Meet the Team
Up next on the “Meet the Team” segment is Instructor and our Social Media Guru, Abigail Robertson. Abi has been an instructor at BCS for 3 years, she is a…
Meet the Team
Next up on our ‘Meet the Team’ segment is Director and Instructor Derek Robertson. Derek grew up in Northern Perthshire along with Graham Melloy the Chief Instructor and Graeme Stuart…
Meet the Team
It’s always good to know who you’re booking onto a course with, so we are going to do a ‘Meet the BCS Ltd Team’ segment starting off with Director and…
BCS Ltd Courses Update
Due to the current situation, all courses in March have been cancelled. We will are waiting until the next announcement from the First Minister which will give us confirmation over…
Winter Courses 2021
Dates are now up for our 2 Day Winter Skills and 2 Day Winter Survival Courses. Winter Survival Course: The aim of this course is to learn the skills and…
Christmas Ideas
It’s November, that means we can start talking Christmas Want to gift somebody a unique experience? Is a family member/friend keen on the outdoors? Or maybe, someone is just looking…
We are back!
The BCS Ltd Team have been busy in the last couple of weeks, we have moved next door and have a new Bothy now! As well as this, the weekend…
Covid-19 Postponed Courses
Last month when we announced we were going to be back up and running in August, we sent everyone who was planned to be on a course with us during…
2020 Courses
Great news, following Government Guidance and ensuring the safety of our customers and instructors we plan to start running courses from August onwards. Planning your staycation? Head to https://www.backcountrysurvival.co.uk/courses/ we…
COVID-19 Update
We have been getting a lot of enquiries recently about our courses. As all our courses are based in Scotland we have to follow the latest Scottish Government COVID-19 Guidance….
WW2
Whilst many were celebrating VE day in 1945 there was still a considerable force fighting in the Far East. What does this have to do with survival YOU MAY ASK?…
Protection in Arctic Conditions
Winter brings a number of challenges with it; more specialised equipment, shorter days, extreme conditions and less margin for error in navigation. The rule of 3’s state that without adequate…
Natural Chordage
natural cordage. One of the most underrated skills you can possess! On any camping trip or time spent outdoors, how much para chord do you use? It’s usually quite a…
Help Needed!
We’re supporting regular client Mike Elm on this epic adventure, if you can do anything to help him out then get in contact with either us or him direct. THE…
10 facts about the Scots Pine
scots pine (Pinus Sylvestris). Pines spread across #british isles after the last #glacial retreat 9000 years ago. They originally made up over 3,700,000 of the caledonian forest….only 1% now remains….
And….its a wrap
A week of filming with the BBC is finally over. The 6 part series will be called “digital detox”. During the week we’ve had 7 young folk and a presenter…
Winter and summer 2020 courses are live.
Courses for next year are live, come and get involved in the largest provider of survival training in Scotland.
Night Navigation Course
Overnight Night navigation course spaces 2-3rd of November left. Starting at 1700 on the 2nd and finishing 1200 on the 3rd Tents, sleeping bags and stoves provided. Contact us for…
Reduced Price 3 Day ME Course
Due to drop outs we have a reduced price of £110 for our 18-20th October 3 day Multi-Environment Course. If you’re interested please contact us direct via email or WhatsApp.
Fire Dragon Multi-Fuel Stove
We tested BCB’s Fire Dragon solid fuel and multi fuel stove over our annual 4000’s trip this summer. The stove is pretty much identical to the solid fuel stoves the…
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