Bushcraft in Arctic Sweden (The Hot Tent)   When you are camping outdoors in the colder winter months a top priority is maintaining your core temperature and keeping yourself warm.  In my opinion There is no better way of doing this than using a heated tent.  Of course the adventure you are on at the time will dictate the type of equipment you can carry and effectively use, but when  the circumstances suit I know my first choice for cold weather camping would be the Hot tent .(Photo by Jack Hendry, Stoking the stove in the hot tent high inside the Arctic circle in Sweden ..read more

Bushcraft adventure in ARCTIC Sweden, 2023 dates Our Arctic bushcraft adventures in Sweden have been on pause for the last couple of seasons due to travel restrictions, but now travel is opening up again we are delighted to add 2 new dates for Jan 2023. We know this is a long way off, but great things are worth waiting for. Date 1 15th-21st Jan 2023 Date 2 22nd – 28th Jan 2023 Snow shoeing, Husky sled ride at night, Ice fishing, a visit to the ice hotel, Northern lights watching, Sleeping in a snow shelter are just a few things to expect on this once in a lifetime trip. We are very lucky to ha ..read more

10 years of Survival and Bushcraft courses in the UK Wow that went quick. It has now passed 10 years since SOS has been running Survival Bushcraft and Wilderness Skills courses and events. I recently had a reminder from viewing a few old photos that it’s been a decade since I started the dream of setting up my own outdoor business. All of a sudden 10 years has passed. Looking back on old photos of the start of this journey was a great way to help me remember some of the finer detail about the early years. In the beginning it was just me, running around doing everything on my own and not having ..read more

Devon and Cornwall Bushcraft courses, SOS would like to wish you a very happy new year and let’s hope that 2021 is better than the previous. We have updated our website now and have lots of survival Bushcraft and wilderness skills events and courses for the year ahead. We also have many Navigation training events, expeditions and canoe trips planned. Take a look at our range of courses in our course menu on the homepage. We would like to thank everyone who booked an event with us in recent times and we look forward to seeing you in the year ahead. Over the years we have grown to become the Sou ..read more

Hide Tanning Workshop Late Summer 2020 Serious Outdoor Skills held its first Hide Tanning Workshop over three days, at its base camp in a beautiful Cornish woodland.  Originally scheduled for May, it was pushed back to August by the current state of things, and despite difficult weather conditions the course participants all managed to leave with their own piece of buckskin, and more importantly, the knowledge to go away and make more.   On day one, the course participants were shown and talked through the process of skinning a roe deer in such a way as to minimise damage to the hide ..read more

Coastal Survival courses 2021. We are pleased to announce that our Coastal survival courses are now available to book online. We look forward to welcoming guests to our beautiful venue on the Cornish coastline. We have two dates available at the moment 14th 16th May 2021 and 10th 12th Sep 2021.  If you would like to develop your bushcraft skills in a coastal environment come and see us next year http://seriousoutdoorskills.co.uk/product/coastal-survival-bushcraft-skills-weekend/? The post Coastal Survival courses 2021 appeared first on Serious Outdoor Skills ..read more

Full Moon Hike on Dartmoor, confirmed 2021 dates . We are pleased to announce all of the dates for our full moon hikes on Dartmoor for 2021. We will be running one trip a month to the beautiful national park to lead a guided night time hike under the light of the full moon. These guided walks will be over a distance of up to 5km over open moorland and to the top of some of the nearby tors. We  have planned these walks with perfect timing so as we reach the top of the tor and take a break we should be able to watch the moon rise on the horizon. Your guide will talk about astral navigation ..read more

Navigation courses on Dartmoor,we have now added several new Navigation classes to our winter calendar. The remaining dates for 2020 are as follows Sat 17th Oct  2020 Sat 24th Oct  2020 Sat 14th Nov 2020 Sat 21st Nov  2020 Sat 12th Dec 2020 Our navigation classes begin at 9.00am and finish for approximately 1.30pm. In this time we cover  the essential skills required to navigate in remote areas with the use of a map and compass. on the event we will cover these essential skills Features on the map Setting your map and compass Pacing Bearings Using grid references deal ..read more

Natural Navigation or Survival Navigation There is something both satisfying and rewarding in being able to find direction accurately and quickly without the use of a compass, gps or any other modern technology. In the past issues I have been explaining how to use a map and compass from a beginners level through to more advanced techniques.  We have also covered a range of related issues such as planning for adventures and what to do when things go wrong either on the hill or in remote areas.  In this issue I am going to explain a few methods of finding direction without the use of a ..read more

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