Synopsis
Ray returns to Britain to show how a knowledge of bushcraft sheds new light on every aspect of the changing seasons.
- Programme: Ray Mears' Bushcraft
- Series: 2
- Episode: 05: Four Seasons
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2005
Licence: ERA Licence required
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
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S02E01: Birchbark Canoe | Ray Mears' Bushcraft
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Ray paddles through the Canadian wilderness.
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