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Survival Skills – The Rule Of 3s in Outdoor Survival video
www.woodlands.co.uk Know your rule of 3s. The Rule of Three’s can help your chances of survival. Practice bushcraft skills to combat exposure, dehydration, and starvation. Sean Collins runs through the Rule of 3′s and explains the importance of each and the steps you can take. He also demonstrates a handy water container for use in woodlands.
How to make charcoal – making charcoal with a charcoal burner
www.woodlands.co.uk Want to make charcoal? What is a charcoal burner? Where does barbecue charcoal come from? Woodlands TV visit a charcoal burn using a ring kiln. They look at the sources of wood, moving the chimneys, what happens inside a charcoal burner, and grading the charcoal. An atmospheric film with lots of smoke and steam in a woodland setting. www.woodlands.co.uk
Choosing a chainsaw
If you are looking for your first chainsaw, or thinking of upgrading this is for you. Durability, ease of servicing and suitability are some of the factors Dave Vickers from Sparsholt College considers . He looks at a range of Stihl and Husqvarna chainsaws loaned from Winchester Garden Machinery. Clear, practical tips and advice from somebody who uses chainsaws and teaches others to use them. Machines include Stihl MS 171, Stihl MS230, Husqvarna 460 Rancher, and Husqvarna 570 for the professional
Pine Resin and many uses for woodland pine
In the final part of his look at the pine tree, Sean considers the dead or dying pine and how it still continues to be a resource for survival. Pine resin has plenty of uses for the bushcrafter, and Sean describes how to find , store, and use it.
Bushcraft string from pine tree roots
Sean Collins continues his look at the numerous uses for the pine tree. In this episode he shows how to collect pine string
Pine needles and pine cones for bushcraft
The pine tree has a lot to offer the bushcraft enthusiast from a source of vitamin C to a colander! In the first of 3 films, survival expert Sean Collins demonstrates the uses of pine needles and cones in a woodland setting. In subsequent programmmes he talks about pine string and uses for a dead pine tree.
Upside down fire
An upside down fire offers several advantages in a woodland setting which survival expert Sean Collins demonstrates. He also offers tips on using a fire steel and answers that perennial problem – why does the smoke always seem to blow towards me?
Posch large cross cutter and log splitter for firewood
If you’ve got lots of timber to split this is the machinery you need. It’s a complete contrast to the low tech version where you just need to split a few logs by hand (see Mike Pepler in one of our other films “Making Kindling from Logs Using a Frow” ) Made by Posch, this piece of kit will rattle through a tree trunk in less than a minute, with the split logs coming out at the other end. Demonstrated by a student from Plumpton College and described by tutor Tony Marshall. Tony also briefly describes some of the courses and options available for those studying forestry at Plumpton.
Mesolithic Cooking of Acorns, Sloes and Nettle Crisps
The final part of our films shot inside a reconstruction of a mesolithic hut. Ian and Cristine from ESAMP offer up such delicacies as acorn cakes, sloes, acorn kernels, and nettle crisps. Keen Woodlands TV watchers will notice the point at the end of the film where camera 1 ran out of tape. Fortunately camera 2 kept on filming as the nettle crisp sequence unfolded.
Stone Age Cooking using acorn flour
Once again Woodlands TV is in the mesolithic hut with Cristine and Ian from ESAMP ( East Sussex Archaeological and Museums Partnership). Following on from the previous programme they are experimenting with cooking acorn flour sweetened with blackberry juice. They also offer round some seeds from the Himalayan Balsam to try, as well as sloes. Again they pass on a wealth of information to a young audience as well as testing their tastebuds. The relaxed and informal discussion throws up such gems as how to use running water to leach acorns , and making fruit leather. Essential viewing.