Events at Wilderness Gathering

These are some of the exciting courses that we are offering at the 2011 Gathering, keep referring back to this page for the additional courses as they are added:

INSTRUCTOR GUIDED PROJECTS:
These projects will be facilitated for you to get involved in. Although started and mentored by instructors these are all opportunities for you to get your hands dirty and experience some larger Bushcraft and Wilderness Living Skills Projects.

National Bow Drill Competition - Woodcraft School Stand - FRIDAY ONLY
(Please bring your own kit but they will provide the tinder)

Wild Food Question & Answer Sessions - Wildfood School

Woodland Workshop - Survival School
How to make mallets, saw horses, wood cradles etc. Revise your safe cutting techniques for bow saws and axes.

Urban Survival Strategies & Tactics - Wilderness Essentials

A Series of Novel Firelighting Demos - main arena with Dave Watson/Dale Collett

Simple Carving Projects - throughout the day - Woodsmoke

Constructing a Clam Bake Pit - Land & Wave

Felting - come and make a small pouch/bag - Outback 2 Basics

The various techniques of firemaking - Mark Hordon

Make Your Own Leather Pouch - Woodland Ways(£5 to cover materials)

Poultices, masks & basic cosmetics in the field - Sally Mittuch

Basha Boat Racing down on the lake - Joe O'Leary

Debris Shelter with the Kukhuri - North Ridge Adventure

Whistle Making - Dave Watson

Wild Food Cookery Session - Wildfood School

Marine Foraging and Seafood Demonstrations - Land & Wave

Freehand knife sharpening and stropping - Mark Hordon

Deer Gralloch -Trevor Funnell of Bison Bushcraft

Group Shelter Build - Den Building Area

Constructing and using a primitive ground forge - Dave Budd

Rooster Carving - Martin from the Bushcraft Tribe

Ground Forge and Blacksmithing - Dave Budd

Camp Fire Music - Lester Matthews of Adventure Rapport

Extreme Baking Competition - Bannock Baking competition run by Wilderness Gathering. You'll need to pay to enter and all the proceeds will be going to Survival International.

Throughout Saturday and Sunday there are four classrooms with workshops running concurrently on a comprehensive range of Bushcraft and related subjects including:

A STRAIGHTFORWARD FORAGING WALK (for novices) - Wildfood School
AXE WORKSHOP - Survival School
AXEMANSHIP - Rowland Jones

BUSHCRAFT AND THE LAW - relating to edged tools, trespass etc - Woodlife
BASHA BOAT RACING - down on the lake - Wilderness Survival Skills
BAT WALK (at Dusk) - Woodcraft School
BUTCHERY DEMONSTRATION - Blue Mountain
BUCKSKIN/HIDE TANNING - Woodsmoke
BOW MAKING - British Bushcraft School
BUILDING A STRINGED INSTRUMENT FROM WOODCRAFT MATERIALS - Lester Matthews

CLAY FOR HEALING & FIRST AID - for humans and animals - Sally Mittuch
CRITICAL INCIDENTS - how they develop and how to make effective decisions to avoid catastrophe - Dr Jon Cole
COOKING A CLAM BAKE - Land And Wave

FIREMAKING TECHNIQUES - with sparks, solar, compression, chemical & friction - Mark Hordon
FISHING NET - British Bushcraft School
FEATHER STICKS, FLOWERS & SHUTTLE DARTS - Woodland Survival Crafts

GAME PREPARATION & DUTCH OVEN COOKERY - Woodland Ways

HOMEOPATHY IN THE FIELD - Philomena Nalty
HAND DRILL - British Bushcraft School

INTERTIDAL FORAGING - Coastal Survival

LEARN TO TRACK - in five simple steps - Shadowhawk

NATURAL CORDAGE - Dave Watson
NAVIGATION & ROUTE FINDING - North Ridge Adventure
NETMAKING - inc.a gill net - Coastal Survival
NIGHT TRACKING - Shadowhawk

MAKING A FRAME SAW FROM GREEN WOOD - Bison Bushcraft
MAKING YOUR OWN BOWDRILL SET - Woodland Survival Crafts
MAKING RAWHIDE - make rawhide deer sandals - Outback 2 Basics

