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Wilderness Gathering 2015 - NorthernRaider - 14 December 2014 Tickets are out for the south wests premier bushcraft show ( and QT prepper RV) http://www.wildernessgathering.co.uk/ticket.html Hopefully we will get down again this year after last years screw up. ( None of the skills below are as hard as getting BP to buy a round ) Skills Workshop These are some of the exciting courses that we are offered at the 2014 Gathering, keeping checking back we add those planned for the 2015 Gathering. Workshops Friday Activities 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. Building a First Aid Kit For Wilderness/Bushcraft - Survival & Medical Deer Gralloch -Trevor Funnell of Bison Bushcraft 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. Knife sharpening and Firelighting - Mark Hordon Field Craft - Woodlife Trails Friction Firelighting - Woodlife Trails Group Shelter Build - Den Building Area Homeopathy - Introduction, Q&A Session - Philomena Nalty Haemostatic Agents - for major bleeding in the wild - Survival and Medical Homeless Survival and Existence - Chris Caine Herb Walks - Hurst Cottage Herbal Clinic Hide Tanning - working together to tan a hide - Outback 2 Basics Iron Age Blacksmithing - Dave Budd Informal Talks on Various Crafts & Skills - at the Backwoods Stand Lots to do about Amadou - Willow Lohr Making a Self Propelled Fishing Spear (using Wood/inner tube) - Coastal Survival Make Your Own Cream from Wild Plants - Battle Clinic of Herbal Medicine Make your own Grass Mat - to take away - Woodland Ways Make a Wooden Flower or Shuttle Dart - Woodland Survival Crafts The Group Bow Drill - make light work of friction firelighting - Woodland Ways Uses of a SAM Splint - musculoskeletal injuiries in the wild - Survival and Medical Wildlife Tracking Workshop - tracks & signs interpretation - Woodlife Trails What kit you should take into the Wilderness - Survival School FRIDAY EVENING - PETE CHRISTIE We are pleased to announce the return of Pete Christie again this year who returns to kick off the weekend's musical entertainment - stage in the Lake Field. WALK WITH TREES will providing Storytelling in the main field Basha Boat Racing Ponassing Shelter Building Ground Forge Saturday and Sunday Activities Live Music Flintknapping Friction Firelighting Coastal Gill Net Class Storytelling Throughout Saturday and Sunday there are four classrooms with workshops running concurrently on a comprehensive range of Bushcraft and related subjects including: National Bow Drill Competition - Phil Brown from Badger Bushcraft - SATURDAY ONLY (Please bring your own kit but they will provide the tinder) Returning after last years success, we have the WILDERNESS GATHERING DROP-IN SKILLS STAND where you can learn any skills or catch up on any workshops you may have missed. AXEMANSHIP TRAINING - Rowland Jones - Coyotes BASIC LEATHERWORK - Traditional Crafts BUSHCRAFT AND THE LAW - Woodlife Trails BUILDING A FIRST AID KIT FOR WILDERNESS/BUSHCRAFT - Survival & Medical COUNTRYMAN SKILLS, FERRETS & FALCONRY - Woodlife CORACLE TO THE KAYAK - a talk on skin craft - Backwoods Survival DEER CARCASE PREPARATION - Bisonbushcraft FERMENTED FOODS - Julie Ogonya FIELDCRAFT FOR PROFESSIONALS - Getting Closer to Wildlife - Woodlife Trails FLINTKNAPPING - Will Lord FRICTION FIRELIGHTING - Dave Watson FIRELIGHTING METHODS - Hands On Bushcraft HOMEOPATHY FOR FIRST AID & EMERGENCY SITUATIONS - Philomena Nalty FISH SKIN TANNING - learn how to tan fish skin - Outback 2 Basics FISH PREPARATION & SMOKING - Coastal Survival FLETCHING - MAKING A FLETCHED PENDANT - Woodland Ways FLINTKNAPPING - Wilderness Survival Skills GILL NET MAKING and how to carve a wooden netting needle - Willow Lohr GROUP FRICTION FIRELIGHTING - Woodland Ways HERBAL MEDICINE - information & topics - Battle Clinic of Herbal Medicine HERB WALKS - Hurst Cottage Herbal Clinic LEATHERWORK - How to sew a simple tinder pouch with antler fasteners - Willow Lohr LOOKING AFTER YOUR BUSHCRAFT TOOLS - Axe, Saw, Knife - Hands on Bushcraft LIFE IN THE BUSH - Edward O'Toole MAKING A FRAME SAW FROM GREEN WOOD - Bison Bushcraft MAKING A POCKET GILL NET - for emergencies - Coastal Survival MAKE YOUR OWN GRASS MAT- to take away - Woodland Ways MAKING & USING THE HAND DRILL - Woodland Survival Crafts NATURAL CORDAGE - Dave Watson NATURAL WASHING AND CLEANING - Natural Spa Supplies NEOLITHIC TINDER FROM FUNGI - Willow Lohr NATIVE FISHING EQUIPMENT & TECHNIQUES - Backwoods Survival PREPARING FISH - hot and cold smoking - Coastal Survival PREPPING - Tom Linden POTTERY TECHNIQUES - Into The Wild NATIVE FISHING EQUIPMENT & TECHNIQUES - Backwoods Survival PRIMITIVE PROJECTS - making rawhide string etc - Outback 2 Basics SHARPENING AND STROPPING - freehand and with guided systems - Mark Hordon SHELTER DEMONSTRATIONS & SUITABLE FIRES - Chris Caine SHELTER FRAME DESIGNS - Lonescout Bushcraft SKIN CRAFT - from the Coracle to the Greenland Kayak - Backwoods Survival SURVIVE TO FIGHT - Fire Lighting - Bob Podesta (ex SAS) SURVIVE TO FIGHT - Trapping - Bob Podesta (ex SAS) SURVIVE TO FIGHT - Escape & Evasion - Bob Podesta (ex SAS) SURVIVAL FISHING TECHNIQUES - modern - Tony Deacon TRACKING & SIGN INTERPRETATION - Willow Lohr THE TRADITIONAL & PRIMITIVE LIVING YEAR - Edward O'Toole USE OF THE CROSS CUT SAW - Rowland Jones USEFUL KIT - Chris Caine USES OF A SAM SPLINT - musculoskeletal injuiries in the wild - Survival and Medical WEAVING ARROW QUIVERS & COLLECTING BASKETS - Wyldwood Willow WHAT KIT YOU SHOULD TAKE INTO THE WILDERNESS - Survival School GIG NIGHT - EVENING starts at 7.30pm with ANDY GRANT & AMY MAYES followed by ADAM SWEET Adam Sweet, Andy Grant and Amy Mayes will all be playing a set each, we all remember the fantastic show that was put on for us all last year...one not to be missed. WALK WITH TREES will providing Storytelling in the main field Masterclasses Masterclass timetable, bookable in advance. Below are the Masterclasses for 2014: HAND DRILL EXPLAINED & MASTERED - at the Woodland Survival Crafts Stand (2014) - 1100 FRIDAY COASTAL GILL NET - at the Coastal Survival Stand (2014) - 1500 FRIDAY SAMMI BONE NEEDLE CASE - at Willow Lohr Stand (2014) - 0930 SATURDAY BIRCH BARK CONTAINER - at the Wilderness Survival Skills Stand (2014) - 1300 SATURDAY PHARMACY IN THE FIELD - at the Hurst Cottage Herbal Clinic Stand (2014) - 1630 SATURDAY TRACKING IN WOODLAND - at the Woddlife Trails Stand (2014) - 0930 SUNDAY COILED BASKETRY - at the Woodland Ways Stand (2014) - 1300 SUNDAY There will be various demonstrations given over the weekend at some of the trade stands including: AIR RIFLE RANGE - have a go - Four Feathers ARMCHAIR HERB WALK - Green Wyse Stand ARCHERY RANGE - Nick Hitchens AXE THROWING AREA - Kane Saull-Hunt AXECRAFT - Rowland Jones BLACKSMITHING - Dave Budd BLACKSMITH DEMOS - Kaos Blacksmiths CATAPULT RANGE - have a go - Four Feathers CARVING, WEAVING & HIDE TANNING - Wilderness Survival Stand CARVING, LEATHERWORK AND BASKET MAKING - Woodlife Makers Guild CANOE BUILDING TECHNIQUES - Woodlife Makers Guild CHARCOAL MAKING - Richard Ely CUTTING & COOKING METHODS - Rory Macphee Designs DISTILLING ESSENTIAL OILS/MEDICINAL WATERS AS CULPEPERS - Green Wyse Stand DISTILING WITHOUT A STILL - Green Wyse Stand FIRELIGHTING DEMONSTRATIONS - Daily - Woodland Survival Crafts Stand GREENWOOD CRAFTS - Ben Orford GETTING RID OF PARASITES IN HUMANS & ANIMALS - Natural Spa Supplies HOW TO MAKE LIP BALM - Green Wyse HOW TO MAKE HEALING POULTICES & PLASTERS - Green Wyse Stand IRON AGE BLACKSMITHING - Dave Budd Stand KNOT TYING DEMONSTRATIONS & INSTRUCTION - Richard Hopkins LEATHERCRAFT - Tibor Eperjessy LEATHERWORK COMMISSIONS - G Outdoor MAKE YOUR OWN LEATHER TINDER POUCH (all day every day) - Woodland Ways Stand (£5 to cover material) MAKING/DEMONSTRATING USE OF ROCKET STOVES - Rocket Stove Jim MAKE YOUR OWN COLLOIDAL SILVER ANTIBIOTIC IN THE FIELD - Natural Spa Supplies NATURAL WASHING AND CLEANING - Natural Spa Supplies POLE LATHE DEMONSTRATION PREPARATION and TANNING of SKINS PREHISTORIC WEAPONS PRIMITIVE TECHNOLOGY - Will Lord SAXON CRAFT DEMOS - Saxon Village Crafts SCOUTING SKILLS - Avon Scouts SPOON & KUKSA CARVING - Spooncarving First Steps SPOON & BOWL CARVING - Somerset Outdoor Learning SMOKING & FOOD PRESERVATION - Martin's Jerked Meats STICK MAKING - Charles Hutcheon WILD FIRST AID - Natural Spa Supplies RE: Wilderness Gathering 2015 - NorthernRaider - 14 December 2014 I wish to god I could get even basically competent at flint knapping, I did try twice on course up here to learn the basics but I never get it right, its infuriating because in a similar vein I got to grips quite well with using a hand axe for rough wood worker but I was hopeless trying to use an adze, I guess I'll never be a jack of all trades but its a good laugh trying to learn new skills. RE: Wilderness Gathering 2015 - bigpaul - 14 December 2014 Flint knapping is something I believe takes years to perfect, not something I can aspire to myself as this is not a flint area, I'd have to go 50 miles each way to collect flint, not bad now but in a SHTF would probably be impossible, you can make arrowheads out of bone and I purchased some horn strips to make some with but haven't actually got round to yet. NR I recommend you talk to TH about arrow making. RE: Wilderness Gathering 2015 - Devonian - 14 December 2014 There will also be plenty of scrap metal around for making arrow heads, anything from corrugated iron to car doors, all you need is a lump hammer (or even a stone) and ideally some tin snips. RE: Wilderness Gathering 2015 - bigpaul - 14 December 2014 that's all providing you have a lump hammer and some tin snips(and probably a rasp/file)?? RE: Wilderness Gathering 2015 - Devonian - 14 December 2014 (14 December 2014, 14:53)bigpaul Wrote: that's all providing you have a lump hammer and some tin snips(and probably a rasp/file)?? A lump hammer is easy to improvise. Tin snips, yes I have a few pairs and they are something I recommend everyone to have in preps. But even if you don't you can still fashion and cut thin sheet metal easily using a variety of items. In terms of arrow heads, you should also give consideration to slate, which again is easy to break and form appointed implements with - old slate roof tiles are ideal. RE: Wilderness Gathering 2015 - bigpaul - 14 December 2014 true, also bone and glass can be used to make arrowheads, I think you can make points out of old tins but I'm not sure how strong they are, at a basic level you could just sharpen the arrow to a point and harden it off in a fire(that's harden NOT set fire to ). RE: Wilderness Gathering 2015 - Devonian - 14 December 2014 (14 December 2014, 15:42)bigpaul Wrote: true, also bone and glass can be used to make arrowheads, I think you can make points out of old tins but I'm not sure how strong they are, at a basic level you could just sharpen the arrow to a point and harden it off in a fire(that's harden NOT set fire to ). Yes tin is good and you can layer it and wrap it to make a heavier head if needed, hence the need for a lump hammer or at least a nice big stone RE: Wilderness Gathering 2015 - bigpaul - 14 December 2014 plenty of stones lying about on Dartmoor!! RE: Wilderness Gathering 2015 - Midnitemo - 14 December 2014 Blimey I don't believe it!...something good that actually fall's on my weekend off....potentially a goer even if only on a day ticket. |