Specialists in outdoor wilderness survival courses
The outdoors has always played a huge part in Joe’s life. Early influences such as the books ‘Danny, The Champion Of The World’ and 'Brendon Chase' ensured that almost every weekend consisted of some kind of woodland camp out or hare brained outdoor adventure.
This passion for spending time in wild places developed into a personal quest to learn more about the countryside and how we were once reliant on the plants, trees and wildlife for all of our daily needs.
Eight years military service developed those early experiences into useful skills. After leaving the army these skills grew further still learning from some of the best bushcraft instructors in the UK whilst utilizing his trade as a carpenter joiner making furniture from reclaimed wood.
Deciding that the best way to learn is to teach, he spent five years working as an instructor for a leading survival/bushcraft school before setting up his own school, Wilderness Survival Skills. During those five years, his reputation for hand carving wooden cups, bowls and spoons through the night whilst eating vast amounts of chocolate became legendary.
He writes regularly for the countries leading Bushcraft magazine 'Bushcraft & Survival Skills' and has recently become a published author with his first book The Wilderness Survival Guide available in WHSmiths stores, Waterstones and Amazon.
Special skill – making pancakes.
