Frontier Bushcraft

21/05/2025

Get this super-useful online course at an even better price than usual...

Confused by knots? Knot Knowledge gives you clear, practical video lessons so you can confidently tie essential knots for bushcraft, camping & adventures.

09/05/2025

September 2026 might seem like a long way off but we are preparing for another epic canoe journey on the Missinaibi River, Ontario, Canada. Join Paul Kirtley on this two week odyssey, exploring a classic trade route of the Canadian wilderness. We are already half full on this trip. Four places remaining.

The Missinaibi - A True Wilderness Canoe Journey The Frontier Bushcraft Missinaibi River expedition is a two-week voyage through the Canadian wilderness of northern Ontario, on a river which was one of the arterial trade routes. The journey involves canoeing a wild…

01/05/2025

We still have places on our July Elementary Wilderness Bushcraft Course. Secure your spot on this immersive 6-day bushcraft foundation

Comprehensive Instruction in the Cornerstone Skills of BushcraftAre you looking for a course that provides a thorough grounding in the core subjects of bushcraft?Would you like to gain a rounded set of outdoor skills that are widely-applicable wherever in the world you find yourself?Do you want to m...

14/04/2025

Due to a couple of cancellations, freeing up four places, we have availability again on the previously fully-booked River Spey canoe trip with Paul Kirtley and Ray Goodwin 5th-10th October 2025. Click the link below for full details and to book...

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01/04/2025

More insights from Master Goodwin

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26/03/2025

We still have a few places available on next month's axe skills and campcraft course with Paul Kirtley (the "Woodcrafter"). Click the link below for more details https://frontierbushcraft.com/courses/woodcrafter-wilderness-axe-skills-woodland-campcraft/

04/02/2025

Level up your navigation skills this spring with our comprehensive 6-day Wilderness Wayfinder course. Only a few spots remaining. Full details via the link below...

Complete Wilderness Navigation The Wilderness Wayfinder is our flagship navigation course. It is an in-depth six-day programme examining all aspects of land navigation. The course incorporates traditional wayfinding methodologies, natural navigation knowledge, map reading, compass skills, time and d...

13/01/2025

Join Paul Kirtley and team for a week of axe skills, campcraft and cookery on the Woodcrafter course this April. Click the link below for full details

Wilderness Axe Skills And Woodland Campcraft Whether your focus is carving, camping and camp craft, or wilderness expeditions, much of bushcraft - and specifically woodcraft - is made more viable through the use of an axe. By employing an axe, laborious and time consuming jobs are completed much mor...

06/01/2025

Make time to work on your outdoor abilities in 2025...

Develop Your Outdoor Skills, Knowledge and Confidence Bushcraft Courses With Frontier Bushcraft Frontier Bushcraft provides a variety of bushcraft courses. These range from a one-day bushcraft and survival foundation course to a bushcraft weekend sampling wider variety of bushcraft skill-sets (as we...

05/01/2025

Check out this new article from Paul Kirtley

Traditional cultures across the world, and through time, have held remarkable ethnobotanical knowledge. If you aim to excel in bushcraft, long-term survival, or traditional living skills, having a high degree of plant knowledge is essential. In this article, I explore how various traditional culture...

29/12/2024

Check out this new piece from Ray Goodwin -

When paddling a canoe on moving water, you must make use of eddies. To do this you have to be able to make eddy turns, breaking into eddies and breaking out of eddies. This article, and accompanying embedded video, shows you how...