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                                                   FOUNDER and INSTRUCTOR

 

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Stuart fish -  was born in 1968, in Hawick, the Scottish Borders.

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As a child, school summer holidays were spent up the local park, swimming in the river and having fires on the stone beaches.

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Walks were taken into the outlying countryside to explore and play.

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At the age of eight, I was given my first fishing rod, my first fishing foray onto the local river saw no fish landed, as I don’t think they were too keen on Banana!!, which was my bait.

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Years later still a keen angler and more experienced, fly fishing and sea angling became a passion.

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 Also hill walking became another love, walks comprised of weekends spent rambling in the hills. Later long distance hikes like the West Highland way; Wainwrights coast to coast and the St Cuthbert’s way were undertaken.

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Although these were enjoyed, I felt inside that there was something unfulfilled, it was not until I remembered seeing a TV programme as a teenager, this programme called Country Tracks had a ten minute slot, in which a young Ray Mears showed wild camping/Survival skills.

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So from here I started down the path, learning bushcraft/Primitive living skills that our ancestors used everyday in life.

​Spending time sleeping out under the stars, at any time of the year, with just a blanket and a warm fire for comfort.

​In doing this I found a greater awareness, and an oneness with nature was born.

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But, to quote a fellow outdoorsman;          "There is no graduation day in the school of the woods".

 

So even today I still head off to the woods, to challenge myself whenever possible, and to seek a closer understanding,  which those long forgotten peoples had with nature.