Today at the Outdoor Conference 2026 we:
- went on a wander to identify trees
- made char cloth, charcoal sticks (out of Hazel tree), char fungus (out of horse hoof fungus), I helped with the latter (I made the former last year)
- made “hitty sticks”
Hoped for the best the ceilidh would be better than last year's and wore my kilt, but I walked in and chose the table nearest the door just in case.
Good call, it was the same people they got to run it last year. 😬
I lasted an hour, but I wasn't going to be lonely in crowded room, so left.
It's not that I haven't enjoyed talking to people at this event, I just haven't latched onto a small group like last year.
Early night. (I need it anyway.)
My team was 2nd in the Welcome Evening quiz...somehow. 1 better than I was last year.
Day 1 (today) - My bushcraft course covered:
-Splitting wood with Axes and Hitty Sticks
-Splitting wood into smaller size with Knives and Hitty Sticks
-Firelighting (Ferro Sticks,Flint and Steel), birch bark...
-Firebuilding
-Kelly Kettle use
-Teaching all of the above to others
-Eating some of the other course's food
Welcome to the Outdoor Conference 2026!
There be Scout Leaders everywhere!
All Sections*!
(*Expression, not actually checked.)
This weekend I’m attending the Outdoor Conference again. It’s an outdoors training event run by Scouts Scotland.
I’m doing a purely Bushcraft Skills course this time. The aim of the course I’m signed up to is to learn new & develop my own skills and also how to teach them to Young People.
Let #Outdoors25 become #Outdoors26! I’m nothing if not original with my hashtags…😆
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CheekyMcB