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Five Rivers Nature Connection Based in the woodlands of Somerset, Five Rivers Nature Connection offers a range of experiences to reconnect people with nature. Like us to stay connected.

We run crafting sessions in our woodland camp, campouts, bushcraft, story telling and more. Would you like to forge a deeper relationship to the natural world as well as to yourself and others? Can you imagine carving a spoon with your child by the fire or tracking a deer through the woods with your workmates? Would you like to experience lying in a sleeping bag under the stars, listening to the owls in nearby trees? Or are you craving a different kind of life, one where you knew you could survive out there in the wilderness? Based in the woodlands of Somerset, Five Rivers Nature Connection is a new organisation offering a wide selection of wilderness programmes for adults, children, teens, families and corporate groups. As well as immersive learning experiences we hope to nurture a sense of recognition and belonging through honouring and learning from our connection to the land, the animals and the plants that we meet whilst out in the wild. Our programmes include:

Bushcraft (fire-lighting, shelter building)
Nature awareness games
Animal tracking
Woodworking
Blacksmithing
Wild food foraging
Bespoke team away days

Please get in touch if you'd like to know more!

Letโ€™s keep the ball rolling with our land rights! Sign the petition and fight for access to our land!
31/01/2023

Letโ€™s keep the ball rolling with our land rights! Sign the petition and fight for access to our land!

Let's keep the ball rolling for a greater right to roam in England.

We currently have access to only 8% of land in this country and we've normalised this. Old Crockern, old spirit of Dartmoor, has been stirred and with him many, many people.

If you agree that we should have more access to land, that nature is for everyone, not just the privileged few, please sign this petition for a debate in parliament on the matter. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/631241

Thank you x

11/09/2022
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๐— ๐—˜๐—˜๐—ง ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—™๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅS ๐—ง๐—˜๐—”๐— !๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐Ÿ: Luke Newman | Lead InstructorLuke Newman has been working with children and young adul...
29/07/2022

๐— ๐—˜๐—˜๐—ง ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—™๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅS ๐—ง๐—˜๐—”๐— !

๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐Ÿ: Luke Newman | Lead Instructor

Luke Newman has been working with children and young adults for over 5 years, both in school settings and in the outdoors. He is an experienced bushcraft instructor and a forest school leader.

He enjoys sharing his knowledge of bushcraft and the natural world with children of all ages and is a father of two boys. He is passionate for earth based skills such as ethnobotany, natural fire lighting, green woodwork, foraging and wild cooking. Track and sign of animals, shelter building and archery are also really high on the list for Luke as a way of connecting with nature.

Through sharing his knowledge and passion in these areas he is able to engage with young people to inspire and empower them on their journey towards adulthood. Luke is a mentor within the Journeyman UK organisation and continues to develop his skills in deep listening and helping others.

More recently, Luke has embarked on a year long nature connection course, diving deeper into the 8Shields nature connection approach

Stay tuned next week for another meet the team member! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ
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๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐…๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‘๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ! ๐ŸŒณ Five Rivers exists to facilitate and guide peopleโ€™s journey in reconnectin...
27/07/2022

๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐…๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‘๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ! ๐ŸŒณ

Five Rivers exists to facilitate and guide peopleโ€™s journey in reconnecting with nature, with each other and in so doing, with ourselves.

Join us at Five Rivers and reconnect with nature by checking out our upcoming events! ๐Ÿ‘‡
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๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ฎ๐›?Five Rivers will be offering full day sessions fuelled by nature at our beaut...
25/07/2022

๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ฎ๐›?

Five Rivers will be offering full day sessions fuelled by nature at our beautiful woodland camp near Trudoxhill.

