Outdoors Ireland: April 2026

21 April 2026

Bushcraft Skills Course This Coming Weekend - Glengarriff/Cork - Places Available

Two places are left available for a beginner friendly Bushcraft Skills 1, next weekend; 25th-26th Apr.

Over the weekend, among other things we'll be looking at simple bread making in a dutch oven; making fire from spark, using a pyramid lay; using a kelly kettle to boil water quickly; and of course some foraging for dinner.

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11 April 2026

Some Basic Ideas For Being Prepped For The Unforseen

We never necessarily thought we'd see a situation like covid; or in this age of awareness, the atrocities currently happening around the world.

Most recently the impact of a couple days of fuel shortages, and probably a further knock-on effect from this week.

It can be worth asking yourself; how organised and prepared are you to survive simply and comfortably, off grid; for example with no electricity, or no working vehicle; for a week/a fortnight/a month?

Being prepped for off grid living can be a complex and daunting subject. However at a basic level, you could consider one of these things.

1. Have a fortnight of bottled drinking water and non perishable food stocked up. Food can be as simple as pasta/rice/flour/oats, tomato sauce in glass, long shelf life tinned meat such as spam/tuna.

2. Have a simple gas camping stove, with adequate gas supply. Cook a meal on it once a week regardless, so you are comfortable using it. I spent a full year recently cooking every dinner on the small stove in photo 1. It's not that difficult to eat well and healthily with one-pot-meals 🙂
For example, did you know you can cook simple and tasty bread and scones, in a pan?
Don't just wait for the emergency to happen, before tackling the stove.
Yes - as the number of people you're cooking for increases, so does the level of work, but there are things like - pasta/potatoes can cook in their own hot water, sitting on the counter, while the pan of bolognese cooks on the camping stove...

3. Get away from electricity, to some extent.
Photo 2: wood burning stove with a hot top for pans and an oven for baking.
Photo 3: if a wood burning stove is not an option, get a gas cooker, with a couple of gas bottles.

There is much more to prepping, but this can be a simple achievable start.
And really someone in your family unit/friend unit should be well versed in simple, but solid, bushcraft skills.