WILD CRAFT COURSE

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The Foundational Bushcraft Weekend

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Learn to make fire, build shelter, track animals, and feel truly at home in the wild — in just one powerful weekend.

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This Is Where It Begins.

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If you’ve ever felt the pull to:

• Light a fire without matches

• Build a shelter from the land itself

• Understand the language of tracks and trails

• Move silently through the woods

• Know what plants can feed and heal you

 

This is your starting point.

Wild Craft Skills is the essential introduction to wilderness survival and nature connection — and the prerequisite for most other Trackways trainings.

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What Makes This Weekend Different?

This isn’t a demonstration course.

It’s hands-on. Fast-paced. Immersive.

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With over 28 years of teaching experience, Thomas delivers expert instruction grounded in deep lineage and real-world practice. You’ll cover an extraordinary amount in just two days — without it feeling overwhelming.

The weekend is designed to stretch you while remaining accessible to all levels of experience.

No prior knowledge required.
Just willingness.

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Skills You Will Learn

By the end of the weekend, you will have practical experience in:

• 🔥 Making fire by friction (yes — from scratch)

• 🌿 Identifying wild edible and medicinal plants

• 🛖 Building natural shelters

• 💧 Water purification methods

• 🐾 Tracking fundamentals including:

  • Reading the movement in a track 

  • Direction, speed, head position even emotion

  • Pattern classification

  • Track ageing

  • Compression shape & sign tracking

• 👣 Silent and invisible movement

• 🌲 Nature awareness practices

• 🪵 Making cordage from plant fibres

• 🪨 Introduction to stone tools

• 🏹 Native hunting principles

 

You won’t just hear about these skills.
You’ll practice them.

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The Moment That Changes Everything

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There’s something unforgettable about making your first wild fire by friction.

When the ember forms.
When it catches.
When flame rises from your own effort.

It changes your relationship to fire — and to yourself.

The same is true of building a shelter and realising:

“I can live here. I can do this.”

Confidence grows fast in the woods.

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More Than Survival

As your observation sharpens, the forest begins to speak.

You’ll start to see tracks where you once saw dirt.
Movement patterns where you once saw randomness.
Resources where you once saw “just plants.”

You begin to feel less like a visitor — and more like you belong.

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Who This Is For

• Complete beginners curious about bushcraft

• Outdoor enthusiasts wanting deeper competence

• Those preparing for longer Trackways trainings

• Anyone seeking practical confidence in nature

 

All walks of life welcome. All experience levels.

You will be challenged.
You will be supported.
You will leave changed.

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Practical Details

• Evening meals provided

• Please bring your own food for breakfasts and lunches 

• Tea and coffee provided throughout

• Full participation encouraged

• Light camp duties shared as part of the experience

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We will not be living fully primitive on this first weekend — this is about learning foundations well.

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Important

Wild Craft Skills is the required foundation for most of the Trackways programmes.

If you’re considering deeper training in the future, this is your entry point.

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Ready to Begin?

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Places are limited to ensure high-quality instruction.

If you’ve been waiting for a sign to start — this is it.

Book your place on the Wild Craft Skills Weekend now.

 

              

 

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