The Scouts have teamed up with Haynes to create this hands-on manual for enjoying the great outdoors.
The book is chock full of step-by-step guides to an array of scoutcraft skills like trekking, navigating, camping, firelighting and cooking and and there are hundreds of colour photographs in there too. Â You’ll find:
- A brief history of the great outdoors and an introduction to scouting.
- The world around you: geography, environment, weather and wildlife.
- Camping: tents, wild camping, shelters, planning and packing.
- Navigation: using the sun and stars, maps, compasses and GPS.
- Fires and firelighting: quite simply all you need to know.
- Food: wild plants, foraging, fishing, backwoods cooking, outdoor ovens.
- Knots untangled: knots, lashings and pioneering projects.
- Safety and first aid: dealing with emergency situations.
So it looks like a must-have for less than £15 and you can get it from Amazon here or Beckenham Bookshop will get it in for you (normally overnight) if you are buying local (ISBN 0857332821).