I was just looking at some tent reviews on youtube and happened across this video of A guy canoeing out to an island on a Loch and wild camping.
He shows how to start a camp fire and maintain it as well as having what looks like a very chilled out camping trip.
http://youtu.be/TqxzOpRA2x4
Very good,watched most of his video's,fair credit to him for going off alone,a good alternative to the beech bark for tinder is Irish forest bracken,but real good tips on setting up camp,I'll keep a tab on further video's