Your ideal bushcraft destination.

[Midge_Fodder]

If you had the finances sorted and a while off work, where would you love to go bushcrafting. I think I'd love to go to either the Canadian Rockies (again lol ....) or possibly Transylvania. So the question is out there now, if you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?

[rik_uk3]

I'm very happy with my little bit of Sennybridge and as I now have COPD I can't hike etc but if fit enough I'd spend time in New Zealand or Western Canada. Life is a bit of a bit*h at times, I now have the money to go but could not 'bushcraft' there :(

I'm off to NZ next year though for my nephews wedding but will be hotel based.

[FishyFolk]

Right back to the happiest place in my life. The village of Ban Yangnokoo in the Buriram district of North western Thailand...here I am checking out the rice paddies of my wife...everything you see is her land. So plenty of space to play on. Lived there for a year, and had little else to do than tinker with model air planes, fish with the men of her family, and learned tons of stuff that is of little use up here in the arctic birch forest, ha ha

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[saxonaxe]

I've travelled a fair bit over the years but Rik almost answered for me..Very happy in England but never had the chance to explore Fiordland, the South-West area of South Island, New Zealand. Sailed past it a few times...but never got ashore for a wander..:D

[Paul De Fitter]

I would love to do a canoe trip in Sweden, yeah, just like Ray Mears did on his TV show, don't know about you guys but mucking about in a boat all day then camping out at night is my idea of heaven.

[Midge_Fodder]

I would love to do a canoe trip in Sweden, yeah, just like Ray Mears did on his TV show, don't know about you guys but mucking about in a boat all day then camping out at night is my idea of heaven.

It is idea of heaven too, I enjoy hiking too though.

[Blood]

I reckon I'd be at home in the province of Alberta Canada. Planning on going there for 2 weeks next year with at least a week on the trail. Failing that, love north and mid wales :-). Right on my door step I must start to do more. Here we can walk, scramble and climb and canoe and soon hopefully have right to roam and wild camp

[Midge_Fodder]

Alberta is beautiful when your there. Just a wee note about Elk, during September the Elk are breeding. I tell you this as I ended up with a guy in my RV. He went to the Bear bin and got charged down by a Bull Elk. You can't move them on during the rut, they are protected so if it's in the middle of a railway the trains have to stop and wait. But if you get there make sure you venture across to Lake Moraine, it's a serious Beauty spot, as is the Athabaska Falls.

[simonc]

For me it would have to be Alaska, right out in the wilds long enough to build a log cabin and live in it (at least a year). Hunting, fishing, trapping and all the proper mountain man stuff. That is definatly the life for me, I've never been but its somewhere I have had a life long dream to go to.

[Valantine]

So many choices.
Alaska, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Ural Mountains area.

[midas]

As an old man,Been there,Done it,Got the T shirt.So now its a case of living off my memories.n just visiting France n the Uk!

PS,Forgot my Favourite place once or twice a year is the Papuk region,Of Croatia!But though thats in the forrests,I am Hunting Wild Boar!

[Blood]

Poland and their portion of the Boreal forest. Bliss

[Midge_Fodder]

Never thought about Poland tbh.

[Blood]

There's a course for 1 week £600 plus flights. Dirt cheap IMO forget who it's with though lol

[OakAshandThorn]

A few choices: Saskatchewan, Canada; Finland; Austria; Switzerland; Australia, Central Deserts; Arizona deserts (been there but once for a very short time).

[Valantine]

I forgot about Poland too :oops:

[ian c]

I have been to many places in the world and I would like to go back to Banff (Canada) as I spent 10 days in woods there fishing and thoroughly enjoyed it.

[midas]

I have been to many places in the world and I would like to go back to Banff (Canada) as I spent 10 days in woods there fishing and thoroughly enjoyed it.
I'll Second that Banff,Jasper,The Ice Fields,The whole National park,Rocky Mountains,Stoney Indians.BIG bears.Moose rubbing their sides on the corner of your log cabin.n ambling around the roads.Some good memories!!!

[Midge_Fodder]

Opening the curtains to a Bull Elks face 6" away from it, the ravens who just about managed in less than 1 hour, to work out how to open the bear bins. I really do miss that place. I went for 6 weeks to see if I could cope with ex-pat life before I committed to anything.

[Blood]

Too many complications for me to even think of something like that, but I do dream of it. Alas, wales will be as close as I'll got for a long time yet.

[Midge_Fodder]

It wasn't the right time in my life to commit to it. I was only 18 at the time.

[midas]

It wasn't the right time in my life to commit to it. I was only 18 at the time.

At 18 the Goverment sent me to malaya.All expenses paid.n 13/- a day,pay,I think it was!

I was lucky have relatives in Calgary,Edmunson,Fort Mc Murray.so visited n lived in Canada,quite a bit.

[Midge_Fodder]

Some can some can't, that's why I never signed up to the forces. I have a lot of respect for the lads who do, I just wasn't my thing I wanted to be a copper lol. Only failed the medical due to a rugby injury.

[midas]

Some can some can't, that's why I never signed up to the forces. I have a lot of respect for the lads who do, I just wasn't my thing I wanted to be a copper lol. Only failed the medical due to a rugby injury.
Didnt have a choice ,was one of the last "Conscripts."Though I did extend for a further year.To help out over the transision period.N had a great year in the swinging 60's in Germany.

[Midge_Fodder]

The Mrs Grandad's both were conscripts. As for my lot Grampa was too short as he hadn't taken a growth spurt when he was called up. Grandad was due to be called up during WW2 but wasn't allowed as he was in a reserved trade, as he was a master stone mason (also had a dodgy hand due to polio). All my great uncles were conscripts and stayed on as they were all pipers. There is a long history of military pipers coming from my family, my cousin was stationed at Buckingham palace as the queens personal piper. I've heard a lot of stories about Germany too lol.