Dark Sky Festival Stargazing & Bushcraft Cookery

The session involves you learning how to fillet a whole Rainbow Trout and cook it indigenous style over an open fire. You will of course have a go at lighting the fire, only using traditional methods, such as flint and steel with natural tinder or even try out the fire bow! You will also bake fresh bread and roast potatoes over the fire.

If we are lucky, we may get a glimpse of a few of our nocturnal residences, such as badgers and foxes who live in our woodland. Afterwards, you’ll have a chance to Stargaze out on the open fell beside the Wood.​

The event takes place on a private country estate overlooking the Duddon estuary. There is a central area covered with a large parachute so you can stay dry whatever the weather and also a composting toilet provided for your comfort throughout the evening.​

Our Bushcraft Cookery and Stargazing evening is a fun way to get out with like-minded people, learn some new skills and enjoy the peace and tranquilly of the woodland and all it has to offer.

This event occurs as part of the Cumbria Dark Skies Festival 2023.