What would you want from a paradox experiance?

I say take a group of rich city types deep into the countryside, hansel & gretal style & if they manage to survive & return to a designated point without loosing a limb or poisoning themselves all is good, I guarantee as soon as they got cold or hungry they would empty their wallets for you to supply them with food & shelter

 

I'd be interested in a day course thing, something that took in a nice walk, showed me what basic food is safe to use in the wild and could enhance cooking at home (an introduction to it) and maybe some pubs.

You could then do staged packages to build from that, specialising with certain food types maybe - work with a local farmer to show the basics of how a farm works for example - leading up to camping and survival skills.


The ultimate course might be a zombie acopolypse type deal where you learn how do deal with a brain dead Compo and Clegg attacking you....

 

Brain dead

 

Hmmm.......survival..... ... .. .

 

warm camper van.

 

Don't try to reinvent the wheel. There are lots of survival weekends experiences so talk to them on the phone, find out what they provide.
Congie gave some good advice which was just get a job, it might not be what you want to do but you will be bringing in money and won't have so much time on your hands. He's also right in that a job often leads to a better job.
Another option which may give you the best of both worlds is to get a job as a guide for one of the big survival businesses.
http://www.woodland-ways.co.uk/
This one may be looking for experienced guides. You never know till you ask.
Good luck in whichever course you decide to take.

 

I think Para doesn't want to be negative so I'll say it for him - he has child care responsibilities and jobs are very thin on the ground where he lives so "getting a job" isn't so straightforward. Where there is no ready employment you have to make your own. Millions of people make this work. You don't have to do just one thing either. You could do survival weekends, head porting and polishing, vermin control and anything else you fancied under the cloak of self employment and earn almost £10k per annum before paying tax.
Survival weekends can be made to fit in.
I think Para'd be so in his element he'd be great at it and with his attention to detail I have no doubt he can make this work.
I also think the best comment on the thread is Baysearcher pointing out that you either do it properly at a proper professional price, or not at all. You won't regret charging what might seem like a lot to you once you start spending it to make it a good weekend and see how little is actually left for yourself after the cost of doing it right. This is why these weekends are expensive, I doubt anyone's making much more than a decent living.

 

Maybe we could so do some form of orienteering/fox hunting hybrid.

One of us could dress up as a fictional character.

The rest run and hide.

Clues could be given via signs, maybe some form of registration plate for example.

As the hunter got closer the huntee could shout out phrases in a muffled accent, regionnal or maybe that of a principality - to which the hunter could make vague threats and say the word 'bloody' a lot, like Tom Jones - bit like using the words hotter or colder as they draw near.


Once they prey is caught the hunter could go and scratch arsehole in the huntee's paintwork.

 

It's a sign, the end is coming

 

I've witnessed paras fire lighting techniques first hand , it involved a rag soaked in petrol and a match, for this reason i think insurance, first aid and a
fire extinguisher would be a good start.

 

There's another option that you may not have considered @paradox : Forest Schools
You may be eligible for a career development loan to pay for the training and accreditation. They do some fantastic work with school children, and while it may not be as 'adventurous' as you'd like, it's a great way to make contacts, develop new teaching skills and you could utilize the outdoor skills you have to great effect. Definitely worth doing a bit of research to see what's being done locally. Teaching adults is one thing, teaching kids is a whole different world...pretty sure you'd get a lot from it.

 

I help out at a forest school and it is good fun but doesn't pay

 

I'm just suggesting it as an affordable way to get involved, locally...who knows where it may lead?

 

Sometimes people cant see the wood for the trees

 

ow ow ow spoon carving.....I am in....

http://www.forestschoolsuk.co.uk/short-courses.aspx

 

Whe Hey!

 

Do we have to?