This Jan Lowland Leader Training; And Mountain Skills 2 Training, Happening

Heading to Scotland winter mountaineering for the best part of two months; so here are my last couple of courses if anyone is needing to get Lowland Leader Training or Mountain Skills 2 done in Jan.

Lowland Leader is 18th & 19th Jan. Mountain Skills 2 is 25th & 26th Jan. More details here: www.outdoorsireland.com

Then back to kick ass with training courses and kayaking tours from sometime in March

Magic Afternoon Across Glengarriff Bay

Magic afternoon on the bay, running a guided sea kayaking tour. If you look close you'll just see mist rising up off the water's surface...

Winter Conditions On Carrauntoohil & Reeks Report From Tues 7th

 Winter Conditions On Carrauntoohil & Reeks Report From Tues 7th

Prepper Tip: Stove + Map

Prepper Tip:

1. Keep a camping gas stove at home, with plenty of lighters and plenty of gas cannisters. In terms of cooking, even a longterm power outage becomes no big deal. One pot meals such as stew or spaghetti bolognase are good.

2. On a totally separate prepper aspect, you should expect your phone to be dead, and internet down, so have a road atlas for your country. And have OSI maps for your area. Road atlas will allow you navigate roads and they will often have city plans also. OSI map will allow you navigate across country; plus show you the whereabouts of water sources, forestry, trails, access to coastline...
Places you may use to forage food, collect water, wash, gather firewood, or take shelter.

Mountain Skills 2 + Lowland Leader Training This Jan

This Jan two training courses are scheduled, running in Glengarriff, Cork:

Mountain Skills 2 : 18th & 19th Jan

Lowland Leader Training : 25th & 26th Jan

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Jan also has availability for private training courses, plus our Glengarriff Bay Sea Kayaking

Stunning, Spring-Like, Morning On Glengarriff Bay

Another stunning, spring-like, morning on the bay. Today's highlight was seeing a hovering kestrel 20 meters away from us divebomb a shrew on the rocks, then carry it away...

Honey Bee, Out Of His Depth In Glengarriff Bay

Calm and misty kayak trip this morning. Apart from seeing an otter, a loon and a pair of eagles; the highlight was coming across this honeybee 🐝 in the water, drowning.

Pulled him out, sat him on the spraydeck for the trip, gave him a bit of mince pie - which he loved 😅

Then as we pulled up on the slipway, he took off headed for the Eccles Hotel and the woods...

Yellow Brain Fungus

Yellow Brain Fungus or Witches Butter; loves growing on gorse especially. Ranges in colour from yellow to bright orange.

Edible, and I find pretty tasty in a nice bland kind of way. Has an interesting texture!

It's thought to produce carbohydrates.

Bushcraft Instructor Training Course - Glengarriff/Ireland This Coming Year, 2025

After 11 years of running bushcraft courses in Kerry and Cork, I'm delighted to have a three-day Bushcraft Instructor Training Course finally off the ground and ready to run this coming year

It's been a long time coming! More details here: https://www.outdoorsireland.com/activities/bushcraft-instructor-training-course-ireland/

Bushcraft Instructor Training is an intensive three-day course, running from our bushcraft base in Glengarriff/Cork. The course is a mix of indoor and outdoor sessions, with a focus on planning, leading and teaching bushcraft skills. Scroll down to read the full course syllabus. There is also some pre-course work and post-course work.

Previous bushcraft experience and competence is required. This experience and competence can be gained through completing the likes of our Bushcraft Skills 1 and Bushcraft Skills Week. The course is non-residential. There are accommodation options available in Glengarriff. Most food is provided.

There currently is no national governing body and no national qualification for bushcraft in Ireland or UK; so this course has been designed to fill a gap. This is an in-house Outdoors Ireland Training School Certified Course. You will also receive a Leave No Trace Awareness Certificate, which is recognised/certified in Ireland and UK. The Leave  No Trace Awareness Certificate will also allow you to progress into Leave No Trace Trainer.

For overall competence we recommend you also qualify as a Lowland Leader and a Leave No Trace Trainer. These are achievable and are recognised/certified in Ireland and UK. Lowland Leader is awarded by Mountaineering Ireland and Leave No Trace Trainer is awarded by Leave No Trace Ireland. We train and asses for these awards and you can see details here.

Price: €495 Per Person
Complete A Training Course With Us – Repeat The Same Course At Any Stage In The Future, Free Of Charge, Bar A Reg Fee

930am – 630pm
Food Provided

Bushcraft Instructor Training Dates
Glengarriff/Cork:
Please Contact Us

Course Syllabus:
Plan A Course
Plan A Session, Inc Session Breakdown
Reflect & Improve A Session
Brief & Debrief Skills
Teaching Skills, Inc VARK/EDICT/Whole-Part-Whole/Step-By-Step/Drip-Feed/Peer
Demo Skills / Coaching Skills / Tasking Skills
Best Practice Behaviour
Teach Leave No Trace
Teach Foraging
Teach Fish/Fowl/Fur Dressing (Generally One)
Camp Organise / Camp Setup / Camp Brief
Water Organise / Water Setup / Water Brief
Toilet Organise / Toilet Setup / Toilet Brief
Risk Asses, Inc Likliehood & Consequence
Emergency Procedure / Sweep Search
CLAP / 3C / Leader Tic

Instructor Good/Bad/Ethic
Access / Insurance / Qualification
Weather / App / Resource
Student Pre-Course/Post-Course
7S / 7 Snippet
Session Plan Template
Paperwork / Car Pool
Medical Lyme/Weils/Burn/Dehydrate/Hypothermia/Hyperthermia

Fox will Generally Pounce In A North Easterly Direction

Did you know, typically, when a fox pounces on prey it will pounce/jump in a north easterly direction?

If they do pounce in a north easterly direction they catch their prey 73% of the time.

If they pounce in other directions they only catch their prey 18% of the time.

It's believed they are using earth's magnetic field as a range finder...