Friday night - arrive at the ProAdventure office in Llangollen at 7pm for a briefing. You will then proceed (in your own transport unless otherwise agreed) to your camp in the forest. Please make sure you have eaten dinner before you arrive.
Both nights will be spent sleeping in hand-built shelters and the course will include a mixture of demonstrations, lecturettes, and personal practice.
The end time is not fixed but will be about Sunday lunchtime between 1pm and 4pm depending on how tired everyone is. We advise you not to drive long distances home when you may be short on sleep!
The aim of this 2 day course is to introduce you to basic skills and techniques that, with further practice, will allow you to be self-sufficient and survive in the outdoors. It will also include bushcraft, traditional and military skills and knowledge. The course is fully catered from breakfast on Saturday onwards, and not at all militaristic in presentation or content.
Course content:
What is survival? - Introduction
- Aims and objectives
Survival skills - What do we need
Survival kits - contents and how to use them
Equipment - Personal
- Task specific
Shelter - Improvised / natural
- Commercially available
Fires and fire lighting - Principles of firelighting
- Setting fires
- Types of fires
- Improvising fires- friction / bowdrills
Food and cooking - Types of food
- Wild food- identification and use of
- Emergency supplies / ration packs
- Preparation
- Rabbit / Trout
- Fishing / catching / trapping
Water - Collection
- Purification
- Carrying
Campcraft and overnight camp out
Where next - Personal development
We always aim to cover as much of this list as we can, however due to prevailing weather conditions, etc, it may not always be possible to include everything.
What to bring:
Come prepared for the best and the worst of weather, remember sun cream and a hat. Don’t forget your personal medication, especially if you are asthmatic, and tell us of any notable medical conditions. 
Rucksack + liner
Sleeping bag + liner
Survival bag (orange plastic type)
Therm-a-rest or roll mat
Boots with good ankle support
Waterproofs
Suitable clothing and spares
Warm hat and gloves and sun hat
Wash kit including alcohol-based hand wash
Small personal first aid kit
2 x 1 litre water bottles
Knife fork spoon bowl or plate and mug
Torch and spare batteries
Small pen knife or multi tool
Notebook and pen
Plastic bags (for wet kit)
Emergency rations (dried fruit, chocolate bars, etc.)
Paracord (minimum 5 metres)
Sample Menu:
Saturday:
Breakfast Muesli
Toast (with jam, chocolate spread, marmite or similar)
Porridge
Lunch Sandwiches
Fruit
Dinner Rabbit (stewed or barbecued, your choice!)
Fresh Vegetables
Pasta or Baked Potatoes
Sunday:
Breakfast Muesli
Toast (with jam, chocolate spread, marmite or similar)
Porridge
Lunch Trout
Pasta or Baked Potatoes
The food is basic (it is a Survival course!) but always of good quality, and we will show you what you can do with it over an open fire. We also supply plenty of tea, coffee, hot chocolate, milk, biscuits and chocolate, plus spare fruit.
If you have any medical, religious or ethical dietary requirements please let us know at least 10 days before your course commences, so we can provide suitable alternatives.
You are always more than welcome to bring your own food, but please do make sure it is ‘cookable’ over an open fire in the wild (if you’re not sure please give us a call and we can check).
2008 £195pp Including food, instruction and a free Mora bushcraft knife!
2009 - Adult £200pp
2009 - U18's £150pp - The minimum age is 14 years. All under 18s must be accompanied by a parent. Sorry - the free Mora bushcraft knife is not available for under 18s!
Current dates are:
2008: |
| Days | Dates |
| Fri-Sun | November 14th-16th - 6 places left! |
| 2009: |
Fri-Sun
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Fri-Sun | 13-15 March - 14 places left!
17-19 April - 14 places left!
15-17 May
19-21 June
17-19 July
21-23 August
18-20 September
16-18 October
13-15 November |
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