Ray Mears' Country Tracks (2002)
This show is series of re-edited short episodes from the Tracks (1994) and Country Tracks (1998) series. It introduces various outdoor skills, bushcraft and countryside cunning with survival expert Ray Mears.
Ray Mears' Country Tracks: Season 1 - 10 Episode s
1x1 - Building a Makeshift Rucksack
September 10, 2002
Ray dispenses knowledge on building a makeshift rucksack from natural materials such as nettle string, and advises on navigating in woods.
1x2 - How to Harvest Food from a Hedgerow
September 12, 2002
Ray demonstrates his skills as he dispenses knowledge on how to harvest free food from a hedgerow, including fungal 'chickens' and pignuts.
1x3 - Lighting Fires Safely in the Wild
September 17, 2002
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.
1x4 - Natural First Aid Treatments
September 24, 2002
Ray demonstrates his knowledge of natural first aid treatments, ranging from headache cures to bandages.
1x5 - Fire Harden a Digging Stick
October 1, 2002
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.
1x6 - Building Snow Holes in the Cairngorms
October 4, 2002
Ray builds snow holes in the Cairngorms, while Lindsay Cannon goes sand yachting in Kidwelly.
1x7 - How to Make Woodman's Tea
October 8, 2002
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.
1x8 - How to Light a Life-Saving Fire
October 11, 2002
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.
1x9 - Building a Woodland Shelter
October 15, 2002
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.
1x10 - How to Cook Rabbit and Purify Water
October 29, 2002
Ray demonstrates his skills by cooking fresh rabbit in an earth pit and purifying water with a filter made from charcoal and sphagnum moss.