TRAIN THE TRAINER BUSHCRAFT

Knife Skills & Edged Tools: Learn the do’s and don’ts of using a knife and managing a group undertaking knife sessions. Become proficient in the fundamental cutting techniques and use these skills to complete a number of craft activities ready to share with your group.

Shelter Building: Look at a number of useful and practical knots that will enable you to anchor and then tension cord to create the perfect tarp shelter. Explore the woodland and experiment with natural materials to construct a low impact shelter.

Fire Lighting: Develop your group and resource management along with your fire lighting skills in a variety of different ways; using ferrocerium rods, flint and steel, solar and friction. Collect and experiment with different tinders and learn how to make charcloth.

Knife & Tool Maintenance: Gain an understanding of how to care for and maintain your group’s knives and tools including a deep dive into different methods to sharpen your blades.

Cooking on Fire: Work as a team to cook breakfast over an open fire - eggs and bacon have never tasted so good! Make your own delicious campfire bread with a selection of herbs and spices to experiment with; be as creative as you like.

Basic Foraging: A brief introduction to the basic principles and legalities of foraging followed by a short walk to see what seasonal edibles are about.

Craft Activities: A number of small craft projects and challenges using a knife - pendants, whistles and eating utensils along with alternative projects such as cordage and charcoal pencils.

28th - 29th July 2026

8th - 9th September 2026

2 day training course - £190 + VAT (£228)

Your bushcraft experience will be run from our beautiful bushcraft camp at Nannerth Fawr just outside Rhayader, Powys LD6 5HA.

You will need to bring your own food for the first day but food for the second day will be provided.  The first day's lunch should be a packed lunch but you will be able to cook on an open fire in the evening if you wish.  Plenty of hot water, cooking grills and a limited selection of frying pans and pots will be available. Please bring your own plates, bowls, mugs, cutlery etc. and any specific additional catering equipment you may require.  This is not a survival course – you will eat well throughout, hot drinks and biscuits will be readily available, there won’t be any game dispatch or preparation and you won’t be asked to eat a plate of insects!

You will be operating in the outdoors throughout the course, including working with fires.  Please wear old clothes you do not mind getting dirty and potentially damaged.  Pack sturdy boots or shoes and layers to keep you warm and dry.

Feel free to bring your own bushcraft tools with you e.g. knives, axes and saws, however the instructor will need to ensure that the tools you bring are suitable for the course and will check them before use.  A bushcraft knife will be given to all adult participants and other tools will be available to borrow.

At night you will have the option to sleep under a tarp shelter you have constructed (your choice at the time). A tarp and ground sheet can be provided, or you can use your own if you wish.  However we appreciate this is not for everybody and you may wish to bring your own tent or hammock. Please bring your own sleeping bag (suitable for the time of year) and sleeping mat. We do have spare sleeping bags, mats and tents, however you will need to inform us in advance if you need to borrow any of these items.

You will need to bring your own food for the first day but food for the second day will be provided.  The first day's lunch should be a packed lunch but you will be able to cook on an open fire in the evening if you wish.  Plenty of hot water, cooking grills and a limited selection of frying pans and pots will be available. Please bring your own plates, bowls, mugs, cutlery etc. and any specific additional catering equipment you may require.  This is not a survival course – you will eat well throughout, hot drinks and biscuits will be readily available, there won’t be any game dispatch or preparation and you won’t be asked to eat a plate of insects!

You can either book online here or, if you are part of a company/organisation, we can invoice you. Please contact us if you would like to be invoiced.