one-day course

survival day

location: nr Lindfield, Sussex

The course includes foraging for seasonal wild plants, knife use, fire by friction (with bow drill), shelter building (such as leaf huts or improvised natural shelters), and game preparation (this could be fish, rabbits or pigeons depending on availability) and cooking on the fire. Game is provided for your lunch.

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.

By the end of the course participants will have been introduced to 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)
  • Knife and saw use
  • Fire making using friction and sparks and fire construction and uses
  • Foraging for plant foods - including tree, herb and fungi id and uses
  • Natural shelter building

dates: see 'book online' below

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how to book:

  

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arrive:
  
for a 9am prompt start
depart:
  
5pm after the course ends
directions:
  
sent with booking confirmation
what to bring:
  
pen and notebook; suitable clothing
let us know:
  
if you have any special needs
price:
  
£80
Refundable up to two weeks prior to course (minus £30 admin fee)
No refunds for cancellations within two weeks of course
lunch:
  
provided
car sharing:
  
visit our car sharing forum to offer or request a lift
 

 

 

 

 

the venue is a woodland near Lindfield in Sussex