Bushcraft Courses
Join us at our stunning oak canopied private woodland set within the Harewood Estate of West Yorkshire. Our canopied basecamp and a wood fire ensure our clients keep dry and the kettle is always boiling so bring along your favourite brew.
All of our sessions are run with a maximum of 10 people, that way we can maintain a low presence in the forest in order to experience Nature up close. The small group sizes also ensure a high level of interaction with the instructor, we'll get plenty of one to one tuition through the workshops to develop your skills at your own pace.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions, we're very open and there's no obligations.
Homeland Bushcraft Course - Howl X A.Woodsman
Homeland Bushcraft Course - Howl X A.Woodsman
A 5-day bushcraft course to take you on a journey into the woods and the knowledge found there. We’ll seek to discover the crafts of our woodland past, their relevance to our present and how we can find ourselves once more in our ancestral homes under trees.
This exciting course will seek to outfit you in the woods with a core of equipment manufactured from the forest, from bark containers to friction fire kits, natural shelters and cordage from various sources. This really is an insight into woodland living through the lens of the woodsman, a hands-on experience that will equip you with essential survival skills and a profound appreciation for the woods.
Throughout the course, you'll learn to build shelters, forage for food, and create fire using traditional methods. Our specialist instructors will guide you through essential techniques, including tracking, navigation, and plant identification. Each day is filled with practical sessions, allowing you to deepen your connection with nature while enhancing your self-sufficiency.
This isn’t just a course; it’s a chance to escape the chaos of modern life and reconnect with the earth. Camp under the stars, gather around the fire, and share stories with fellow participants who share your passion for the great outdoors.
Whether you’re new to bushcraft or looking to refine your skills, our Homeland course caters to all levels, ensuring that every participant leaves with newfound confidence and knowledge.
Join us for this unforgettable experience, where you will not only learn invaluable skills but also foster lasting friendships and memories. It's time to discover what it truly means to thrive in the wilderness. Book your place today and take the first step towards becoming a skilled woodlander.
Run in collaboration with A.Woodsman - Adam Logan
29th September - 3rd October 2025 - Oxfordshire
Book with just a 25% deposit: at checkout type DEPOSIT into the offer code box. (Full payment required 8 weeks prior to the course)
We come to the woods for solace and respite from our everyday lives, they remain a haven for us in a world of distraction and disconnect. As we spend our days under the fresh leaves of May we’ll discover a long lost connection with our woods, the flora and fauna there, and our place within the landscape. We are, after all, members of a long line of creatures born of nature where sticks, fire, shelter, and the morning chorus were the textures of our upbringing, memories lost to us behind the hum of society. In learning, testing for ourselves the tangible crafts of the woods we might find that what we’re seeking isn’t a haven or respite, but our homeland down in the earthly woods.
Jamie Dakota | Chief Instructor
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Day One- We meet you at 1pm and after a short walk into the woods we’re gathered around the campfire to welcome you for the week to the woods. The first workshop see you construct your own knife, adding a handle to a provided blade and shaping it to match your grip perfectly. This important tool of bushcraft must be kept safe, so we will also teach you several ways to make a sheath for your new knife. This will be your primary cutting tool for the course.
In the evening we’ll look at tool maintenance as you’ll be using your new knife plenty over the week, being able to resharpen it will be important.
Day Two- After a hearty breakfast today is about shelter, and involves the group contributing towards a large group shelter to act as a hub for gathering and sleeping without modern tents etc. We’ll look into means of providing ourselves with bedding and weaving mats to sleep on or under; as well as basecamp logistics like hand washing solutions, erecting large group canopies and kitchen arrangements.
During the rest of the afternoon we’ll make our own collapsible frame saws to aid in firewood processing and gathering resources for other crafts.
The evening session here is bow drill fire lighting in the group context, and from here into the course our fires can be lit this way.
Day Three- We set about making collapsible cooking rigs to suspend our pots over the fire, some of these are larger for a group setting and some will be smaller that are designed to be packed away with you in your personal kit.
In the afternoon we’ll go for a forage to explore tree and plant ID and their uses which we’ll build upon on every opportunity we get over the course. This will inform our hedgerow medicines workshop.
The evening session here in resin glue production for practical crafts.
Day Four-Starts us off with us making our own containers and utensils from the forest. These are beautiful crafts just as relevant back at home as they are useful in the woods.
We spend the afternoon in a deep dive of various cordage options from natural materials before you set about generating several metres of cordage for yourself in multiple fibres.
Day five- Our last day together brings all of our ongoing projects to completion, together with a consolidation phase bringing all your new skills to life.
We close out the course with a woodland sauna to clean off after a week in the woods.
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-Setting up a fly camp for prolonged stays
-Water treatment
-Tool maintenance
-Natural shelter building for multiple people
During the course you’ll be invited to build a group shelter. While you may then wish to retire to your own tarp to sleep out there will of course be the option to stay the rest of the nights in the natural shelter with your new team mates.
-Crafting rigs for campfire cooking, both solo and in teams
-Making containers from natural materials, bowl burning, bark craft, basic weaving techniques
-Willow, bramble, and nettle cordage
-Tree and plant ID, their uses for food and medicine
-Utilising a warm camp shower to keep clean, woodland sauna construction, base camp management
-Woven blankets and natural bedding
You’ll have the opportunity to ditch your sleeping bag and mat, using natures resources instead
-Tracking and observation skills
-How to fell small trees with just a knife, and with an axe and bow saw
-Spoon carving
-Pine resin processing and uses
-Hedgerow medicines from natural sources
-Bread baking and foraging for spring greens
-Knife handle making
-Knife Sheath making
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During the course you’ll make several craft projects including:
A belt knife and sheath
A bark container
Metres of natural cordage
Pine resin glue
Medicinal balms
Collapsible cooking pot hook
Journal of Tree and Plant ID and uses
Carved wooden spoon
DETAILS:
1pm Monday - 3pm Friday
£695 per person
Please note the terms and conditions before you book
Small group size with a maximum of 10 guests to ensure we create a subtle atmosphere in the woods, and you get a very high interaction time with the instructor.
This course welcomes people at all levels, however people with a general understanding of wild camping and some basic bushcraft skills will settle into the woods easier,. If you feel you need to gain a baseline before attending, we recommend attending our Primary or Itinerant Course. If you have any questions please do feel free to ask.
A full kit list is given out on booking, you will need some basic camping equipment to attend the course but don’t let that be a limiting factor for you, we have a store room full of gear we can lend you if needed.
This course is catered with evening meals, lunches and breakfasts. Please inform us of any dietary requirements, we're happy to cater to any needs.
Due the involved nature of this course, we don't feel its suitable to under 16’s (please ask if you have any questions)
Under 18’s must be accompanied by a participating adult
Run in a beautiful woodland in Oxfordshire near Pangborne. We'll send you exact directions with the booking pack.
