Ray Mears' Country Tracks

Season 1

2002 · 10 episodes · 1h 40m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Building a Makeshift Rucksack

   10 Sept 2002 · 10 min

   Ray dispenses knowledge on building a makeshift rucksack from natural materials such as nettle string, and advises on navigating in woods.

2. 2

   2. How to Harvest Food from a Hedgerow

   12 Sept 2002 · 10 min

   Ray demonstrates his skills as he dispenses knowledge on how to harvest free food from a hedgerow, including fungal 'chickens' and pignuts.

3. 3

   3. Lighting Fires Safely in the Wild

   17 Sept 2002 · 10 min

   Ray demonstrates essential skills for survival in the wild, including a reliable method of lighting fires safely and efficiently without the aid of matches or lighter fuel.

4. 4

   4. Natural First Aid Treatments

   24 Sept 2002 · 10 min

   Ray demonstrates his knowledge of natural first aid treatments, ranging from headache cures to bandages.

5. 5

   5. Fire Harden a Digging Stick

   1 Oct 2002 · 10 min

   Ray makes a sip well, fire-hardens a digging stick, makes a bushman ostrich omelette, and goes coke can fishing. Lindsay Cannon looks at caves in the Peak District.

6. 6

   6. Building Snow Holes in the Cairngorms

   4 Oct 2002 · 10 min

   Ray builds snow holes in the Cairngorms, while Lindsay Cannon goes sand yachting in Kidwelly.

7. 7

   7. How to Make Woodman's Tea

   8 Oct 2002 · 10 min

   Ray demonstrates his skills as he explains how to use the versatile birch tree to make a refreshing sugary drink called woodman's tea, and Lindsay Cannon enjoys a spot of mud-sliding.

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   8. How to Light a Life-Saving Fire

   11 Oct 2002 · 10 min

   Ray demonstrates how a stick, some moss and a bootlace can be used to light a life-saving fire, while Guy Lindley-Adams revisits his childhood with a walk along south-east England's chalk cliffs.

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   9. Building a Woodland Shelter

   15 Oct 2002 · 10 min

   Ray demonstrates his skills as he builds a woodland shelter complete with natural insulation and a bed made from a pile of twigs, and Lindsay Cannon goes 'island bagging' off the Scottish coast.

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    10. How to Cook Rabbit and Purify Water

    29 Oct 2002 · 10 min

    Ray demonstrates his skills by cooking fresh rabbit in an earth pit and purifying water with a filter made from charcoal and sphagnum moss.