For myself I try to do at least one course a year to learn the new skills, this year I have done my advanced bushcraft course at woodsmoke and a more crafty one making Mukluks with them as well. Maybe 2 or 3 years ago I would have got out for one weekend in the year to practice the skills, this year I have managed to bump that right up into about 25 days and most of them would have had some sort of bushcrafty skill involved with it.
I admit I do buy kit (who doesn't?
) that I like and haven't used much but some of these are just down to circumstances such as using the snow shoes or not as the case may be until the snow comes.
I like the look of the courses but to be honest they may be cheap but for folks like me who live at the other end of the country, it can add up when you have to travel all the way to the South of England. This is one reason I like Woodsmoke, they are in a nice central location in the Lakes. The annual bushmoot is something I have taken to as well and that is the main travel event of the year for me and the driving is usually split between me and my mate.
I wonder if this may be one of the reasons for the lack of people signing up?
A big trip like to the arctic or some other place on the planet would be a great experience and it is something I am wanting to do once I start getting the pennies saved up in the bank (if they don't collapse anytime soon
) For a trip like this there is a lot of long term planning involved, such as booking time of work, gathering the right kit, affordability, reading up on it etc...
I admit I do buy kit (who doesn't?

I like the look of the courses but to be honest they may be cheap but for folks like me who live at the other end of the country, it can add up when you have to travel all the way to the South of England. This is one reason I like Woodsmoke, they are in a nice central location in the Lakes. The annual bushmoot is something I have taken to as well and that is the main travel event of the year for me and the driving is usually split between me and my mate.
I wonder if this may be one of the reasons for the lack of people signing up?
A big trip like to the arctic or some other place on the planet would be a great experience and it is something I am wanting to do once I start getting the pennies saved up in the bank (if they don't collapse anytime soon
