THE CAMPFIRE TEAM

We’re lucky to have a large team of Campfire Instructors who bring our camps to life. The team is made of an eclectic mix of individuals from all walks of life, all sharing a common passion for working with young people. They’re also experienced bushcrafters, and many of them have an incredibly in depth skillset in the great outdoors. Combine this with their fun personalities, and they’re the perfect team to make our camps run safely, smoothly, and be a fun and engaging learning experience for everyone.

Here are a few of our Senior Instructors:

Russ

Rob

Gab & Alice

Ryan

We run all of our camps with a focus on safety, and an emphasis on fun.
All of our team are friendly and engaging, helping young people to have the best possible learning experience.
We work hard to develop the team’s individual skillsets with further in-house training, so that we have a high common standard across the board. Some of our team also have extremely specialist or advanced knowledge in other areas of bushcraft, like primitive tool making, leather craft, butchery and wild food foraging.
All of our team are DBS checked, hold current first aid certificates, and are experienced bushcraft leaders.

 Here’s a little more detail… 

Sometimes, you find an idea which combines all of your experience, passion and enthusiasm in to one amazing challenge - and that’s exactly how we feel about Campfire. We grew up making dens in the forest and running barefoot in the sand dunes. We know the value of connecting with the great outdoors, and we cherish the memories of adventures as children and more recently too.

Rhys Jones

I was fortunate to spend my childhood living in the New Forest, which was a giant area to explore and play. As soon as I was old enough, I joined the Scout movement and stayed for as long as I could. In fact, I even went back as an adult leader to help with my local troop! It’s a real privilege to now be a Scout Adventurer, helping the Scouts to promote their messages and equipping young people with skills for life.

It’s this foundation which not only gave me my passion for the outdoors, but also the skills to see it as a wonderful resource for fun, learning and growth. With a Scout expedition team, I started mountaineering, which became a huge part of my life. It took me to climbing the highest mountain on every continent, and becoming the youngest person ever to complete the Seven Summits, culminating on the top of Mount Everest.

Once it was time to find a “real job”, I set up an adventure travel company, and ultimately oversaw the Middle East region for one of the largest school travel providers, running safe and successful expeditions for thousands of young people.

For the past 7 years I’ve been running Monix Adventures with Laura. Now I’m so excited to go back to my roots and start our very own wilderness camps, so that other people can create amazing memories and share new adventures, together.

Laura Jones

I was lucky to grow up a stone’s throw away from the coast, in the Gower Peninsula of South Wales. Living so close to the beach meant that it became a huge part of my life, spending most of my spare time training and competing with our local lifeguard club. Later in life, I started working in the travel industry, originally organising much of the detail behind successful school trips for thousands of students. 

I began climbing with Rhys, and we successfully climbed the highest mountain in the Arctic Circle, during an 18 day self-supported ski mountaineering expedition. More recently, I’ve started running extreme marathons and ultra marathons, and have completed the World’s highest marathon on Mount Everest, and the World’s coldest marathon in the Arctic.

I’m also honoured to be a Scout Adventurer; of a group of explorers, trail breakers and people pushing the limits. I’m a huge advocate of Scouting, and in fact their work has in many ways inspired us to begin this journey.

For the past 7 years, I’ve been running Monix Adventures, our adventure travel company, with Rhys, organising and leading unique trips to all corners of the globe.

I’m now extremely excited about Campfire, and can’t wait to open our exceptional camps for people of all ages to reconnect with nature and come and enjoy the great outdoors.