Building a Debris Hut

   During our Basic Bushcraft course we demonstrate how to design and build a small hut made from plant materials and a few broken sticks. This takes about an hour of class time with ten people building one hut.
   In reality, it would take a minimum of three hours for one person to build a one person hut.

Dressing in Layers

   Winter is coming. As autumn comes to a close and blustery weather approaches it is important to dress appropriately. Dressing in layers allows you to quickly add or remove clothing to maintain body temperature that is comfortable depending on activity levels or weather conditions to prevent sweating.

   Here in Ireland we have cold rain most of the winter. By dressing in this layer system you can keep from overheating or getting too damp from exercise.

Filming with RTE

Over the past couple of weeks, Aebhric has been filming 14 episodes of Bushcraft skills for Elev8. It is a kids programme for RTE 2.
It was filmed on location at Kippure Adventure Centre in County Wicklow. During the filming there were demonstrations and challenges for the kids. They had to make a Lord of the Rings pitch torch, cutting edges from stones, edible feast from the woods and many more skills.

The Elev8 show will have these 3.5 minute episodes starting in September and running until December, 2011. You can find them on the RTE iPlayer.