Bushman Survival

02/09/2026

A few shots taken at Celt Fest, Avon Mel. Such a great weekend with my reenactment group, Blaeddau Du 🍺🪓🐺🛡️

29/08/2026

26/08/2026

If you’re after something to do in west wales this weekend, hopefully see you there 🤗🍺

Finished Celtfest Itinerary. 😁😁

CeltFest Itinerary
Friday 28th August
5.00 pm – Gates Open
Festival Welcome & Site Exploration
6.30 pm – 7.30 pm Opening Ceremony Hawk Rising OBOD Druid Order
7.30pm - 8.15pm Jason Buck Storyteller Slaine Part 1
8.15pm- 9.00pm Food and drink break
9.00 pm – 9.30pm The Glastonbury Horde
9.30pm- 11pm Fireside stories and singing with Victoria Howlet

Saturday 29th August
10.00 am – Traders Open
10.00am Community Workshop Tablet Weaving starts Ravneskog Crafts Stall ( break for lunch 12-2pm)
10.00am Drum Workshop Communal Firepit
10.00am Kids activities Workshop Tent 2
11.00am Kiddievike Main Battle Arena
11.00am Sian Sibly talk on Ecological Paganism Workshop Tent 3
11.00am The Wild Within Workshop Tent 2 Delphi Nile
12.00pm Val Talk on Arwen And Nyfre Workshop Tent 3
12.00pm - 1.00pm Talk and Demo on History of glass Making Main Workshop tent 2
1.00pm History of Anglo-Saxon Paganism- Victoria Howlet Workshop Tent 2
1.00pm Weapons Show and Tell Main Battle Arena Bladdeu Du
2.00pm - 2.45pm Claire Pingle Talk Ceridwen Workshop tent 3
3.00pm Main Battle Bladdeu Du Main Arena
3.00pm - 5.00pm Leather Workshop - Workshop tent 2
5.00pm - 6.00pm Live Music Isobel
5.00pm End Tablet Weaving Community Belt workshop
6.00pm - 7.00pm Dinner Break/Feast
7.00 pm – 8.00 pm – Spriggan Mist (Live Performance)
8.00pm – 9.00pm Changeover bar Break 9.00 pm – 11.00 pm – PerKelt (Live Performance)
10.00 pm – 11.00 pm – Fireside Stories & Singing Victoria Howlet

Sunday 30th August
10.00 am – Traders Open
10.00am Community Workshop Tablet Weaving starts Ravneskog Crafts Stall with
break for lunch 12-2pm
10.00am kids activities workshop tent 2
10.00am Singing Chanting workshop Robyn & Hayley Communal Firepit
11.00am Kiddievike Main Battle Arena Bladdeu Du
11.00am Sian Sibly Mugwort workshop tent 2
11.00am Celtic Borders with Sue Workshop Tent 3.
12.00pm Sacred Space Jacky Heraty Workshop tent 2
1.00pm Weapons Show and Tell Main Battle Arena Bladdeu Du
1.00pm Hagstone pendulum workshop
Carly Batten Workshop Tent 3
2.00-4.00pm Leather Workshop tent 3
3.00pm Main Battle Bladdeu Du Main Arena
3.30pm Math Jones poetry Performance Main Stage
4.00pm - 5.00pm Jason Buck Storyteller Slaine Part 2 Tent 2
4.00-5.30pm Open Mic Main Stage
4.00pm -4.45pm Delphi Nile Sacred Ochre Workshop - Women Workshop Tent 3
4.45pm -5.30pm Delphi Nile Sacred Ochre Workshop - Men Workshop Tent 3
5.00-6.00pm Open Mic Main Stage
5.00pm Community Tablet Weaving workshop finishes
5.30 - 6.30pm Feast/ dinner Break
6.30pm The Glastonbury Hoard
7.00 pm – 8.00 pm – Clan An Drumma (Live Performance) Main Stage
8.00 - 9.00pm Changeover Bar Break
9.00 pm – 10.00 pm – Taranau ( Live Performance) Main Stage

Monday 31st August
Breakfast food traders open
Attendees leave 10.00am including campers

Spirit Doll workshops
Peg Loom workshops
Jewellery workshops
These will all go on all weekend and are bookable on the day.

