West Country Bushcraft & Survival

23/09/2025

Tried one of these once. Works great once you get the weighting right.

Simple and elegant - the Waugan stick

This pot hanger should be just enough - just heavy enough, just strong enough and elegant. That is the old way of the woodsman

23/09/2025

Hi to all my new followers and thank you.
I’ve not done anything with this page for a couple of years due to, well, life!!!! I’ve been spending most of my time wild swimming so I have been out in the woods but have done zero Bushcraft. So imagine my surprise when I log in and find I have 1000 plus followers!
With the falling leaves and cooler weather I feel the campfire calling so expect more content soon.
What kind of content would you like to see?

17/08/2021

17/07/2021

Perfect evening for a cook out at our place. 🏕

16/06/2021

🥾 You’re out for a stroll in the woods- it’s starting to get dark. There’s no mobile signal and then......
You happen upon someone who’s hurt themselves, bad enough they can’t walk- what are you going to do? 🤷‍♂️
Just one potential scenario that is covered in our Outdoor First Aid Course.
Why not invest some time in learning to help others as well as yourself? Full details in link. Anyone within a 25 mile radius of Welcombe can use the LOCAL2021 discount code at checkout. 💴

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/outdoor-first-aid-course-tickets-148910562501?ref=eios

10/06/2021

Outdoor first aid and wild camping- see Eventbrite link in post below!

Here we see the organiser and instructor of our Outdoor First Aid course, about 20 years ago! (3/4th July -spaces still available) can you guess whos who? Clearly one is a red herring!!
Matt Ilott
Book here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/outdoor-first-aid-course-tickets-148910562501?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-source=up&utm-term=user-profile