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Welcome to the Barking Mad Survival School

Why 'Barking Mad'?

"Because of my passion for the great outdoors and my solitary sojourns into the hills (in all weathers), my wife described me as 'Barking Mad'.  I admit that it probably helps to be slightly mad! but I thought the name would be eye catching and would sum up the spirit of people who are looking for that 'something different' experience."

Adrian Bream
Chief Instructor

Fire by friction - demonstrating the use of a bow drill. 

Adrian Bream

Adrian is the founder and Chief Instructor at Barking Mad Survival School.  He is 49 years old and lives in Cambridgeshire.

His passion for survival started in childhood.  By the age of 15½ when he left school to join the Army, he had already gained a wealth of knowledge about the natural world around him.  2½ years of training on the Brecon Beacons, Black Mountains and surrounding areas, taught him all there was to know regarding navigation, night navigation and survival on the mountains.  From there he went on to serve in Northern Ireland, Germany and Canada (where he was fortunate enough to live amongst the Blackfoot Indians).

Since leaving the Army he has travelled extensively around the German, Austrian and Swiss Alps, Alaska, Canada and Iceland.

Prior to setting up Barking Mad Survival School he was an instructor with the longest running survival school run by an ex-SAS Survival Instructor.  There he specialised in edible/medicinal plants and fungi and was once described as a cross between Davey Crockett and a Romany Gypsey!

To sum up his courses in his own words:

"Life is becoming too regulated and structured.  From the moment you're born to the time you die, somebody else influences your every move.  People need to take time out, relax and get back to the basics.  Our courses teach people to slow down, view the world in a different way, learn how to survive by using their greatest asset (the brain), combined with knowledge of the natural world and the resources it can provide.

Hopefully by running my Basic Survival Courses in a relaxed and enjoyable way, I can help people survive in most situations they might find themselves in, and avoid the increasing frequent tragic deaths you read about in the newspapers."  

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