ARCHERY EXPERIENCE
Enjoy a 90-minute, fully instructed Archery experience. Your Archery GB instructor will teach you the correct way to handle a bow and arrow before you step up to the shooting line to test your aim. There’ll be plenty of time for fun scoring games and challenges along the way. Perfect for beginners and novices alike!
- Welcome and safety briefing
- All equipment provided
- Coaching on equipment use before some exciting archery challenges
- Expert instruction from our Archery GB instructor
- Learn a brand new skill during this 90 minute, fully guided session
No previous experience required.
Please Note: participants with shoulder, neck, back, arm injures may be unable to participate in archery this is to ensure that no further injury is caused
Scheduled date: tbc
Duration: 90 minutes
Time: tbc
Location: Worcestershire or Herefordshire site
Places: Limited places (12)
Price: tbc
BUSHCRAFT EXPERIENCE
Ever wondered how you would fare in survival conditions? Could you build a shelter, source food, or create fire simply with what you can find? Now you can find out under the expert guidance of our Institute for Outdoor Learning qualified Bushcraft instructor.
A fantastic activity for a family to enjoy some quality time in the great outdoors, or for a group wanting to share and experience and learn to work together. Explore the environment, learn techniques for survival, and make the best use of the resources around you.
- Welcome and safety briefing
- Expert instruction from our Institute for Outdoor Learning qualified Bushcraft instructor covering
- How to safely use knives and saws, including various cutting techniques
- The fundamentals of shelter building including location selection and potential hazards
- How to construct a weatherproof shelter (natural products)
- How to identify useful trees and plants for food and medicine
- Tracks and Tracking
- How to light a fire without matches (methods include flint & steel and fire steel)
- All equipment provided
No previous experience required.
Scheduled date: tbc
Duration: ½ day
Time: tbc
Location: Worcestershire or Herefordshire sites
Places: Limited places (10)
Price: tbc
HEDGELAYING EXPERIENCE
Learn the basics of hedgelaying craft in our one-day practical course.
Hedgerows are an important part of our landscape, as a boundary, shelter and so our wildlife can flourish. They need to be planted and laid in the right way, so they grow strong and survive.
This course runs between leaf fall (November) and before the bud breaks (March).
- Welcome
- Safety procedures during operations
- Suitable hedge maintenance techniques
- Care and maintenance of hedgelaying tools
- Prepare and establish new hedgerows
- Identify and prepare hedgerows for hedge laying work
- Practice basic hedgelaying, suiting the local style
Suitable for anybody with little or no experience of hedgelaying
Scheduled date: tbc
Duration: 1 day
Time: 10-4pm
Location: Worcestershire site
Places: Limited places (12)
Price: tbc
