Its really word of mouth to which course gives a good experience for your money. Unless you have been on a particular course then its difficult to comment because they vary so much and offer such different structures.
First aid courses are always worth the time.
Bushcraft orientated courses are great if you want to play in the woods.
Survival Courses vary as the environment can vary so much. They should be "how do I get out of this mess to civilisation safely".
Escape and Evasion is much more military based and how to escape from hostile humans let alone the environment!
The former two are very educational and should be enjoyable. The latter are usually far more arduous and when done well very uncomfortable.
Basically, you need to read the course notes to see what you are actually getting and are those things what you want.
The cost is no worse than any other leisure organised holiday. A week playing golf or a week in the woods being instructed. If the course gives you what you want then they are a bargain. If you expect something completely different like making spoons when you wanted to be chased by attack dogs then its going to be disappointing.
Get yourself to a Bushcraft meet and ask about. That way you will get recommendations and leeds to who is putting on a good show for your bucks. The more established courses have good tried and tested formats and the better instruction. Much of the experience of any course is who turns up on the day and what level they can go at.
So there will be a bit of luck involved but no worse than any other holiday booking.
Lastly, all credit to those that run courses as there is a lot of effort put into the better ones to make the experience a good one.
First aid courses are always worth the time.
Bushcraft orientated courses are great if you want to play in the woods.
Survival Courses vary as the environment can vary so much. They should be "how do I get out of this mess to civilisation safely".
Escape and Evasion is much more military based and how to escape from hostile humans let alone the environment!
The former two are very educational and should be enjoyable. The latter are usually far more arduous and when done well very uncomfortable.
Basically, you need to read the course notes to see what you are actually getting and are those things what you want.
The cost is no worse than any other leisure organised holiday. A week playing golf or a week in the woods being instructed. If the course gives you what you want then they are a bargain. If you expect something completely different like making spoons when you wanted to be chased by attack dogs then its going to be disappointing.
Get yourself to a Bushcraft meet and ask about. That way you will get recommendations and leeds to who is putting on a good show for your bucks. The more established courses have good tried and tested formats and the better instruction. Much of the experience of any course is who turns up on the day and what level they can go at.
So there will be a bit of luck involved but no worse than any other holiday booking.
Lastly, all credit to those that run courses as there is a lot of effort put into the better ones to make the experience a good one.
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