Lonescout bushcraft – Bringing Bushcraft to you.
Lonescout Bushcraft is born of a lifetime of working with people and a passion for the outdoors. Understanding that not everyone has the ability or the desire to spend an extended period of time outdoors, Lonescout Bushcraft can bring elements of the adventure to you.
As an Accredited Practitioner with the Institute for Outdoor Learning and a holder of their Foundational Bushcraft Competency Certificate Ian Cresswell offers a flexible response to your Bushcraft and Survival educational needs.
Lonescout bushcraft offers training in…
Fire Lighting
Explore fire lighting techniques from the dawn of time to the 21st century.
Shelter Building
Learn to build appropriate shelters for your environment and conditions.
Navigation
Combine environmental awareness (natural navigation) with traditional map reading to increase the effectiveness of your navigation.
Water Sourcing
Discover effective methods of sourcing water.
Water Purification
Understand, simply, the harmful agents in un-purified water and methods of making the water safe to drink.
Wild Food Gathering
Combine environmental awareness (natural navigation) with traditional map reading to increase the effectiveness of your navigation.
Game Preparation
How does meat get to your plate? Unlock the process of preparing fin, fur and feather.
Camp Craft
How to find your way around the campsite.
Equipment Selection
Choosing the right equipment can mean the difference between being comfortable or uncomfortable. Ultimately life and death.
English Knife Law
So complicated that the average Policeman struggles to understand it, learn what you need to know to not fall foul of the minefield that is English Knife Law.
Cooking Outdoors
From primitive methods to gourmet meals, cooking outdoors does not have to mean sausages and beans!
Knots & Lashings
Trust your hammock will stay suspended or your tarp will withstand the elements? Glimpse the tip of the iceberg that is knots and lashings to efficiently secure your cordage.
Meet Ian Creswell
Ian Cresswell founder of Lonescout Bushcraft, has been connected with the outdoors for over 40 years.
Qualifications
- First Aid Qualified
- CRB Checked
- City and Guilds Level
- Accredited Practitioner of the Institute for Outdoor Learning
- Member of the Institute for Leadership and Management
- Scout Association Wood Badge
- OCN Level 2 Woodland Survival Skills (Bushcraft)
