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Islay Bushcraft
Islay
Journeyman– in the footsteps
of….
Join us at Islay
Birding and Bushcraft for a most challenging
and rewarding wilderness experience. Based on a Hebridian island
you will spend five exciting days. Where emptiness and wilderness
reign and the mountains drop down to the sea. Islay: the mystical
land of single malt and fantastic wildlife.
Five days discovering,
exploring, and conserving this rare place while also sharing your
experiences around our friendly campfire. Travelling by foot
along majestic stretches of empty coastline you will learn how to
forage for food, sleeping in caves and ultimately follow the
footsteps of the ancients.
This is not a
course for the faint hearted or the inexperienced, and as such,
we recommend you acquire some basic bushcraft knowledge by
attending the excellent courses run by either of the schools
listed on our links page. Also, it is advised that a reasonable
level of physical fitness is required.
As well as beautiful
beaches you will be travelling across remote moorland, and while
travelling light you will be expected to carry your own
equipment, cooking on open fires, collecting shellfish and
seaweed, catching fish and bivalves you will be putting your
knowledge into real practice.
The first two days will be
conducted at a base camp and will allow us to introduce you to
the locale whilst we all share skills, develop the group and
becoming at ease with the new remoteness whilst being comfortable
in the nature. Then we journey beyond the horizon, quickening the
expectations, giving the opportunity to marvel and
imagine.
Following, and building
upon, our values of leaving no trace we will be removing all
waste, working with ReJIG, the local recycling group, to ensure
that the environment we enjoy stays enjoyable for future
generations.
There may even be the
opportunity to get a John Muir Award.
Less is More -
Simplicity is not what you take but what you return
with!
   
Contact Jeremy for further
details:
info@islaybirding.co.uk
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