Mike Perry

My background is 9 years in the Royal Air Force as a chef travelling to far flung places such as the Falkland Islands, Scandanavia, USA and central of Europe.

It was there where I became interested in cooking in remote locations using basic equipment to provide quality food for the Squadron. In future years I maintained my interest in endurance sport competing in cycling and ultramarathon events whilst retraining to be a chartered physiotherapist. I also decided to use my free time as a volunteer for Staffordshire Search and Rescue working with the Police looking for missing people when requested.
Over the last few years I have become more and more interested in Bushcraft and Survival skills and took a few courses including foundation bushcraft skills, Animal and Human tracking, foraging and wild cooking and have passed my free time learning different skills and subjects relating to this.

I truly believe that everyone should have an awareness of our natural environment and how by using natural resources we can get some flavour of how our ancestors once lived. My favourite pastime is being out in the woods or canoeing down rivers appreciating our countryside. I am now working towards Level 4 Instructor level over the coming months.