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Thrive Bushcraft runs courses for small groups in Dartmoor National Park. Our courses teach you how to live in the woods in a sustainable way.

This doesn't have to be the struggle survival shows make it out to be! Let us show you how to thrive.

19/04/2024

Forage and Feast: Spring edition is live! After 2 sell out events, be sure to book soon!

27th April 2024. Join me for a foraging walk, before enjoying an evening at , where will prepare an incredible dinner for us, focused around seasonal and foraged ingredients.

Tickets:
[email protected]
01647 432556
Or just pop into Folklore on Mill Street, Chagford.

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27/11/2023

Great day out foraging seaweeds and mushrooms a few weeks ago, in preparation for Forage and Feast with . Thank you to .photo for such incredible shots!

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13/09/2021

Flame fired pottery. A quick mini cup I made recently during one of my Weekend in the Woods courses. It was fired at a low temperature, simply in an open campfire.

The amazing hairline patterns are from hair laid on the cup when red hot, before plunging into water. The bright colours are from the fire - (the clay is a plain grey colour before firing).

The shine is from burnishing with a pebble before firing. I then coated it in beeswax after firing.

21/08/2021

I've just had such a great few days with and

Thank you for coming to the woods! I had an incredible time! We cooked delicious food on the fire, foraged wild mushrooms, drank elderflower champagne, made and fired pottery, baked bread, weaved willow and swam in the River Teign. Amazing what you can fit in a long weekend with a keen group of excellent humans.

Bookings available in September and October. Mushroom season is upon us!...

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11/08/2021

I love willow weaving! From trays and baskets to makeshift boats, weaving with willow is a valuable bushcraft skill. Come and learn how

Here's some photos from a few willow workshops I've run.

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30/06/2021

Spider crabs are so abundant, easy to catch, and delicious - why we don't see these reach restaurant menus in the UK is a mystery to me!

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04/05/2021

Rosebay Willowherb shoots make a delicious alternative to asparagus at this time of year. Hope this video helps you spot them!

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22/04/2021

Paleo bow drill fire - no modern tools. String from nettle fibres, limpet/oyster shell bearing block, willow hearth and spindle.

This was my first paleo bow drill success a few years ago - just stumbled upon the video this morning! I was very excited to finally get it without relying on modern string.

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06/04/2021

Foragers must be experimenters!

Hogweed and primrose leaf finely chopped and cooked in butter with sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Served on sourdough crumpets, drizzled with local honey and decorated with candied primrose flowers.

This was absolutely delicious. The unique aromatic spice flavour of hogweed is well complimented by the cinnamon and nutmeg in a sweet dish. The primrose leaf has a mellow, almost sweetness to it in my opinion - the sugar and butter definitely brings this flavour out further.

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30/03/2021

As things open up again, I'm so excited for woodland gatherings this summer!

Bring out the home brew and foraged cocktail ingredients. Time to head to the woods and get camp set up for the summer to come!

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@ Chagford

28/03/2021

Dirty Dandelion Chai Latte

I've always loved a dirty chai latte, and so thought the other day, why not swap out the coffee shot for a shot of dandelion coffee?...
The result: absolutely delicious! I will definitely be making these regularly from now on.

If you want to try this, dig up and clean a dandelion root or two, coarsely chop and roast in the oven at 150-200 degrees for up to 30 mins. Next, blend root into a powder.

Warm up milk with cardamon, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon and sugar for 15 minutes, then strain.

Pour a shot of boiling water over a teaspoon or two of dandelion root powder, leave for 2-3 mins then strain.

Mix the milk and the dandelion coffee together. Done.

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25/03/2021

Sailing my classic Heron dinghy at Stoke Gabriel, on the River Dart.
She's probably about 60 years old, still with the original sails! Sail number 956 - about 10,000 were built.
She creaks and groans with every gust, and I must set to the bilge pump every 20 minutes or so - but it is always a joy to be out on the water in the winter, with the seals, the cormorants and the swans.

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Address

Lower Street
Chagford
TQ138AZ

Telephone

+447748184945

Website

http://thrivebushcraft.co.uk/

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