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Campfire Cookery!

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We are very excited to have Yorkshire Dales Bushcraft joining us at the festival again this year! They were very popular with not only the children but with the adults at the festival in 2019! They will be back entertaining us with some campfire cookery workshops and will be coming back bigger and better than ever!

Last year they entertained the crowds with bread making, flag fish cooking and fire lighting workshops, which all sold out quickly! They even had a drop in marshmallow toasting on an evening! Yum!

Check out some of the images of the fun we had with them in 2019!

Scroll down to see what exciting activities Yorkshire Dales Bushcraft will be bringing to 2021! You won’t be disappointed!

10:00 – 11:30am – Primitive Fire making workshop (Family-friendly.)

Drift back in history to almost 250,000 years ago. using the same materials and methods that our ancestors would have used. our experienced instructors will help you attempt to make fire using this ancient method.

Free Activity!

11:45am – 12:15pm – Bushtucker Kitchen trial (Family – Friendly)

A fantastic interactive experience for all ages. They will have audible creatures from all over the world for people to try.

They will create a challenge, for the willing participants that they choose from the crowd. It will bring lots of fun and laughter.

12:30- 13:00pm – Campfire Bakery (Family friendly)

Learn how to make a variety of historical campfire treats. In this session, they will focus on different types of bread that can be baked on the fire.

– Ash Bread. Cooked using the just the hot ashes of the fire.

– Chocolate Damper bread

– Campfire breadsticks. After carving our own sticks, they will toast the bread dough over the hot coals and finish off by dipping them into a selection of sweet dips.

14:00 – 15:30pm – Canadian fish flag demonstration

A wonderful piece of culinary theatre. They will prepare 2 fish using this historical method. Once the fish is prepared, they will demonstrate how to cook it on the fire, and then offer everyone the chance to taste the fish. There will be crowd participation and one lucky audience member will be asked to help prepare the fish!

16:30 – 17:30pm – Campfire Cookery. Spatchcock chicken.

A fantastic demonstration of wilderness cookery and knife skills. The chicken will be cooked on the campfire and everyone will be invited to have a taste. There will be crowd participation and one lucky audience member will be asked to help prepare the chicken!

18:30pm – 20:30pm – Campfire Dining

As everyone gathers around a huge wooden banquet table under candlelight, a 2-course dinner will be served. All of the food on offer is lovingly prepared on the campfire. Suitable for all ages.

In addition to all of the above, they will have the following activities running all day, as a free drop-in session.

Woodland crafting:

Families can use their ticket for 1 session at a time they choose throughout the day. Each participant will have an opportunity to create, make and take home one of the following.

(Participants will use a wood saw to create their item, then using natural inks and paints, decorate their chosen piece.)

– Wooden coffee cup coasters

– Wooden Beer mats

– Decorative Door hangars

– Paracord bracelets