Is there a place to say hello?

[Lo-IQ]

well that's fine and dandy and I can see the point training honest I can, but surely a basic course is just that. I've been on courses where your told not to bring anything it's done as a levelling excercise your all in the same boat from the start. Don't any of the centres/ instructors just ask you questions like did you dress yourself this morning? can you tie your own shoelaces?

do you own a penknife when's the last time you cut yourself?

what's the most dangerous thing you've done and did you survive?

surely that would save alot of time give a better understanding of how to pitch the level of the course rather than impose what seemed at the time as draconian measures which limited the time I could get to admire the trees and plants.

 

[Tadpole]

well that's fine and dandy and I can see the point training honest I can, but surely a basic course is just that. I've been on courses where your told not to bring anything it's done as a levelling excercise your all in the same boat from the start. Don't any of the centres/ instructors just ask you questions like did you dress yourself this morning? can you tie your own shoelaces?

do you own a penknife when's the last time you cut yourself?

what's the most dangerous thing you've done and did you survive?

surely that would save alot of time give a better understanding of how to pitch the level of the course rather than impose what seemed at the time as draconian measures which limited the time I could get to admire the trees and plants.

If all you want to do is gaze about and look at the trees, why go on a bushcraft course?
Any way before learning the 'complicated stuff' you have to show/prove that you can do the simple stuff.

 

[Lo-IQ]

If all you want to do is gaze about and look at the trees, why go on a bushcraft course?
Any way before learning the 'complicated stuff' you have to show/prove that you can do the simple stuff.

looking at the tress is the simple stuff, I thought?

 

[Graham_S]

What tree is that?
What can you use it for?
Where does it best grow?
Are any parts of it edible?
What does it look like in spring/summer/autumn/winter?

Trees can be one of the more complex subjects believe it or not.
there are over 50 native varieties, plus all the introduced species.

 

[Lo-IQ]

point taken but your not going to cut your or someone elses finger off with a tree.

 

[Toddy]

camp under a Beech though and be prepared to get crushed.........

 

[Ahjno]

ANYTHING can happen here...lol
Welcomes

Second that one, you don't know what, you don't know when - everything is possible

Welcome to BCUK

 

[Lo-IQ]

camp under a Beech though and be prepared to get crushed.........

yup but I guess there's no seperate charge for that....

 

[Lo-IQ]

found his leaflet after a few days spent at work... I think he could be on this forum and I assume he makes a living from his activities. I can't really post his name or details....or this could get messy....

So to continue with this who's any good at teaching all I want is a simple course as I need to do one for a job.

who do you recommend?

 

[Graham_S]

Where are you based?
there is no point in us recommending a course in scotland if you're in devon.
What specifically do you want the course to cover?

 

[Lo-IQ]

I hang around Old London Town, looking direction South East, South West could go as far as Wales. Not really fussy the course should be run by a nice person and not be not psuedo military shouty stuff been on them already...

just need a course I guess to cover more the quick fixes, shelter, fire, water bit of plant lore uses etc.

 

[TeeGeeBee]

Hello there or should that be 'here'?

TGB