INSTRUCTOR GUIDED PROJECTS FOR FRIDAY
(Weekend tickets only)
These projects will be facilitated for you to get involved. 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.
In 2007 we had:-
Carving Techniques - Martin Birkenshaw
Building a clay oven - Dryad Bushcraft
Deer carcass preparation and uses - Piers Chandler
Building a Basha Boat - Steve Yates/Bison Bushcraft
Constructing and using a primitive ground forge - Dave Budd
Build a Sweat Lodge - Jason/Woodland Ways
Rooster Carving - Martin from the Bushcraft Tribe
Ground Forge and Blacksmithing - Dave Budd
Traditional Forge set up in Roundhouse
Extreme Baking Competition - Bannock Baking competition
run by Wilderness Gathering
The Coyote Kids knife safety workshop for youngsters will be run on all three days at 0930.
COYOTE KIDS
The perfect introduction for your children to the great outdoors, lots of exciting events are planned throughout the weekend including: The all important knife workshop which introduce the safety and fundamental use of knives & Fire Safety Workshop. Program of activities listed below.The first event for the coyote kids club will be a mandatory knife safety workshop on Friday morning. This will be run by Jeremy Hastings and his crew from Islay Birding and Bushcraft. Following on from this first workshop will be more skills and games for the younger bushcrafters throughout the weekend
Survival Relay Race
Shelter building, signalling for rescue, simple trapping and first aid. All done against the clock, with an average time around 10mins. All this is done after some basic training. The whole event is completed inside of 2 hours and will be led by Spanner of Footsteps of Discovery.
Sneaking Game (for kids and adults)
The Sneaking Game both for children and adults will be led by Chris Holland of Wholeland.
And throughout the weekend Islay Birding & Bushcraft will be running the following:
Natural weaving
Camp craft (making items for a more comfy camp)
Make a sun clock
Weather Station
Journey Stick
Stalking Games
Scavenger Hunt
Trail Codes
Bushcraft Stories
Organisers: Roger Harrington and Dominic Harvey
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