Martyn
09-07-04, 04:14 PM
Tireless in our efforts to bring you the best on offer, BritishBlades and BushcraftUK have got together with Bearclaw Bushcraft to bring you something a bit special. A world class tracker by the name of Ian Maxwell, will be teaching a tracking course based at the Merthyr Mawr (Wales) location of Bearclaw. This is more than just "whats the difference between badger and fox droppings, or teaching you the difference between a rabbit track from a squirrel track. Ian is a tracker from Zambia who used to work for the Zambian game parks tracking poachers and game, he now lives in the UK and is employed by the police as a tracker. It's an opportunity to get inside the mind of a tracker, to find out how he sees the world, how he sees signposts all around him in nature.
As mentioned, the course will be held at Bearclaw's location...
Bearclaw bushcraft is situated on a 3500 acre private estate near the village of Merthyr Mawr in south Wales, just off junction 36 of the M4 and 10minutes from bridged railway station
The estate has an incredibly varied mixture of terrain with:
· 300 acres of forest including broad leaf coppice and ancient woodland
· 5 square kilometres of sand dunes (the second largest and highest in Europe)
· 4.5 kilometres of coastline (with the second largest tidal change in the world)
· 6 kilometres of river
· an estuary
· 3 natural springs
· 2 castles
· numerous streams and ponds
The outstanding diversity of flora and fauna on this site has earned it no less than five designations.
· SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest
· NNR National Nature Reserve
· SPC Special Area of Conservation
· SAM scheduled ancient monument
· Heritage Coast
Our base camp is fully equipped with running water, toilets, showers and a purpose built lecture building for when indoor lectures are appropriate
As an exclusive only available to BritishBlades and BushcraftUK members, Bearclaw is offering a discount....
UPDATE: Bookings not taken at present!
Few outdoor skills hold such magic or are as highly regarded as are those of the Tracker and the Scout and now thanks to the generous team at Bearclaw bushcraft Bushcraftuk and British Blades members have the exclusive chance to learn these for themselves.
Lead by Ian Maxwell, a professional tracker and outdoorsman, this series of courses will lead you into a world you possibly never knew existed while at the same time opening both your eyes and your heart to the natural world around you.
Each course is designed to build upon the skills taught in the last and as such will be run of two weekend, one in January and the other February before culminating in a 5 day advanced course which will be run in March 2005.
To take advantage of this unique opportunity and discount you must be a member of either forum and book all three courses in advance. For more information visit the Bearclaw courses page at www.bearclawbushcraft.co.uk.
Discount calculated against a final payment which must be received prior to first course commencement and agreed as per Bearclaw Bushcraft Ltd’s usual terms and conditions.
Most of us know Gary, so drop him a line for more details if you're interested.
http://www.bearclawbushcraft.co.uk/courses/scoutcraft.htm
I was gutted to miss an opportunity for this myself in April as I was at work. Some of the guys from BcUK went along and had an amazing time. They even spent some time tracking each other under Ians guidance. Fantastic stuff.
As mentioned, the course will be held at Bearclaw's location...
Bearclaw bushcraft is situated on a 3500 acre private estate near the village of Merthyr Mawr in south Wales, just off junction 36 of the M4 and 10minutes from bridged railway station
The estate has an incredibly varied mixture of terrain with:
· 300 acres of forest including broad leaf coppice and ancient woodland
· 5 square kilometres of sand dunes (the second largest and highest in Europe)
· 4.5 kilometres of coastline (with the second largest tidal change in the world)
· 6 kilometres of river
· an estuary
· 3 natural springs
· 2 castles
· numerous streams and ponds
The outstanding diversity of flora and fauna on this site has earned it no less than five designations.
· SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest
· NNR National Nature Reserve
· SPC Special Area of Conservation
· SAM scheduled ancient monument
· Heritage Coast
Our base camp is fully equipped with running water, toilets, showers and a purpose built lecture building for when indoor lectures are appropriate
As an exclusive only available to BritishBlades and BushcraftUK members, Bearclaw is offering a discount....
UPDATE: Bookings not taken at present!
Few outdoor skills hold such magic or are as highly regarded as are those of the Tracker and the Scout and now thanks to the generous team at Bearclaw bushcraft Bushcraftuk and British Blades members have the exclusive chance to learn these for themselves.
Lead by Ian Maxwell, a professional tracker and outdoorsman, this series of courses will lead you into a world you possibly never knew existed while at the same time opening both your eyes and your heart to the natural world around you.
Each course is designed to build upon the skills taught in the last and as such will be run of two weekend, one in January and the other February before culminating in a 5 day advanced course which will be run in March 2005.
To take advantage of this unique opportunity and discount you must be a member of either forum and book all three courses in advance. For more information visit the Bearclaw courses page at www.bearclawbushcraft.co.uk.
Discount calculated against a final payment which must be received prior to first course commencement and agreed as per Bearclaw Bushcraft Ltd’s usual terms and conditions.
Most of us know Gary, so drop him a line for more details if you're interested.
http://www.bearclawbushcraft.co.uk/courses/scoutcraft.htm
I was gutted to miss an opportunity for this myself in April as I was at work. Some of the guys from BcUK went along and had an amazing time. They even spent some time tracking each other under Ians guidance. Fantastic stuff.