Survival course

[taws6]

Hi,

I'm looking for a hardcore survival course being hosted somewhere in the South East UK that covers the basics of survival. Something with escape and evasion too would be amazing, but guess that is just hoping for too much! Something along the lines of bugging out without kit to give you an idea.
I had a Google around before but didn't come up with much, and hope you guys / gals can point me in the right direction!

Cheers in advance for the help,

Paul

 

[nephilim]

One of the members here does his own survival courses including bow making. Worth while going to that...will try to grab a link for you.

 

[nephilim]

http://www.forestknights.co.uk

 

[lannyman8]

A true survival course what your looking at will never happen due to cost partly and risk for the most part, its all to do with insurance...

I tried to do an escape and evasion course military style but got stopped in my tracks because of the insurance and risk of it.

 

[gonzo_the_great]

Trueways have a basic survival course running in Hampshire, mid March.
(Well I hope it's on, or I will be in a wood on my own for the week!)

I believe they do some more serious follow on courses, up in Cumbria. But only after you have done the basic one.

 

[Tony]

I'm not sure of the names but do carry on looking, there are some companies that run fairly hard core courses like this, you won't find many bushcraft companies running them but they are out there.

 

[Dark Horse Dave]

Trueways is the only one I know of. I did a five day course with them a while ago, and while there were one or two minor hiccups, on the whole it was very good. They very much follow the PLAN method - all rooted in Lofty Wiseman's teachings.

As Lannyman says though, you're not going to get E&E!

 

[TeeDee]

Taws , Can I ask what is it you are hoping to learn from the course?? What is our aim? Sounds like ( at this point ) you want some basic teaching with a testing segment consisting of being pushed under pressure.

Would that be fair?

Just wondering what actual skills you are hoping to cover.

 

[Dannytsg]

I'll get ridiculed for even suggesting this but Bear Gryll's does their own half day, 1 day, weekend and week survival courses.

http://beargryllssurvivalacademy.com/united-kingdom/

I've done the half day and it was ok for what it was, cheap enough too

 

[rickyamos]

+one for the trueways survival course, did the basic to advanced five day course, I thought it was worth the money.

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[BillyBlade]

We do what you're looking for Taws, but wrong end of the country sadly. All primary course instructors are ex Marines, and all individual skill instructors are ex forces.

You would be asked to either go through and show your basic skill set, or do the introduction courses before doing anything involving E&E though.

 

[gonzo_the_great]

My report back from the Trueways 5day (basic to advanced)....

A reasonable paced course, but pushing you a little along the way. All based around a typical survival scenario. Teaching you the skills and upping the anti day by day. I finished tired, aching and with a sense of achievement.
Would not have missed it for the world.

Excellent instructor and a the others on the course were a good bunch of people to be with.
So I can heartily recommend it.

I would not have described it as hard core, but certainly very good and necessary grounding for the next stage.
And as the next stage (the 7day advanced) follows right on from this one, I would probably describe that one as being potentially more hardcore.