Sunday 19 January 2014

My new job

Hello all, and sorry for the prolonged period of silence, I know it's no excuse at all but I've been pretty busy since the middle of last Spring with my new job. Believe it or not (I'm still unconvinced) I'm now a professional bushcrafter!

Early last year Paul Kirtley of Frontier Bushcraft most generously offered me the opportunity to work with the team at Frontier as an assistant, and I jumped at the offer. My first season was fantastic, having an opportunity to simply get out in the woods with a great team of people and share a little of our collective knowledge and enthusiasm for the subject was amazing. I worked in education for a while when I was in my early 20's, and I really enjoyed it at the time, somehow though I'd forgotten how personally rewarding I found it. At the risk of sounding horribly pretentious, the feeling that I can, in some small way, empower other people is an amazing one, and Bushcraft is a great subject for the purpose. Simply taking a group of people out into the woods and showing them how to pitch a tarp to keep the rain off and make a simple fire to brew up on, and seeing how much a basic understanding of those simple skills does empower people, is a wonderful feeling.

I really never expected to work in education again, and I certainly never expected to make any kind of money out of Bushcraft, but here we are, paid work with a top Bushcraft school, and, as you've probably already guessed, I'm absolutely made up about it.

Well chuffed with my new job!
(photo courtesy of Austin Lill)


So, the purpose of this blog was twofold, firstly to explain my prolonged period of silence, and secondly to say thanks to Paul and the team at Frontier for a great start to a new job and a wonderful first season, thank you all for making me so welcome, I feel both honoured and proud to be part of the best bushcraft team around.

All the best,

Stuart.
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  1. Paul Kirtley28 January 2014 at 16:26

    Hi Stuart,

    It's great to have you on the team. What makes the team at Frontier so good is that first is that it's made up of fantastic individuals, all of whom have a passion for the outdoors and second we manage to work together in a way that draws out the best in everyone to result in a sum greater than the parts.

    Here's to another rewarding, fun and empowering season of courses...

    All the best,

    Paul

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    1. Stuart Dart31 January 2014 at 12:01

      Thanks for that Paul,

      I'm really looking forward to getting back down south and catching up with the rest of the team (and meeting the new members too of course).

      It's going to be a great season, we'll make it so.

      All the best,

      Stuart.

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  2. Unknown16 March 2014 at 16:07

    Well done mate

    kind regards

    Ian

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  3. Stuart Dart16 March 2014 at 16:36

    Thanks Ian :)

    All the best,

    Stuart.

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