17/08/2026

Some commissions stop you in your tracks.

This is one of them. 🗡️

A client came to me wanting something genuinely special for their wedding day — not a ring, not a card, but a Celtic sword. Specifically, a replica of a La Tène period weapon, hand-carved wooden sheath included, with both their names and wedding date inscribed in Ogham text.

Ogham is one of the oldest written scripts in the British Isles — carved in vertical lines along the edge of stone or wood. To have it carry the names of two people beginning their lives together felt like exactly the right call. Some things deserve to be written in the old way.

I've made a lot of pieces over the years, but there's something different about a wedding commission. It's not just an object — it's a witness. This sword will be in that household long after I'm gone, long after most things are forgotten. That thought doesn't leave you when you're carving it.

Everything here is hand-carved, hand-finished, made by one person in a workshop in Wales. No shortcuts. No machines. Just time, tools, and a lot of respect for what this piece represents.

To the couple — congratulations. I hope it serves you well for the next thousand years. ⚔️🍻

If you've got a commission in mind — a wedding, an anniversary, something to mark a moment worth marking — drop me a message. If I can draw it, I can carve it.

🌐 www.bushmansurvival.com

15/08/2026

Even Loki would've left a five-star review. 🛡️

This beauty was one of the first shields I ever made and it popped up in my memories today, the reaction I was sent almost 4 years ago still made me smile this morning.

"I actually gasped. My husband cried a little. He says it was the wood smoke."

Hand carved, no shortcuts, no CNC. Just a bloke in a garage making things people apparently cry over.

If you've got one of my original pieces of mine, drop a photo in the comments. I'd love to see where they've ended up. ⚔️

14/08/2026

This man has clearly got his priorities right. ⚔️Yes it's me! I gave up a 6 figure corporate salary 2 years ago to chase my dreams and I haven't looked back once!

Fire lit. Kettle on. Handcrafted gear doing exactly what it was made for.

Odin didn't conquer the nine realms from a desk chair, and neither should you.

Got a piece of mine out in the wild? Tag me. I want to see it. 🔥

13/08/2026

I just finished someone's actual dream mead hall. 🪵

Sarah reached out a few months back with a simple brief: she wanted her garden to feel less like a suburban patio and more like somewhere Odin himself might pull up a chair.

Fair enough, honestly.

She wanted a full set. Two tables, a bench, and a handful of carved pieces to bring it all to life. An owl for wisdom (her words), a bird for her late mum, and a few abstract shapes that, in her words, "just felt Viking."

Every piece is hand-carved from locally sourced wood. No CNC, no shortcuts. Just tools, time, and a lot of man glitter (sawdust).

Sarah's already sent me a photo of it set up in her garden with a horn of mead on the table.

If you've got a space that needs a bit of Viking soul, drop me a message and let's talk. 🛡️

Visit: www.bushmansurvival.com

11/08/2026

There's something about a set of hand-carved drinking horns that just feels right. ⚔️🍻

Each one of these started as raw horn — destined for landfill — and ended up carved, polished, and ready to raise at a feast. That's the part people don't always think about: I use bone and horn that would otherwise go to waste. Sustainability doesn't have to mean boring.

Every horn in this set is carved by hand. No lasers, no CNC, no templates. Just me, a Dremel, and a design drawn freehand before a single cut is made. The result? No two are ever identical. Which is exactly the point.

Whether you're a reenactor, a collector, a pagan, a DnD player, or just someone who thinks drinking from a horn is objectively more satisfying — I've got you covered. 🛡️

👉 Shop the full range at bushmansurvival.com or drop me a message here.

04/06/2026

Hopefully see you there 🤗🍺

Traders coming to Tewkesbury starting with B
Back inthe day reenactment furniture
Becka Gauld and Dragonella
Bernie the bolt
Bernie's Gems
Bizzi Buzzard crafts
BLISS
Bohemia Beauty
Brighid Designs
British Druid Order
Bushman Survival

21/05/2026

My next event 🤗🤗 hopefully see some of you there 🍺

Not long until we get to be awesome and shiny and maybe a bit clanky.