Trooper or Troops the best part of 10+yrs working in the Theatre, Television and Concert industry as a rigger, flyman and stage technician before moving to Devon in 2000 to run his own Motorcycle repair business. Sadly after the demise of this business in 2008 Troops moved back to Essex where he began working with young people in the care of local authorities which he finds an exceptionally rewarding job and continues to do to this day.

Troops has always had an interest, love and awe in all things Outdoorsy and Survival and often spending days out on survival/ wild camping weekends, animal and bird watching with friends and family members and teaching himself basic Bushcraft skills.

A fortuitous chance meeting in a multi-story car-park in 2008 lead to Troops meeting Pablo, and consequently being founding members of ESSEX OUTBACKS Bushcraft group through the WOODLIFE forum network. This opened up a whole new world of Tracking and related field craft.from which Troops has never looked back.

Now after 4 years plus of hard graft and learning from both PABLO & JP as well as working up from course helper to assistant and then mentor enrolling on the Diploma programme Troops has worked towards becoming a trainee instructor.

Troops also volunteers at least one day a month with the Wilderness Foundation where he passes on Bushcraft knowledge and skills as their Bushcraft Mentor.

As well as his love of Bushcraft Troops is a qualified Residential worker and mechanical engineer. He loves walking holidays in the Lake District and is heavily involved In his other life passion; Motorcycles. He is accompanied almost everywhere by his faithful companion and Essex Outbacks mascot Scout.

He loves reading and cooking and has been lucky enough to experience such things as winter dog sledding in Finland, walking with Wolves, as well as swimming with Dolphins and Manatee in Florida. His Bushcraft ambitions are to go on a month long Canoe safari around Canada in an open canoe and Track Wolves in either Europe or North America.