TV presenter gives students some survival tips

Ray Mears Ray Mears

Bushcraft TV presenter Ray Mears gave survival tips at Oxford Union on Monday.

Best known for TV shows such as Tracks and World of Survival, the 49-year-old Londoner spoke at Oxford Union in Frewin Court about life in the wild from 7.30pm and answered students’ questions.

The adventurer has been tracking and tracing wildlife for more than two decades.

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Myron Blatz says...
12:30pm Wed 6 Mar 13

So was it also true that Mears was once seen having coke (sort you drink not snort) and burgers in McDonalds in the 'rural depths' of central Milton Keynes? Maybe instead of learning bushcraft skills to survive on big Council estates like Barton or Blackbird Leys by eating bats and raw fish, young kids can join the local Scouts or CCF at school, and older teenagers can always join the TA or Armed Forces, with the added attraction of 'real-time survival' in places like Afghanistan - though one turn-off might be that buses don't yet run there every 10/so minutes (?) from Underhill Circus, or every 3/4 minutes from Pegasus Road. Mind you, after the recent horsemeat scandal, can't see many Parents being happy about their Children eating the family dog or pet guinea pigs - even if nutritional value may be higher than fried mears bars!

Feelingsmatter says...
10:47pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Oh for goodness sake, don't be so petty! If Ray inspires even ONE teenager to step away from his computer and interact with nature, then that surely has to be a good thing!

Wanchai says...
4:35pm Thu 7 Mar 13

Myron Blatz wrote:
So was it also true that Mears was once seen having coke (sort you drink not snort) and burgers in McDonalds in the 'rural depths' of central Milton Keynes? Maybe instead of learning bushcraft skills to survive on big Council estates like Barton or Blackbird Leys by eating bats and raw fish, young kids can join the local Scouts or CCF at school, and older teenagers can always join the TA or Armed Forces, with the added attraction of 'real-time survival' in places like Afghanistan - though one turn-off might be that buses don't yet run there every 10/so minutes (?) from Underhill Circus, or every 3/4 minutes from Pegasus Road. Mind you, after the recent horsemeat scandal, can't see many Parents being happy about their Children eating the family dog or pet guinea pigs - even if nutritional value may be higher than fried mears bars!
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