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Pure Bushcraft Outdoor Skills Challenge 53: Learn How to Solar Treat Water
Clean drinking water is one of the most important things to plan for when spending time outdoors. If your normal water supply is unavailable, understanding different treatment methods can help you make better decisions. One method worth learning about is solar water disinfection, often called SODIS. This solar water treatment technique uses sunlight to help…
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Pure Bushcraft Outdoor Skills Challenge 52: Avoid Condensation in a Bivvy
Affiliate disclosure: This article contains affiliate links. If you purchase something through one of our links, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. Waking up to a damp sleeping bag can make an otherwise good night outdoors uncomfortable. Sometimes the moisture comes from rain or wet ground, but it can also…
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Pure Bushcraft Outdoor Skills Challenge 51: Identify a Bat Roost in Woodland
Bats are easy to overlook during the day. While they may be active around woodland edges at dusk, they spend much of the day resting in sheltered places, including tree cavities, cracks, loose bark and other natural spaces. Learning to recognise a possible roost is a useful wildlife skill, but finding one comes with a…
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50 Practical Outdoor Skills Challenges to Try
Want to become more confident outdoors? The best way to develop practical outdoor skills is to get outside, try things for yourself and learn through experience. Reading guides can help you understand a technique, but putting it into practice is what helps turn that knowledge into a skill you can use. The Pure Bushcraft Outdoor…
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Pure Bushcraft Outdoor Skills Challenge 50: Learn How Fog and Mist Behave in Woodland
Fog and mist can change a familiar woodland surprisingly quickly. Paths that were easy to follow a few minutes earlier may become harder to recognise, distant landmarks can disappear, and it becomes more difficult to judge how far away things are. Even a woodland you know well can feel very different when visibility drops. Understanding…
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Pure Bushcraft Outdoor Skills Challenge 49: Practise Staying Warm in Woodland
Staying warm in woodland is not just about wearing a thick coat. Wind, damp clothing, cold ground and a lack of movement can all make you feel chilly, even when the weather does not seem particularly cold. Knowing how to manage these conditions is a practical outdoor skill that makes woodland walks, camps and longer…
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Pure Bushcraft Outdoor Skills Challenge 48: Learn How to Watch Wildlife Without Disturbing It in Woodland
Watching wildlife in woodland takes more patience than many people really expect. You might spend twenty minutes standing quietly and see nothing more than a robin, then notice a squirrel moving through the branches as soon as you stop looking for it. The secret is to slow down, pay attention to any small details and…
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Pure Bushcraft Outdoor Skills Challenge 47: Practise Leaving No Trace in Woodland
A good woodland visit shouldn’t leave a lasting mark on the place you’ve enjoyed. It’s easy to think that moving a branch, picking a few plants or leaving a small piece of rubbish won’t make much difference, but repeated actions by lots of visitors can gradually damage a habitat. Even activities that seem harmless can…
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Pure Bushcraft Outdoor Skills Challenge 46: Learn Which Nuts Are Ready to Harvest in Autumn
Autumn is a rewarding time to explore woodland and hedgerows, especially when you start noticing the nuts developing beneath the trees. But finding a nut on the ground doesn’t automatically mean it’s ripe, edible or worth collecting. Some are ready to gather, others need more time, and a few that look tempting are poisonous. For…
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Pure Bushcraft Outdoor Skills Challenge 45: Find Dry Fuel in Damp Woodland
After a spell of rain, a woodland floor can look as though every twig and branch is too wet to burn. Yet not all wood gets wet at the same rate. Some material stays sheltered beneath dense foliage, while the inside of a dead branch can remain considerably drier than its rain-soaked surface. Knowing where…
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