Instructors

Natural Pathways was set up in 2002 and in the last five years has successfully run courses and camps in Survival/Bushcraft and Nature Awareness for many organisations such as Kent County Council Key Training Services, Opportunities Plus, Motiv8, Kentish Stour Countryside Project and many schools throughout the county. Natural Pathways also provides courses for the general public including their well-known Wilderness Family Camps.

Natural Pathways uses a number of instructors whose skills will be applicable to the course being taught, we will provide you with details of the specific instructor(s) prior to your course.

Hannah Nicholls
Natural Pathway’s Director and Leading Instructor

Hannah has been teaching bushcraft skills and nature awareness to adults and children for five years, she also runs courses for schools and youth groups. She is well known for her ability to pass on her skills in a relaxed and engaging manner.

Hannah was inspired by teachings of Tom Brown Jr, well-known author and founder of the Tracker School in America. Tom Brown grew up along side an Apache Indian learning many valuable Earth living skills that he continues to pass on to many people through his trainings. As well as attending courses in America with Tom Brown, Hannah has attended a year’s course on Primitive Survival Skills with Trackways here in the UK. She completed the course with a week's Survival Quest in Scotland.

Having lived in the Daintree Rainforest in the Australian outback for a year, she gained much experience from practising a sustainable way of living.

Hannah has practised Reflexology and Reiki for the past fifteen years and has always had an interest in alternative medicine and the healing properties of plants, treating herself and her children with herbal and homeopathic remedies where possible.

Hannah feels it is important to develop her personal awareness when relating to herself and others, as a parent and within a group. She has attended self-development courses such as Parent-Link, Non-violent Communication, the Sedona Method and Psychology of Vision. She home educates her three children, Ben, Ashleigh and Jasmine, providing for them a wide range of experiences as they grow up.

Keen to pass on her knowledge to others, in particular to children, it is her wish to bring them closer to Nature through Nature Awareness activities and hands on experience with survival/bushcraft skills.

Lief Bruylant
Assistant Instructor

Born in Africa, well travelled... living in Kent for the last 24 years (!)... Lief is an artist, a horticulture support worker and a very part time helper on a local organic farm. Lief studied art at college in Belgium, Liege and did an M.A. in photography at the Royal College of Art in London. Lief completed a year course with Thomas Schorr-Konn of Trackways, who was taught by Tom Brown Jr of the Tracker School in America. She then continued her training with another years course in shamanism with Yvan Macbeth . Having helped on Trackways family camps for many years as cook, Lief has a great interest in wild food, herbs in the kitchen and using plants in keeping in balance and harmony. She is very passionate about wild life and always open to learning and sharing knowledge.

Sal Wallington
Part Time Instructor

Sal has been both a student and teacher of bushcraft and environmental education for many years. Her knowledge of the countryside reflects her lifelong love of the outdoors.

Sal works professionally on a range of environmental projects to benefit both wildlife and people. She believes that practising survival and bushcraft skills is one of the best ways to teach people about sustainability and treading lightly on the earth.

Skilled and capable, Sal brings enthusiasm and a sense of humour to the camps.

Will Lord
Expert Flint Knapper And Traditional Bow Maker

William's passion for the prehistoric way of life was first found in his early years when he grew up living at the prehistoric flint mine in Norfolk, Grimes Graves where his father John Lord was custodian.

Working the stone, William is highly gifted - being blessed with the strength and creativity to turn lumps of flint into wonderfully intricate replications of prehistoric artefacts, knives and beautiful jewellery. He is also an expert traditional bow maker.

This is only one facet of William's main interest. Wills talent lies in taking his skills into the public domain, demonstrating his craft and offering people of all ages and abilities the opportunity to try flint knapping for themselves.

This is particularly popular with youngsters, which William finds encouraging - hoping that some may take their interest further as he has from his childhood.

Hannah would like to welcome you to....Natural Pathways