ONE Day Taster

Price Per Person: £70
Dates:   August 2, 7, 10, 21  ​Other dates running throughout the year. Please contact for more details

Location - Symondsbury West Dorset

This is a great opportunity to come into the countryside and play! At the same time, we shall study important and specific aspects of survival that can make the difference between a good or a very bad day out.
We start at 9:30am, making our way with full awareness across country, stopping for various lessons along the way. On reaching the training site we will stop for some lunch before continuing into the afternoon with specific training activities. We'll look at and experience some of the simple things that can put us in a potential survival situation. And we’ll discover how some very ordinary items can make all the difference. The day is full of interesting challenges that ask you to think in new and exciting ways.  We shall study shelter, fire, signalling for help, sourcing and treating water. We’ll also cover foraging and natural navigation. If this is the only course you do with us you will still finish the day with new skills and knowledge and with a greater understanding of your own strengths and blossoming potential. ​​​

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TWO Day Woodland Survival

Price Per Person: £150
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Dates:   August 16-17  October 12 & 13  25 & 26

This course will give you a good grounding in the principles and techniques necessary to survive in the wild. You will learn the skills and techniques of shelter building, ways to make fire, signal for help and how to locate and treat water. We will look at the many possibilities of foraging for food and catching game. and spend time looking at natural navigation techniques and how we can use them to orientate ourselves. Woods offer a glimpse into a hidden world with an abundance of resources once you know what to look for. There are endless possibilities for shelter just for a start. In our woods we have Tawny Owls, Ravens, and Deer to name a few of the creatures you can see and hear.

This 2 day 1 night course is perfect for people who want to get more from the countryside but feel apprehensive. You will learn interesting new skills and the fundamental skills of survival that will dispel any anxieties of sleeping out in the open.

Location - Symondsbury West Dorset

Testimonials

Zilvi | 
This course was a real eye opener for me as it offered me an insight into what it would take to survive in the woods with minimal recourses. From the very first moment our instructor Aaron shared with us a wealth of knowledge that was delivered with enthusiasm, and it was ever present till we said our goodbyes - this helped me mentally push on in moments weakness (lack of sleep, exhaustion and hunger to keep pushing and grow). A great experience and would recommended to anyone who wants to go back to nature. Thanks, Aaron! 
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​Alana and Raihan| 
Had a wonderful time on the course and learned so much! Met some really amazing people! Aaron was a wonderful teacher, full of stories and was a really inspirational person. He was incredibly patient and calm, offering advise or support when we were learning a new skill to any who needed it. All of what we learnt allows us to look at the world with a new eye, listening a little more to what the world wants to say and giving us more confidence in life's challenges. Thank you Aaron! 

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THREE Day Woodland Survival

Price Per Person: £220
Dates:    August 30 - Sept 01  Few spaces left

Three days and two nights gives us the chance to more fully engage and immerse ourselves into the outdoors. We cover all the basic skills from the two day course but now expect more from you. Just like the two day course the first night we will be sleeping out under a tarp, but the second night you will be using new skills and what nature offers to build your own natural shelter. The three days allow us the chance to more fully develop these new skills. And on day two the decisions you make and the practical skills you've learnt will start to impact on the rest of the course, so it requires you to be switched on and an active learner throughout the three days. 

Testimonials​

​Jules  
I have just completed the 3 day extended basic woodland survival course and I would like to say thank-you to Aaron Fuest for providing me with knowledge and lessons from his mental kit bag. I now feel confident enough to go out on my own and use the lessons I have been taught to put to practice. I would recommend this course for anyone interested in the outdoors and nature as this puts you in good stead for dealing with any problems that may arise. 

​Carolyn L
What a fantastic course!! Thoroughly enjoyed it and learnt so much. Aaron was brilliant - great teacher and so supportive. I will be practising my feathering skills on kindle wood for a while I am sure. Three days was perfect - enough time to practice the skills we learnt on days one and two. A fantastic group of people just added to the experience. 

