Location: Hatfield Forest

Suitable for: Families (we recommend children should be over 6 years old - but please contact us to discuss this)

Duration: Fri, Sat and Sun

Dates: Please check availability below.

Previous Experience Required: None

Description:

This course is designed for the full family and a great (and cheap!) alternative to amusement parks and other expensive outings during school breaks.

We will set up a camp in the woods, make a fire, cook some food over the fire, and perhaps do some craft work like carving, learn about trees & plants and their uses and learn about the woodlands and forest. We will have stalking games and missions for the young adventurers; hiding important decision making skills in fun tasks. You will also learn about the birds and animals in the vicinity; how to track and get closer to them.

We will help you set up an overnight camp and show you how to walk around at night in safety and teach you about night adaption techniques. We will show you how to watch animals at night, using new skills and modern technology like night-vision equipment. You can tell us where to put our camera traps and see if we get anything.

This is a fantastic opportunity to see nocturnal animals such as deer, badgers and foxes; although, of course, this isn't guaranteed.

Finally, you will able to relax around the fire and watch a bit of "Bush TV".

This is a great opportunity to take your children away from the trappings of the modern world and introduce them the wonders of nature.  They will get dirty and tired, but they will certainly have fun!

The Course (depending on the one or two day option) could include:

• Skills; including carving or bushcraft skills including fire-lighting, and aspects of outdoor living.
• Wildlife, plant life, tree and environment identification for resource use
• Introduction to tracking – Introduction to the ancient art of tracking; compression shapes, feeding and other signs; telling the story in the tracks
• Team-building tasks including team tracking
• Woodland walk - Identifying plants, trees, tracks and signs & hopefully some animals. Using natural resources
• Setting up woodland camps for wildcamping
• Woodland awareness tasks and games