DANGEROUS WEEKEND
This weekend family camp aims to give parents and carers the opportunity to enjoy immersive time in nature & an array of fun and exciting challenges with their child/children
“Thanks for the Dangerous Weekend experience! In a word: terrific! This is clearly not “just a job” for them, their passion shone throughout the three days”
event Profile
Date
early Aug 2025 tbc
price
£260/150 adult incl <2 kids
Location
Dartmoor
event type
family camp
Age Range
adult + kids 6+ yrs
Overview
What is the aim of the camp?
This camp aims to give parents/carers the opportunity to enjoy special ‘ring-fenced’ time with their child/children to enjoy a range of fun & challenging bushcraft and survival skills activities in a beautiful private woodland location on Dartmoor.
What will we be doing?
The syllabus this weekend sets the participants up with enjoyable, achievable but challenging tasks in a convivial camp atmosphere. You will be learning about the natural environment and a number of tools and skills you need to survive and thrive outdoors.
How will the camp be?
This is a relatively small and friendly camp. Expect to learn some amazing new things, have a good craic around the campfire, make new connections and spend meaningful parent & child/ren bonding time out in a beautiful wildwood setting. There will also be time for some potent stories around the campfire, pertinent to the parent/carer:child relationship.
Detailed aims:
- to give one parent/carer the opportunity to enjoy special ‘ring-fenced’ time with their child/children
- to learn new practical bushcraft & campcraft skills through a wide variety of challenges and fun activities
- to deepen your relationship to nature and breed a new confidence to continue to discover it for yourselves.
- most of all, to deliver a hugely enjoyable and memorable experience for all!
What’s Included:
- Activity programme including any fieldcraft equipment
- Evening meals and simple breakfasts
- Refreshments / hot & cold drinks
What to bring:
- Tent & sleeping gear (bag, mat, pillow & blanket)
- Torch, lantern, water bottle
- Food for 2 x lunches
Location:
This event takes place at a private woodland site on Dartmoor. Full joining instructions including directions will be emailed to you after booking once the event is confirmed.
See further details on the practicalities in the Essentials section below including how to reserve a place.
What's Included
- Bushcraft activities & skills
- Outdoor games
- Storytelling
- Nature & wildlife education
- Evening meals & simple breakfasts
- Teas/coffees and refreshments
Essential Information
Richard Loizou: Richard is a qualified Forest School Leader and regularly leads events and camps for WildWise. He has a particular interest working with young people. He also work with adults, facilitating processes with a view to personal and social change. Richard also works at Acorns school in Denbury in Devon.
Prior to this Richard was a Land Based Learning Facilitator for Embercombe which included working on week-long residential camps with children aged eight to eighteen. Richard’s passions include making things out of reclaimed or natural materials, dancing, cycling and wild swimming.
You will need to bring:
- A tent and sleeping gear (sleeping bag/sleeping mat/blanket & pillow) NB Tents may be hired on request
- Lantern/head torch
- Clothes for all weathers
- Food for 2 x lunches and any additional snacks/luxury foods
- Waterbottle
This event takes place at a private woodland site on Dartmoor. The wood can be reached from the B3212 between Exeter and Moretonhampstead or the A382 between Bovey Tracey and Moretonhampstead. The approximate location is shown below on the map.
You can also view the What3words location slack.coast.truth online.
Full joining instructions including directions will be emailed to you after booking once the event is confirmed.
Simple breakfasts and evening meals are included plus refreshments throughout the day are available.
Once dates are finalised online booking will be made available. At that point you will be able to pay a £75 reservation deposit to secure your booking. The balance will be payable later, by a month before the event.
In the meantime you may register your interest by completing a booking enquiry form.
Please note for Client Cancellations:
- Deposits are non-refundable at any time
- Balance fees are only refundable for cancellations advised by email at least 4 weeks before the event date.