April 2020
Kids Easter Holidays Bushcraft club
Needed - Organic, free-range kids. A full day of wilderness fun and play awaits you here at YDB. Join us around the campfire for a full day of learning how to survive in the wild. Each session is lead by a team of experienced instructors, delivery an exciting day come rain or shine. This is a list of skills we practice on various days; Primitive shelter making Campfire Cookery Campfire Baking Survival knots and lines Map reading Fire making, primitive…
Find out more »Kids Easter Holiday Club @ Burley Oaks School
**Please Note: Our awesome camp is run solely by YDB with permission from Burley Oaks School. Please direct all queries to Yorkshire Dales Bushcraft. ** Needed – Organic, free-range kids. A full day of wilderness fun and play awaits you here at YDB. Join us around the campfire for a full day of learning how to survive in the wild. Each session is lead by a team of experienced instructors, delivery an exciting day come rain or shine. Each day…
Find out more »May 2020
Adults Intro to Bushcraft and Survival
**No experience necessary, everyone is welcome around our campfire** This is a fantastic opportunity to learn some of the basic and essential Bushcraft and survival skills needed to survive and thrive in the wild. On this day, you may arrive as strangers, but you will leave as friends. Bring a camera along and record your epic adventure. Throughout the day we will teach a variety of Bushcraft skills; Fire making. Primitive skills Shelter making - Primitive and advanced Establishing a…
Find out more »Adults Overnight Bushcraft Camp
Come and join our experienced team in the woods to learn primitive and survival skills. We have a variety of days available from our Introduction to Bushcraft days, where you will cover a variety of skills over the day, or look at our other events for more depth on specific bushcraft skills. We will gather back together around the campfire to prepare and eat the evening meal together as a group (all food provided) – this can vary…
Find out more »June 2020
Focus on Firelighting Course (age 12+)
Our Focus on Firelighting courses give you the opportunity to have time dedicated to learning the skill of firelighting in the wild. We will meet in our woodland and after introductions we will discuss the history of fire and how it has enhanced our species before having a go at building our own firepits and trying out several different methods of firelighting. We will cook lunch together over the group fire, learning how to use the flames to cook our…
Find out more »July 2020
Yorkshire Dales Food and Drink Festival 2020
We are delighted and super excited to be attending the awesome Yorkshire Dales Food and Drink Festival 2020. Throughout the weekend, we will have the following demonstrations, workshops and events running throughout the weekend... Woodland crafting workshops - Come along with the family, make create, decorate and take home your crafts. This workshop is open to all ages. Fire Making workshops - Attempt to make fire using a method that is a quarter of a million years old. Campfire Bakery…
Find out more »September 2020
Focus on…shelter building
Our Focus on shelter building day course gives your the time to explore this wilderness skill in more depth than our introductory courses. After meeting our instructors in the woodland, introductions will be made and a full safety brief given. Over the course of the day our experience instructors will teach you how to build a variety of shelters from natural materials and tarps. The day includes a group lunch cooked on the campfire, this may include the opportunity to…
Find out more »October 2020
Isle of Rum – Coastal Survival Expedition 2020
NO Experience necessary. Age 16 and above. ( Younger guests can be accommodated if accompanied by an adult) Our approach to instructing is friendly and informative. This is by no means a test of endurance, although we may ask you to step out of your comfort zone from time to time. After a short journey by ferry, we will arrive on a magical island of Rum. The island of Rum is home to just 24 people, approximately 40 square miles…
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