Learning campfire cookery
A day of learning to bake, steam, roast and cook on campfires. Starting with bread making, we made an unleavened dough, baking the bread around the campfire. The campfire oven, a fire pit with hot rocks had been slowly cooking our joint of lamb and now it was time to dig it out, carefully uncovering our roast lunch! Continue reading “A day of backcountry cooking at Black Park”
It may have been November, but the local Girl Guides were keen to be out side having fun at their ‘survival camp’. The day started with a safety briefing and introduction to the Bushcraft skills they would be learning. The first activity was with learning how to successfully light campfire. The Guides gathered tinder, sticks and branches from the woods and then set about lighting their fires using fire steels. After some practice with the fire steels, each team had a fire. Continue reading “Girlguiding Survival Camp”
The Chiltern Open Air Museum rescues threatened historic buildings, which would otherwise be demolished, and rebuilds and preserves them. David was invited to run Bushcraft sessions in their wonderful recreation of an Iron Age roundhouse. Continue reading “Bushcraft in Iron Age Roundhouse at The Chiltern Open Air Museum”