Hello and welcome my name is Richard Guy-Gibbens. I am 34 years old, and for many years I have loved being outdoors, taking in the sights and smells of the countryside, which gives me a relaxed feeling, drifting away from all the stresses of everyday life.
From as far back as I can remember I have been coming out in the Forest. When I was young my dad would take me out and show me all the different animals and their tracks, along with the strange and sometimes scary noises that they made. He would put me at ease and show me that at the end of that horrible noise was something wonderful and interesting: something I could learn about.
As I grew older, I liked the forest more and more... my friends would all be out playing football as I was learning how to rear pheasants and work with nature. We would visit old foresters and listen to tales around burning log fires of how they had lived their lives in the woods and on local farms, how they spent their youth. This captivated me, and ever since the outdoors have been a big part of my life. I have established New Forest Bushcraft to share with others all I have been lucky to learn about the great outdoors.
I now hold the Nationally recognised N.C.F.E Advanced Bushcraft award and you too can now come and learn to be at one with the outdoors and be taught the skills I have learned over the years, with my qualification and my fellow instructors experience in many fields, you can be sure that the skills passed on to you are at a nationally recognised level giving you the best chance to learn and passing on knowledge that can be relied on. 