South West Community Woodlands Trust 

Courses available, who, when, where, what to bring etc

Courses on offer:

Elementary Blacksmithing - making a knife, toasting fork, tempering steel, etc with Simon Lidwell (see below). 

3 day course making a Flat Bow -with Andy Fletcher (see below)

Pole Lathe and Shave Horse making - with Andy Hurst and Jem Cox

Cooking in the Wild - for kids and families with Jools 

Mushroom Identification - with Richard and Ed

Also on offer will be peg loom rug making with Sue, raku pot firing with Will Marshall, childrens activities with Phoebe and Naomi


If you would like to register an interest in any of these courses please let us know asap to help with planning Thanks!

You can participate in these courses (except bow making) for one, two, or three days £45 per day or £120 for 3 days.

The bow making course is a 3 day course only for £120.
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.All participants get lunch, teas, coffee, cakes and free camping, bring and share evening meals.

Send deposit of 10% of course fee to Charles Bett, Drumwhirn, Corsock, Castle Douglas, DG7 3DX

Further info on courses please ring Jools 01556 503649

There are some concessions available in return for work to help the event run smoothly please ask Jools

Try your hand at the ancient art of blackmithing with Simon Lidwell. You can sign up for a one, two or three day course at £45 per day or £120 for all three days.

The course is aimed at novice bowyers & will suit anyone over 14 no experience or previous woodworking skills needed. All the tools - shaving horses, spoke shaves etc - & materials will be provided and bowstrings for everyone too. The bows we will be making are known as 'primitive flatbows'. Using a single piece of locally sourced Ash the participants will be able to take home not only a finished, unique, vernacular 'selfbow' which has a history going back thousands of years, but the knowledge to make their own bows at home too.

This is a three day course price £120

Previous courses at Taliesin have included stone carving, bushcraft, lantern making, green wood carving/ stool making, bow-making, wood carving, paper making, coracle making and coffin making.

If you have any ideas of courses that you would like to see put on in the future please contact the trustees at the events or via the contacts on this site.