"Weekend Bushcraft Course"

Superbly organised course run by passionate and expert instructors. It's crammed but not rushed - they keep you very busy, covering everything from shelter building to foraging, game preparation to water purification. (And fire making, obviously.) You can tell you're only scratching the surface of what these guys can teach you, but they give you more than enough knowledge to start introducing bushcraft elements into your hiking / camping, or to hone your existing skills. Food was plentiful and delicious. Above all, the enthusiasm of the instructors was infectious - they seemed really happy that people wanted to learn from them. Strong recommend.

"Woodland Ways Bushcraft weekend"

What an amazing weekend, totally enjoyed everything I experienced.
(Friday) The small trek to the camp area, processing dinner, and collecting firewood started the weekend off, this was all in the dark too which made it even better!
(Saturday) Waking the next morning and actually seeing the surroundings was great. A full day of learning, shelter building and topped off with learning to make fire (literally a "man made fire" moment for me).
(Sunday) After a night in my own built shelter, fueled up for another morning of learning, with a small trek back out the camp area back to civilisation.
The instructors were amazing (Jay & Michaela), sharing knowledge and amazing cooking.
A must do experience.
All is left to say is thank you!

"This is a great place to shop"

This is a great place to shop both in store and online. Excellent service and advice. I went to get a decent knife for use around my allotment and the staff were very helpful and gave great advice on selecting strong well priced (cheap sounds tacky) knife. I will be back as they have amazing products for the outdoorsy person. I am also tempted to try some bonding with my son at one of there courses later in the year.

"Sweden trip 6/9-15/9"

I had an amazing time on the sweeden trip with Patrick and David . I was a nervous traveller it was my first time I’ve been on an overnight trip away for many years. However, the two fantastic Bushcraft instructors, Patrick and David made this experience life, changing and thoroughly memorable. even though Patrick was a apprentice instructor, he was such a lovely down-to-earth individual who will, I’m sure become an amazing asset to the woodland ways team. And also David McRae who was leading the trip amazing guy with so much experience behind him army and forestry and many other area’s. They both speant time with each of us on the course and was often thier to guide assist and sometimes just be a calming presence Davie* was amazing I had a traumatic experience with water as a child and stayed in the canoe with me for the full trip and taught me about the canoe and helped me gain so much confidence in the water . It was an amazing trip and I will be booking into another trip sometimes soon ! Amazing individual and amazing company.

"Excellent service and delivery"

Excellent service and delivery. Very pleased with the product which was well wrapped and even more pleased with the quick delivery. 5+ stars. Thank you!

"Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher"

Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher. — Japanese proverb

I don't usually write reviews, but this time I feel compelled. I had the privilege of spending 5 days with one of the best teachers I've ever met. I believe the company has many other instructors with similar qualities, but I was fortunate enough to spend the 5 days Busch-craft course in Oxfordshire under Ian Nairn's supervision and I am extremely grateful for that opportunity.

It is difficult to write down everything I've learnt or how much I enjoyed myself...

If any of my course mates reads this thank you too, you are all amazing people and I'm so very happy we happened to be in those Woods together. :)

I can confidently recommend Woodland Ways and I'll definitely be going back for more.

"I keep coming back"

I love Woodland Ways, I'm starting to lose track of how many courses I have been on. The staff are all friendly, very knowledgable and passionate about what they teach. The locations and facilities used are well thought out. I can't wait to book another course.

"Wild food cooking weekend"

In September 2023 I have attended Wild food cooking weekend course in Oxfordshire. Our instructors Nicola and Barry were very friendly and extremely knowledgeable. Nothing was too much trouble for them. The weekend run smoothly due to their enthusiasm and hard work.

Meeting everyone within the group for the first time, we all got one really well, helped each other, shared personal stories, laughed a lot and ate a lot. The food was delicious. The forest chosen for this occasion is in beautiful location and sunny warm weather was on our side. Everyone seemed to genuinely enjoying themselves and everyone was praising every single meal we were lucky to taste. All weekend experience was done up to very high standard.

Previously, I also attended Foraging day course and Bushcraft day course. I highly recommend Woodland Ways courses to anyone.

"Amazing"

We did the bushcraft weekend up in Scotland recently and it was amazing! The guys are really knowledgeable and friendly. The food was beautiful, especially the rabbit stew! It was really difficult to leave on the Sunday afternoon, but it will not be the last time we do a course with these guys, couldn’t have asked for a better time, 5 stars doesn’t seem like enough really.

"Just spent an absolutely fantastic few…"

Just spent an absolutely fantastic few days in Scotland for a bushcraft weekend - cannot recommend enough! The friendly, patient, and obviously highly skilled and knowledgable instructor team taught us a whole range of invaluable skills, from foraging to animal prep, to shelter building, friction fire and water purification, and more! Amazing to be able to sleep in a shelter you’ve built. Also met some fabulous people along the way 😊 Highly recommend to anyone interested in starting to learn bushcraft, or even just those wanting to learn more about the UK woodland and what it can offer

Excited to return as soon as possible - thank you!