Bushcraft Skills Courses Coming Up At Our Bushcraft Base, In Glengarriff/Cork

Two bushcraft skills courses coming up over the coming weeks; with places available on both to book.


Five-Day Bushcraft Skills Week; nicely intensive but also completely beginner friendly; running 26th - 30th April: https://www.outdoorsireland.com/activities/bushcraft-skills/


Two-Day Bushcraft Skills 1; our most popular bushcraft course; completely beginner friendly - and you cover a lot over the two days - running 10th - 11th May: https://www.outdoorsireland.com/activities/bushcraft-skills/

Fire Skills - Bushcraft Training

Fire Skills: This is what we call a pyramid lay or teepee lay. It is laid on top of, and all around, your tinder. The pyramid shape creates a chimney updraft effect and helps get your fire blazing. This is all built before you strike your spark.

You strike your spark into the upwind side of fire setup; meaning any breeze fans the sparks and flames deeper into the fire.

The fuel being used here is rhododendron. Dry rhododendron makes a really good starting fuel.