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THREE Day Coastal Survival

Price Per Person: £220
Dates:  May 17-19  September 27-29

The coastal course offers some real challenges and some great opportunities. The main challenge is that wood of any description is scarce, so shelter and fire require even more thought than normal. In fact, you have very little to protect you from the elements: I’ve been scorched by the sun and drenched by rain and all in a day. So, with these challenges come new skills and many new techniques. However, the coast offers greater possibilities for foraging food. With resources such as fish, shellfish, seaweeds and coastal plant life.  Beach combing and a scavenger’s eye can make all the difference so more emphasis is given to foraging.  You will have to live from foraged food for one night so the skills learnt will be put to the test. We will put out a long line and traps for fish and look at how to prep and cook our catch using a pit oven.  And if the weather is good and the sun is out, we'll we can lay back and soak up some rays!

Location - Bigbury Devon
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Testimonials

Carolyn R
Although I have been on a couple of survival courses, being an avid viewer of the Bear Gylls 'The Island ' series I was keen to experience coastal survival.
 
After doing the usual online research I decided to go with Aaron Fuest... and that was definitely a good decision!
 
The course covered a wide range of skills many of which were specific to coastal survival such as  where to find food, shelter, water but also how to signal for rescue in an emergency using fire beacons and flotsam to make SOS signs.  The width and depth of Aaron's  knowledge was remarkable as was his obvious and apparent affinity with the natural world.  I learnt so much in those few days -not just the practical /physical skills but a real understanding of the coastal environment and how to use it without abusing it.   
There were 6 of us in our group ( I was the only female ) and we had different levels of competency.  None of us was ever made to feel as though we were under pressure - Aaron was always calm and patient and made sure that we all mastered every skill. 
 
It was an absolutely fantastic weekend and I came away feeling a deep sense of achievement and inner strength.  Thanks Aaron .

Jane             
Great course, really enjoyed it....and I caught a fish - thanks Aaron for being a very understanding instructor ​

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FOUR Day Extreme Survival

Price Per person:    £295
Dates:   September 20-23      October 10-13

Our 4-days 3-nights advanced course is a grueling and demanding challenge needing prior knowledge and training with us on either our 2 day or 3 day course. This advanced course runs only four times a year and is designed to substantially test your skills and inner strength. It is based on a detailed survival scenario that requires all the fundamentals. The first phase will have you set up camp and over the next two days you will learn more of camp craft and the survival skills necessary to take part in the second phase. During the final phase of 2 days you will have ample opportunity to demonstrate everything that you have learnt. Some of the time you will be on the move so all aspects of PLAN will be used from protection through to navigation. The schedule of this course is demanding and full of highs and lows so having a sense of humor is vital; indeed it’s an important survival skill in its own right. The course and assessment are rigorous but it’s a challenge very well worth taking.

Location - Symondsbury West Dorset

​Testimonials



Pete 
Just back from four days of this course, caught short as I was developing a cold. Amazing, you learn so much but realise you know nothing and all the serious learning has to develop when you get home. Aaron was a brilliant instructor, knowledgeable patient and hilarious around the camp fire. I'm so coming back for more. 

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John R| 

Loved the course and the location is excellent, was a little windy but nothing we can do about that, Aaron the instructor was excellent and really knows his stuff - I would recommend this course, looking forward to doing a woodland survival next. ​

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ONE Day Spoon Carving Chilling in the Woods 

Price Per person:    £60
​Dates: ​​Various 10am - 4pm  Please contact for further details 

​If you want the joy of something both attractive and functional then maybe this is for you.
A day's spoon carving up at the Lodge.

With time to sit back and enjoy the sound of the wind in the trees, away from the stress of everyday life. Here you have the chance to design and create something special, whether you want to sit quietly or chat amongst new friends, the day will allow you the opportunity to unwind and learn a new skill.

All tools and materials are provided as well as tea, coffee and biscuits and if you're  a keen baker then fell free to bring cake or flapjacks to share.
 

Bespoke and corporate bookings are also available 
​For further enquiries please email landtoseasurvival@gmail.com