Real Skills • Real Adventure • Real Fun

Let your young person enjoy up to five unforgettable days outdoors — learning bushcraft through hands-on adventure, creativity, and play. They’ll build shelters, light fires, cook over the flames, and explore the woods with new friends — growing in confidence and independence along the way.

Each day brings new challenges and discoveries, with skills that build throughout the week toward a full set of practical outdoor know-how.

This is far more than a holiday club — it’s meaningful time in nature, packed with learning, laughter, and real-world adventure.

When Is It

Monday 10th – Friday 14th August 2026
9:00 AM – 5:30 PM each day

Who’s It For

Ages 8 to 16, from first-time explorers to confident young adventurers.

Join Us for the Week — or Just a Day

Choose a single day that matches your young person’s interests, or let them experience the full five-day journey. Each session builds on the last, following the same order of priorities you’d use to thrive outdoors — from shelter and fire to navigation, food, and comfort.

The full week offers the richest experience: a complete outdoor adventure that builds skills, confidence, and a deep connection to nature.

What They’ll Learn

The week is shaped around the Rule of 3, a key survival principle that helps young people understand what humans need most — and in what order:

• 3 minutes without oxygen

• 3 hours without shelter

• 3 days without water

• 3 weeks without food

Each day focuses on a theme linked to these principles. We also weave in messages around Leave No Trace, sustainable foraging, and mindful harvesting throughout the week.

Daily Themes & Skills

Monday – Shelters & Knots

• Build shelters using natural woodland materials

• Set up tarp shelters using simple, useful knots

• Try different shelter designs like lean-to and A-frame

• Make your own tent peg or paracord bracelet to take home

Tuesday – Campfires

• Learn what makes a fire burn (heat, fuel, oxygen)

• Try flint & steel and traditional friction fire techniques

• Find and prepare natural materials for lighting fires

• Build and manage fires safely

• Discover how fire helps with warmth, cooking, water, and signalling

Wednesday – Navigation

• Use the sun, trees, and natural signs to find direction

• Get hands-on with maps and compasses

• Learn simple emergency signals using smoke, sound, and Morse code

Thursday – Campfire Cooking

• Prepare and cook meals over the fire — from burgers to damper bread and pizza wraps

• Make campfire drinks like hot chocolate and wild teas

• Explore fire structures (fire lays) for cooking

• Learn safe fire management throughout the day

Friday – Woodland Craft

• Identify useful trees and plants

• Make natural string (cordage) from nettles or brambles

• Try leaf printing (Hapa Zome) and natural dyeing

Where It Takes Place

On the beautiful Llanforda Estate, just outside Oswestry — a perfect woodland setting for adventure, learning, and discovery.

Full directions and kit list will be sent after booking.