Activities List
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Bushcraft Skills
Fire by friction
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Foraging plants and fungi
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Cooking without pots: hunter-gatherer cooking techniques
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Shelter: tarps and knots
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Natural and modern navigation
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Cord and rope making, from natural fibres
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Leave no trace and sustainable living
Crafts
Pit fired pottery, from earth to finished pot
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Basketry and weaving, using brambles or willow
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Wood ash soap making
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Making paper and ink
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Greenwood carving and making burn spoons
Other Activites
Stargazing
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Badger watching
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Hiking
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Wild swimming
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Woodland stealth games
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Music or storytelling by award
winning local artists
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Bread baking with fire
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Food preservation: pickling, smoking, making sauces and jams.
"It was amazing to get away from things in these beautiful woods.
Alex made us fantastic meals and cocktails using foraged ingredients which I had no idea were edible, let alone so delicious! We loved making pottery around the fire, and we were very cosy in our tent with our hot water bottles - one of many little touches which made the weekend so special.
Thanks again,
Catherine"
Food
All food is locally sourced and cooked fresh on the open fire.
The below menu offers an example of the delicious food provided at Thrive Bushcraft.
All dietary requirements will be fully catered for.
Breakfast
Local loaf, eggs, butcher’s black pudding
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Overnight Oats with wild berries
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Baked bean shakshuka
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Battered elderflower fritters
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Local jams and toast
Lunch
Ploughman’s picnic with local cheese, meats and pickles
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Himalayan balsam seed and wildflower honey buns
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Hunter’s brunch – pan-seared pigeon breast, on freshly-baked bread drizzled with local hot sauce, served with a side of creamy gratin dauphinois
Supper
Dahl and flatbreads
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Burdock wrapped mackerel stuffed with sorrel, served with a seaweed crisp and samphire and potato mash
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Wild mushroom and hogweed stirfry
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Pot-roast chicken with hazelnut stuffing and hawthorn berry drizzle
Treats
Roasted chestnuts
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Grilled peaches
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Hot chocolate
Drinks
Freshly-squeezed apple juice
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Gorseflower wine
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Elderflower champagne
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Mead
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Hot chocolate
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Tea – Yorkshire, Earl Grey, Lapsang Souchong, Chai
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Wild teas – birch leaf, mugwort, pineapple weed
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Herbal teas – yogi teas: ginger, rose, choco-chilli
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Wild coffees - dandelion