Bushcraft Skills

The bow and drill method is one of the most ancient fire-starting techniques. It’s all about using a bow to spin a drill against a piece of wood to create enough friction to create heat to create an ember that…

What do you know about the world of bushcraft? Maybe more than you think. It’s a bit of a catch-all term, but it’s basically a set of useful skills that will help make your time spent in the wild a…

Seawater covers about 70% of the Earth’s surface, making it one of the most abundant resources available. However, despite its vast presence, seawater remains undrinkable due to its high salt content. Damn. Can we purify sea water to make it…

The Unforeseen (And Unfortunate) Situation: Stranded on an Island Picture the scene: a catastrophic storm has blown your plane off course, and you crash land into the South Pacific Ocean, or anywhere else for that matter. Or imagine that your…

A compass may not be the first thing you think of when surviving in the wilderness, that would be shelter, fire, food and how to cook it, and water. However, knowing your Naughty Elephants Squirt Water (your mnemonic may well…

What Tom Hanks’ Character Got Right (and Wrong) About Survival What is the first movie that comes to mind when you think about uninhabited islands? Chances are it is likely to be the Robert Zemeckis movie Cast Away, featuring an…

Whether you’re camping in a forest, enjoying a beach day, or stranded on a desert island, you’ll have the skills to turn survival into a fun experience. Table of Contents Harnessing the Wilderness: Resourcefulness at Its Core Cooking in the…

What Would You Bring to be Stranded on a Desert Island? You know those quizzes, “which 3 items would you take from this list to survive on a desert island?”, well we asked survival expert Tom Williams to let us…