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Making a chopping board

Cross cut the roundwood to roughly the length of chopping board you are looking to create.

Making flat bread

If you like, make a simple rolling pin to help roll out your dough.

Tying a sheet bend

Using one thicker rope, the standing rope, and one thinner rope, the working rope, form a bight, a U shaped bend, in the working rope by folding it back on itself.

Laying & using a star fire

Once your fire is established, put on heat resistant gloves and arrange your wood fuel like spokes radiating outward from the fire.

Making a depression with a sheath knife

Choose a suitable piece of wood, ideally softwood, free of knots or cracks, and secure it firmly on a stable work surface, using a clamp or vice if you have one, or bracing it between two stable objec

Gathering plant & tree roots

Before you start, get the landowner's permission, since it is against the law to dig up any wild plant without it.

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