Primitive Living Skills and Wilderness Survival Courses
“The beauty of learning about these ancient skills and knowledge is the unique opportunity to connect with our ancestors and the natural world, allowing us to gain a deeper understanding of their struggles and triumphs as well as keeping these skills alive to better connect us with nature once again.. Whether it's creating an ember from friction or hand-stitching reindeer hides into a sleeping bag, these skills transport us back in time, mentally and spiritually, and offer a glimpse into the lives of those who came before us.” - Billy Souter
ABOUT
My name is Billy Souter, a Bushcraft and Primitive Living Skills instructor based in Derbyshire, UK.
COURSES
Bushcraft & Primitive Living Skills Courses
CONTACT
For bookings, questions or enquiries, please feel free to get in touch!
TESTIMONIALS
"If you’re looking for someone to teach you primitive skills, Billy’s your man.
He’s knowledgeable, passionate and has a relaxed but effective way of teaching. He catered really well for the different experience levels of the group, ensuring everyone has a grand day.”
— Jacques, Percussion Fire Course
"The artefacts that Billy creates are of museum exhibition quality. The range of items he brought with him to display was absolutely stunning. They were all beautifully crafted and created by authentic methods, just as they would have been thousands of years ago with the same materials. Billy is a true artist and craftsman with an absolute passion for what he does and for the natural world in which we live. This makes for not just an entertaining workshop but is a chance to learn, experience and embody, with a first class teacher. Whether you are an archaeologist, artist/craftsperson, nature lover or bush crafter, you will find his events are second to none.
As someone with a hidden disability I don’t have the strength I used to have and I found Billy to be really, kind, helpful, and understanding. I am also AuDHD and I found his method of teaching to be very helpful with clear demonstration of techniques and splitting of activities up into achievable easy to follow steps.”
- Amanda, Primitive Skills Weekend
“Myself and my wife attended this course in March 2022. Billy the tutor was very knowledgable and a great communicator, who has a clear joy in passing on his knowledge. The course is hands on, there was a large handling collection of bone objects to examine close up. A full range of flint, stone and antler implements where provided to work the bone into tools. People in the group made needles, awls, amulets, arrowheads, harpoons and even a crochet hook.
We came away with an appreciation of the skill required by our ancestors to make their own tools and a new understanding of bone as a material. It is not the grey, soft and sad material left on your plate after a meal but a tough, durable and flexible material that has many practical uses.
We would recommend this course if you are looking for something slightly different in Bushcraft knowledge or are curious about experimental archeology.”