๐Ÿƒ Running 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th August
๐Ÿƒ Main session 9.30am โ€“ 4pm (can be extended to 8.30 โ€“ 5.30)
๐Ÿƒ Age 6+
๐Ÿƒ ยฃ35pp or five day pass ยฃ150 (extra ยฃ6 for early drop off / pickup)

If you would like to know more about Summer Forest Club, email Rhiannon at connect@fiverivers.life and she will be happy to call you back to discuss any questions you have.
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๐–๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ? ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ...
24/07/2022

๐–๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ? ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐ŸŒณ

๐Ÿ Leaves or needles? Is it a broadleaf (usually deciduous) or is it a conifer (usually with needles or scales)?

๐ŸŒฒ Look out for seasonal features. In winter, broadleaf trees have no leaves, but you can still use the twigs, leaf buds and bark.

๐Ÿ’ง Where does it grow? Take notice of the surrounding area. Is it growing within a hedgerow, in the middle of a field, in parkland, in a wood or close to water?

๐ŸŒธ Piece the clues together, including the overall shape and size of the tree, bark, leaves or needles, flowers, fruits, leaf buds and twigs. The more features you can see, the more accurate your identification will be.

Want to learn more about the magnificent trees nature has to offer? Join us at Five Rivers!
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๐— ๐—˜๐—˜๐—ง ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—™๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ง๐—˜๐—”๐— !๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐Ÿญ: Ben Gray | Director and Lead Instructor Ben Gray is an experienced TV cameraman and dir...
23/07/2022

๐— ๐—˜๐—˜๐—ง ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—™๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ง๐—˜๐—”๐— !

๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐Ÿญ: Ben Gray | Director and Lead Instructor

Ben Gray is an experienced TV cameraman and director working in some of the remotest places on the planet honing his expedition skills in many different challenging environments.

In previous years, Ben trained in bushcraft with Ray Mears, joined the staff of Woodlore and taught a range of high level wilderness skills. He also trained with Frontier Bushcraft and Paul Kirtley.

Ben has spent time on an Ojibway first nations reservation, Ontario, and was inspired to discover more about living in in right relation with the natural world. This led to taking part in The Old Way, discovering more about what it means to be indigenous and living in tribe in the context of Britain including a journey to Namibia where he spent time with the Bushmen in the Kalahari desert.

Ben is particularly interested in rights of passage ceremony for boys, having felt the absence of such cultural practices in his own life. He works with the UK charity Journeyman, having instigated the Frome Journeyman group, and he continues to train as a mentor.

Stay tuned next week for another meet the team member!
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๐‘๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ ๐ž...โ€‹ ๐Ÿž ๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐ŸŒณ ๐ŸพFrom building dens, wood crafting and cooking on a campfire...
22/07/2022

๐‘๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ ๐ž...โ€‹ ๐Ÿž ๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐ŸŒณ ๐Ÿพ

From building dens, wood crafting and cooking on a campfire, to learning how to use tools and exploring the wonderful nature that Five Rivers has to offer.

โ€‹A fun fuelled day, full of all things nature. Introducing our Summer Forest Club!

A unique, memorable and positive experience for the kids, essential in learning vital skills in life. From team work and communication, to mental wellbeing and self esteem.

Running throughout August! Comment below for more details! ๐Ÿ‘‡
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๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง ๐š๐๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ!๐ŸŒณ Five Rivers exists to facilitate and guide peopleโ€™s journey in recon...
19/07/2022

๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง ๐š๐๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ!๐ŸŒณ

Five Rivers exists to facilitate and guide peopleโ€™s journey in reconnecting with nature, with each other and in so doing, with ourselves.

Join us at Five Rivers and reconnect with nature!
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Lovely article on Family Matters UK... Let us know if you are looking for something wonderful for your children to exper...
19/07/2022

Lovely article on Family Matters UK...

Let us know if you are looking for something wonderful for your children to experience this summer.

A group of highly experienced local bushcraft and outdoor learning experts have teamed up to create a unique series of nature-connected,

๐–๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ฎ๐›! ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿคฃ We can't pinkie promise though! ๐Ÿ˜‰ _  | htt...
17/07/2022

๐–๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ฎ๐›! ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿคฃ

We can't pinkie promise though! ๐Ÿ˜‰
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