as sparking and fire by friction. Trapping methods will also be demonstrated.

Participants will not be thrown in the deep end and left to survive - guidance, support and instruction in all the methods will be given throughout. The main lessons will be from 19.00 to 21.00 on Friday, 07:00 - 19:00 on Saturday and 08:00-16:00 on Sunday.

By the end of the course participants will be proficient in the following aspects of survival:

  • Game preparation - gutting and skinning rabbits, pigeons and/or fish (depending on availability)
  • Cooking methods - direct cooking on fire (e.g. spit cooking, grilling)
  • Flat bread cooking (bannocks)
  • Cord using natural materials
  • Knife and saw use and carving project (e.g. making a spoon)
  • Fire making using friction and sparks and fire construction and uses
  • Foraging for plant foods - including tree, herb and fungi id and uses
  • Water collection and preparation
  • Natural shelter building
  • Trapping methods - theory practice, legal issues and demonstration of traps
  • Wildlife Tracking especially with reference to trapping and recognision of target and non-target species.

dates: see 'book online' below

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how to book:

  

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arrive:
  
for a 7pm prompt start on Friday
depart:
  
Sunday after 4pm
directions:
  
sent with booking confirmation
what to bring:
  
pen and notebook; warm, water-proof outdoor clothing, including long trousers and sleeves, drinking bottle, cup, mess tin/metal plate and cutlery; roll mat; 3- or 4-season sleeping bag (alternatively two summer bags can be used together); bivvy bag or army poncho;torch (preferably head torch) with spare batteries
let us know:
  
if you have any special needs, such as additional food for health reasons
price:
  
£160
Refundable up to two weeks prior to course (minus £30 admin fee)
No refunds for cancellations within two weeks of course
meals:
  
provided
car sharing:
  
visit our car sharing forum to offer or request a lift
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the venue is in Glen Nevis, near Fort William