Outdoor videos from the Original Outdoors team

The future of hunting with Tommy’s Outdoors

Richard and Tommy delve into how more recent changes in the way that the outdoors is presented to people, and even the psychology of what we eat, is affecting the overall picture of what it means to be out hunting whether for sport or food. They discuss whether it could...

March 30, 2023

Camping, survival, bushcraft or primitive skills?

Camping, survival, bushcraft or primitive sklills? VIDEO – Ask an instructor Gear Reviews YouTube Podcasts Modern Outdoor Survival Modern Bushcraft Community This is a topic which has come up time

March 28, 2023

Welsh shoreline foraging – Porth Trecastell

Throughout the year we get asked to help out with events and projects related to wild food and foraging - and occasionally that requires heading out to explore and survey an area to see if it what we need is actually available in that location. Continue reading →

August 8, 2021

Early Spring Foraging in the UK

As we roll out of a relatively cold winter into the first weeks of Spring - it's time to get out into the woods and fields and find some Wild Food. Continue reading →

March 12, 2021

Watching James Blunt get “Cold” in North Wales

We took a call from a producer working with international music video and film production company Great Guns to help out with finding locations for their new production – the music video for James Blunt’s new song “Cold”. We launched straight into recommending, shortlisting and then recce-ing locations for them...

September 9, 2019

Axe Safety Basics – Simple rules for using an axe safely in the woods, at camp or at home

Axes are great. I use them every week, and have been swinging them around for at least 20 years. They are versatile tools, and as important as a crafting item as an outdoor safety/survival tool. I couldn’t do my job without one. Continue reading →

June 30, 2019

We went foraging with VICE and Max Halley

Back in November 2018 I spent a couple of days working on two articles for VICE - one was taking renowned sandwich chef Max Halley foraging for edibles on a North Wales beach, and for the other I wandered around a damp forest with writer Angela Hui and photographer Elijah...

January 18, 2019

Grayl Ultralight Water Filter

Water filters are becoming increasingly popular in the UK hiking and outdoors market, and what was once seen as a niche item for overseas travel and expeditions are now starting to be habitually carried in the UK by adventurers of all types. The Grayl Ultralight purifier bottle is a bit of a...

December 6, 2018

17 Different ways of making fire

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] 17 Different Ways of Making Fire A selection of natural and artificial ignition sources, tinders and accelerants to help with your next fire [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Anybody who has attended one of

December 4, 2018