Blogs

Your fire has gone cold. Don't just throw more wood on it. Here's the bushcraft method to relight a dying coal using a "fuse" twig, plus the kit that actually works in the rain.

Your fire keeps dying because you're adding wet wood. Here's the rain shield trick that protects your coal bed so you can dry out damp fuel instead of drowning it.

Your fire dies in seconds because you're adding fuel too soon. Here's the simple physics rule that keeps it burning and how to fix your lighting technique.

A fire that dies is wet fuel, a bundle that wastes the spark, or wood piled on before the flame has air.

Lighting a fire on snow or wet leaves often fails because the base collapses. Here’s how to build a compressed platform that keeps your fire dry and stable long enough to establish.

Wet wood won't light the way you expect. Learn how to build an upside-down fire lay that burns from the top down, drying the layers below and keeping you warm even when everything is damp.

Struggling to keep a fire going all night in the UK? The star lay is the safest, most fuel-efficient method for overnight fires — here's how to build it correctly.

Wet ground kills fires fast. Learn why the teepee wins in damp British woodland and when to use a log cabin lay instead.

On wet soil a log cabin sits in the damp. Lift the flame. In England, open fires belong in designated areas.

Wet matches and soggy cotton wool are a nightmare in the UK. Here's how to store your fire kit so it stays dry, using an inexpensive bag instead of a premium pouch.