Bushcrafting Events in Devon
Holidays / Camps
June 21Seashore Edibles
A day out on the beaches and bays of South Devon’s beautiful coastline - foraging, harvesting, fishing and cooking a diverse menu of seashore foods.
Cost: £40 Adults/kids come free!
June 22 Firecraft Workshop
A summer solstice celebration of fire! An exhilarating day learning the skills of traditional friction fire-making in a variety of ways. Cost: £40 Adults/kids free!
June 29Introduction to Tracking - Martin Prothero
A day to open your senses to the patterns and rhythms of the natural world.
Learn some tracking skills, cultivate a deeper awareness of nature and be prepared to get closer to wildlife! Cost: £40 Adults/kids come free!
July 4-6 Bushcraft Weekend (In aid of Survival Int. Bushmen Appeal)
A hands-on experience of some of the survival skills seen with Ray Mears on TV. Come and learn how to light a fire with no matches, sleep out under a natural shelter and forage for wild foods in a Dartmoor wildwood. Cost: £155 Adults
July 4-6 Dart River Safari
A gentle adventure on the tidal river Dart watching wildlife, and enjoying the beauty and tranquillity of the open water. Canadian canoes, camping, storytelling and bushcraft skills.
Cost: £175 (£55 non-paddling places)
July 28–31 The Wild Ones (8-12yrs)
As seen on ITV’s ‘Country Lives’, this residential holiday for young people is a rare and exciting opportunity to learn and practise traditional, outdoor skills. Experienced, professional staff will blend bushcraft and nature awareness with storytelling, giving the youngsters the adventure they’ve always wanted! Cost: £185
August 5-9 Family Camp
Quality time for families to enjoy diverse outdoor activities, crafts and skills, taught by expert tutors in a convivial, creative camp atmosphere in beautiful wild nature.
Wildlife, woodcraft, bushcraft, blacksmithing, basketry and storytelling.
Cost: £335/£450/£565 family of 2/3/4
August 9-11 Blacksmithing Craft Camp - Bernard Graves
A chance to work alongside a master craftsman to build an Iron Age pit-forge and make a variety of iron treasures! Cost: £155 Adults/kids come free!
August 18-21 The Wild Ones (8-12yrs)
As seen on ITV’s ‘Country Lives’, this residential holiday for young people is a rare and exciting opportunity to learn and practise traditional, outdoor skills. Experienced, professional staff will blend bushcraft and nature awareness with storytelling, giving the youngsters the adventure they’ve always wanted! Cost: £185
August 22-24 Dangerous Weekend for Boys
A dads & lads weekend to get up to all the naughty things you’re not allowed to do at home! Get dirty, mess about with fires, use sharp tools, sleep outdoors, eat weird things and have some wicked fun! Cost: £185 Men/boys come free!
August 25-28Living Wild (13-16 yrs)
Experienced, professional staff will blend bushcraft, fieldcraft and nature awareness to create a meaningful and empowering encounter with the outdoors. Cost: £185
9pm) ‘Tracking the Animal Soul’
Animals (and humans) tell stories through voice, body language, markings and boundary displays. In the wilderness, our own personal and cultural stories become more accessible. The amazing hunter & tracker Timothy Young from the USA will help you follow the trail to your inner poetry.
Cost: £65 Adults
September 5-7 Dangerous Weekend for Girls
Why should the boys have all the fun? This course is just as messy and dirty and dangerous, but has a chocolate topping! Cost: £185 Women/girls come free!
September 12Nightwalk
An exciting, entertaining and educational evening to engage dramatically with nocturnal nature.
Cost: £6 Adults/£3 Children/£15 Family
September 13 Family Bushcraft Day
An invigorating day for all ages to try out for yourselves the outdoor skills that will make future days out in nature much more fun! Cost: £40/50 Family 3/4
September 13 Nightpaddle on the River Dart
Open canoes, by moonlight! Soak in the atmosphere of stars, firelight and stories. Cost: £25 inc. campfire supper, nocturnal wildlife, and storyteller ‘Spindle Wayfarer’ NB Non-paddling places for children £10
September 14Wildwalk, Forage and Feast
Discover some of the hidden resources of Devon’s flora in a whole day of foraging, harvesting, cooking and sampling. Cost: £40 Adults/kids come free!
September 19-21 Wild Art – Martin Prothero
For all creative creatures drawn to wild places! An opportunity to combine art and nature, putting the environment into art and creating art in the environment. The weekend will be a mixture of artist lead activities and plenty of personal creative time. Open to all. Cost: £155 Adults
September 21-25 Highland Canoe Adventure
An incredible 5-day paddle in open canoes down a remote Scottish Loch to the sea. Wild camping, bushcraft and beautiful mountains! Cost: £375 Adults
September 26-28 'Deep Story and the Wild Earth'
Join mythologist, storyteller, author and award-winning rites-of-passage guide
Martin Shaw in exploring the relationship between story and wild landscape.
'Shaw presides over an astonishing flow of language.’ Robert Bly, author of 'Iron John'
Cost: £175 Adults
October 2-5 Core Bushcraft(In aid of Survival Int. Bushmen Appeal)
Essential bushcraft skills taught over a long weekend in a convivial camp atmosphere. The course will include fire-by-friction, shelter building, natural cordage and campfire cookery/wildfoods.
Cost: £195 Adults
October 19Planet Fungus - Dr Christian Taylor
Puffballs, rusts, smuts and slime-moulds! The classic autumnal day-out foraging in Devon’s abundant fungal kingdom, plus informative lectures, slide-show and feast.
Cost: £30 Adults/kids come free!
Nov 2 Firecraft Workshop
An autumnal celebration of fire! An exhilarating day learning the amazing skills of traditional friction fire-making. Cost: £40 Adults/kids come free!
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