Coastal Survival school - Press and Testimonials
Press
Coastal Survival School featured 5th in Lonely Planet Magazine's 52 best weekend courses in the world.
Lonely Planet - February 2011 (page 108)
52 best weekends courses.
5. Born Survivor
If you'd like to make like Ray Mears for the weekend, head to the Welsh coast. On the the Llyn peninsular, the Coast Hunter course will bring out an latent hunter-gather skills such as identifying edible plants, and spear fishing. The style of the instructors ensures that the purpose of the course is squarely on having fun and picking up knowledge, rather than on hard-core endurance, but you will be camping out (having learnt how to set up camp yourself, of course) A good nights sleep is guaranteed, however, after a dinner of seaweed risotto cooked to perfection with oysters and whelks over the fire (£125; coastalsurvival.com).
Testimonials
“Many, many thanks for an outstanding weekend of knowledge sharing/learning, fun, coupled with great food which was caught by understanding and using sustainable, simple (once you've been shown) survival techniques and traps. The Seaweed risotto with wild picked salad was a revelation. Denise & I left richer for the experience.”
“Big thank you to Fraser and Tom for a brilliant weekend last week.
I'll be in Dorset for a week after the wedding and will be foraging and cooking wild (whilst expending as little energy as possible - as I've been taught).
Thanks again.”
“Thanks for an excellent stag do last weekend. Everyone from the party agrees it was great and want to get together for a coastal version, maybe in the autumn. I particularly appreciated the mix of survival skills, other discussions, and anecdotes, which made the vast amounts of info easier to absorb, and put the foraging etc. into context, not just an academic study weekend. Also it was a good laugh.
All the best.”
“Hello
Really enjoyed last weekend.
Excellent work done by both Fraser and Tom.
Thought that there was a good balance in the emphasis - enjoyment/learning. Maintaining an 'edge' on things with constant reminders that we are supposed to be in a survival situation but without shouting at us like pretend soldiers. Enjoyed the view of food for both fuel and for pleasure. Fraser is a legend. Great to have him share his rich and varied knowledge from various previous lives. I guess this kind of thing is something that is vanishing from modern life (especially urban living)- the sharing of wisdom and techniques through demonstration and great stories to both illustrate and entertain. I really appreciated the fact that F. didn't hold back on his opinions about the failings of modern society and especially the food supply industry. Stuff that needs saying... whether to a receptive audience or not. Not to overlook Tom who also did a great job.
My mates and I all agree that we came away with plenty to think about regarding our lifestyles, and the future. But on the whole had a really good time and a great laugh. Many thanks and good luck with all your various activities. All power to you.”