Testimonials
Kind words from our customers
At Woodland Survival Crafts we are very proud of the standard of service we have provided over the years. It gives us great satisfaction to introduce people to the principles of bushcraft and help them to develop new skills. The feedback we get from our customers is overwhelmingly positive. Listed below are examples of the responses we get from those who have been on one of our courses.
Dave & Ian,
Brian Lamb, Institute for Outdoor Learning
What a superb workshop you ran for the Conference (National Conference of the Institure for Outdoor Learning). Already I have heard from a number of people that yours was amongst the best that they attended…
“Just a quick note to thank you for a fantastic weekend!! I have had great feedback from everyone one on the course, about how much they enjoyed it and how they're looking forward to using these new found skills with groups. …thanks again for providing such a rich and rewarding experience!”
Neil Cowley, Pentrellyncymer Outdoors Education Centre
“I am writing to let you know how delighted I am with both the service you offer for our young offenders and also the level of commitment from you in providing such a service… The level of service you provide is exceptional and worthy of note.”
Linda Cross, Derby Restorative Justice Project
I have had the pleasure of aquiring Dave Watson's services and skills in woodland survival for my children at King's School, Worcester, for a number of years.
He has a natural, easy style with children. His repertoire of shelter building, fire and string making, and giving them confidence to eat nettles and drink nettle tea are perfectly suited to children of all ages. He fires the imaginations of the children, many sleeping in the shelters, extending the positive effect he has had throughout the remainder of the camp and beyond.
I look forward to his contributions with my annual camps and cannot recommend him highly enough.
John Walton, Deputy Head, King's St Alban's
“I would like to thank you for a wonderful day of outdoor survival crafts last week. I have received comments of praise back from a number of people who attended and I wanted to pass these on to you. Thanks again.”
Sam Kick, Community Involvement Officer
“Enormous thanks for enlightening Alex and I on the inner secrets of fire making. I have now made fire everyday since… Fantastic! Thanks zillions, and see you in the near future.”
Dave Goodworth, bushcraft tutor
“Thanks ever so much for an excellent weekend. I can’t believe how much I learnt and I’m sure I shall appear on one of your other courses. The weekend didn’t feel rushed, but we crammed so much in! Thanks again.”
Matthew Cook, London
Thank you for a fantastic weekend and one I'll not forget for a long time to come.
The format of the weekend was excellent, spot on, without undue haste, but without being overly relaxed. This was more than complimented by the friendliness and knowledge of both you and Ian. It also lessened the anxiety having a friendly group of people willing to learn.
Thank you again, I will be making a return visit for further study at some point.
Paul Turner
“I wanted to write and say how much my daughter and I enjoyed the Family Bushcraft weekend. Dave the tutor was excellent. He kept things moving without pressure. None of the adults felt patronised – we all learnt a lot. None of the children felt out of their depth – they all had a great time. I will recommend the course to my friends.”
Jerry Dicker, Thornbury
“Please accept my heartfelt thanks for a great three days on the Friction Firelighting course. It was immensely enjoyable and rewarding.”
Phil Nichols, Kenilworth
Dave, Ian and Richard,
Dean and Connor Todd
Just a thank you for the family weekend. My son and I appreciated the time given and the skills taught over the 2 days. We look forward to seeing you all again on more courses. Once again many thanks.
Just wanted to thank you for an amazing course (Friction Fire Lighting) at the weekend. The tuition was great but your style and personality added to things immensely.
John Sunter
It was so good I wish I could come again and it was one of the greatest experiences of my life and thank you for showing me some of your outstanding skills in bushcraft.
Andrew, a schoolboy
Thank you for a great day yesterday. As you could probably tell from my face I was chuffed to bits every time I got a coal!! It's amazing what a little one-to-one tuition does for your technique and confidence. I was practicing earlier this evening, as instructed, and got a lovely coal. Fantastic!! Once again, thank you.
Mark Wild
Overall Karen and I had a wonderful three days (Friction Fire Lighting Course) and were surprised at how much we fitted into each day. The tuition was perfect and we felt reached all the initial ability levels of those attending from complete novices to those like me who previously had so much smoke and so little fire. Tuition was keen and precisely tailored to each of us and I was most impressed with the amount of 1:1 tutoring you managed. Your staff were always approachable and with an appreciated sense of humour. I would not hesitate to recommend the course to anyone with the slightest interest in wilderness skills and bushcraft.
Dave Roderick
…thank you for a most enjoyable and enlightening weekend on wild food and wilderness cooking.
John Kerr