Bushcraft, Survival, Nature and Wilderness Course Information

Important Course Information

Course meeting times One day course start at 9.30am and finish at 4pm - see your info pack 4 weeks before course starts For the longer camping courses - our courses generally start at 7pm on the start date and end at 4pm on the last day when you will be delivered back to your cars. Please note that we no longer meet at Liphook station but we will give you directions and map to our site. We can collect you from Liphook train station in Hampshire and these times will be given on your joining instructions (usually 30 mins before the course starts). If you are taking the train home, you should allow to be at the station to catch a train from 5pm onwards. You can call the National Trains Helpline on 0845 484950 for all up to date times and rail information. We can also collect from the train station for the Wild Food course and Inverness airport for the Traveling Naturalist in Scotland.


Car parking and safety - all of our courses are run from private estates and therefore have limited access to the general public. We cannot guarantee 100% the safety of your vehicle but then again, we have not suffered any theft or damage on our courses. All personal and valuable items should be restricted to a minimum, be kept in your day sack or can be given to our instructors for safe keeping for the duration of your course. The camp is remote from the car park so we drive all your equipment to the camp (this means that you can bring a little bit more than fits in your average rucksack including a camp chair!). Mobile phones - there will be time to keep in touch but we kindly ask our clients to be discreet and to turn these off during formal teaching periods.Please note that the signal is bad for all providers (except satellite phones!) at the camp due to the location and number of trees.



	Sanitary and course facilities - an expedition type camp does not have flushing toilets or running water but we try to make life’s necessary functions as comfortable as possible. We offer a covered shower and composting toilet, although it’s still basic but you might just learn to love it! We also have a very large heated round house for bad weather or evening work and makes an excellent cosy environment for anything from story telling to spoon carving. Bad weather - you are always going to get some weeks worse than others but we find that you actually learn more when you have to try a bit harder! Only in the most severe of weather conditions will we cancel a course so please ensure you are kitted out as per our Kit list. Alcohol - this is strictly forbidden on all of our camping courses for obvious safety reasons. However, groups may go for a drink after the course so some spare cash can be brought along! Knives - please do not bring your own knives or any other cutting tools as you will be loaned appropriate equipment when necessary. At no times should an axe be brought or used without prior confirmation from our staff. For clients attending the Essential Bushcraft and the Essence of Bushcraft courses, you will be given a sheath knife to keep.