PLANT & TREE IDENTIFICATION and uses - Woodcraft School
PREPARING FISH - hot and cold smoking - Coastal Survival
PREPARING SEAFOOD IN THE WILD - Land And Wave
PLANT WALKS - Woodsmoke

SHARPENING AND STROPPING - freehand and with guided systems - Mark Hordon
SHELTER FRAME DESIGNS - Lonescout Bushcraft
SHELLFISH TRAPS - made from beach rubbish - Coastal Survival
SNARING - how to make & set snares - North Ridge Adventure
SURVIVAL FISHING TECHNIQUES - modern - Tony Deacon

THE BEGINNERS GUIDE TO FORAGING WILD - what to look for and where to look for it - Wildfood School
TOOL SELECTION & SHARPENING SYSTEMS - Woodsmoke
THE WORLD OF EDIBLE BUGS - Wildfood School
TRAPS AND TRIGGERS - Wilderness Survival Skills
TRAPS AND TRIGGERS - Backwoods Survival
TRACKING WALKS - Woodsmoke

UNDERSTANDING THE TREE - Woodcraft School
USING SEAWEEDS AS FOOD - What to do with some of the edible seaweeds - Marcus Harrison
URBAN SURVIVAL STRATEGIES & TACTICS - Wilderness Essentials

WILD PLANT WALK - Jacquie Saul-Hunt
WILDERNESS NAVIGATION - North Ridge Adventure
WOOD AS AN EFFICIENT FUEL - Wild Stoves Ltd
WOODLAND WORKSHOP - Survival School
How to make mallets, saw horses, wood cradles etc. Revise your safe cutting techniques for bow saws and axes.

Masterclass timetable, bookable in advance. Go to the stand of the school running your Masterclass at the start time:

TRAPS AND TRIGGERS - starts at 0900 on Saturday at the Wilderness Survival Skills Stand
TINDER FUNGUS - starts at 1400 on Saturday at the Woodsmoke Stand
NIGHT TRACKING - starts at 2000 on Saturday at the Shadowhawk Stand

DAWN TRACKING - starts at 0500 on Sunday * at the Shadowhawk Stand
HAND DRILL - starts at 0900 on Sunday at the Woodland Survival Crafts Stand
BOW DRILL - starts at 1300 on Sunday at the Woodcraft School Stand

There will be various demonstrations given over the weekend at some of the trade stands including:

ANTLER & BONE FLUTE MAKING - Helen Leaf of Leaf Trading Post
ARCHERY RANGE - Nick Hitchens
AXE SHARPENING - Earthcraft UK stand
AXE THROWING AREA - Kane Saull-Hunt
AXECRAFT - Rowland Jones
BASHA BOAT RACING - run daily with prizes for Winners - Joe O'Leary
BASKETMAKING - Helygen Baskets
BLACKSMITHING - Dave Budd
CHARCOAL PRODUCTION - Chew Valley Charcoal
CONSTRUCTION OF A CURRACH BOAT - Rory Macphee Designs
CREEL MAKING - Helygen Baskets
DARK AGE WOODWORK & FIRELIGHTING - William Del Tufo
FIRELIGHTING DEMONSTRATIONS - Daily - Dave Watson of Woodland Survival Crafts
HOW INSTRUMENTS WORK AND THEIR CONSTRUCTION - Lester Matthews
KNOT TYING DEMONSTRATIONS & INSTRUCTION - Richard Hopkins
IRON AGE BLACKSMITHING - Dave Budd
NAVIGATION - North Ridge Adventure
POLE LATHE DEMONSTRATION
PREPARATION and TANNING of SKINS
PREHISTORIC WEAPONS
PIT FORGE
SEAWEED - Finding, Preparation and Use - Land and Wave
SILVER CASTING, the Dark Age way - Wolfcoat Woodcraft
SMOKING & FOOD PRESERVATION - Martin's Jerked Meats
SMALL BARK POTS - Clair Hobson at the Earthcraftuk stand
STICK MAKING - Charles Hutcheon