How-Tos

Through sharing hard-won lessons learned, skills, tips and techniques required for self reliance, bushcraft and outdoor adventure activities, we can pass on any knowledge that can be usefully applied to other adventures.

How To Re-Handle An Axe

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I believe that an excellent way to develop a skill is to watch experts at work and study their subtle secret techniques that they probably do unconsciously and learn from them by imitating.

So, whither you’re a bushcrafter, green woodworker or just want the skills to make and fix your own canoe. Stop what your doing, grab a cup of tea, sit back, relax and enjoy this old boy demonstrating how to make a wooden axe handle.

I’ll let you learn the lessons from it that you need to learn. But it’s clear to me that this man understands the nature of wood and how to use a few simple tools to shape and liberate a beautiful axe handle from a piece of lumber.

I hope that you find this clip as enjoyable as I do and that it helps you to develop your skills too.

Autumnal foraging: Is there anything left to pick?

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BBC Food – Autumnal foraging: Is there anything left to pick?.

English: Alaska wild berries from the Innoko N...
Alaska wild berries from the Innoko National Wildlife Refuge (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

After one of the wettest summers on record, autumnal berries and nuts are scarce on the ground.

Soft fruit such as blackberries, elderberries and hawthorn have been patchy this year, says the British Trust for Ornithology and rowan berries have not fruited properly. What is there to pick this autumn?

Claudio Bincoletto, a professional forager, chef and horticulturist takes us on a tour of edible plants and cooks up an autumnal dish of wild duck with foraged leaves, walnuts and flowers at Petersham Nurseries in Richmond.

Disclaimer: The Food Standards Agency has issued safety advice on foraging for wild food: “Always make sure you know exactly what it is that you are picking. If you have any doubt, don’t. Guide books to identify plants and mushrooms may be helpful or, even better, take someone with you who is experienced in identifying edible plants.” Read more including about suitable fruits and plants to pick on its website.

Sea Foraging in Dorset

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John Wright, River Cottages forager-in-chief, takes Alastair Sawday down to Osmington Mills on Dorsets Jurassic Coast in the search of an alfresco dinner. Together they find, pick and cook the finest meal the Weymouth coastline can offer

Foraging is an excellent way to supplement your supplies on any adventure and will expose you to a world of new tastes.

C to C Kayak Roll Identifier

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C to C Kayak Roll Identifier. The C to C kayak roll is commonly known as the hip snap or hip flick roll. This sequence will help you understand which roll you are doing and define the movement that is required to get the most our of the popular roll.

Common Threads of Kayak Rolls

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Common Threads of Kayak Rolls. This gives the experienced kayaker food for thought. A must see for the beginner. Though these rolls are completely different note the common threads when they are properly done.