Arrange three pieces of dry wood kindling into a tripod and place some dry paper underneath.
Light a firelighter with some matches or a cigarette lighter and place on top of the paper. Allow the wood to burn down before adding the coal. Alternatively, set fire to the paper and keep adding to it until the wood catches.
Add a few pieces of coal at a time, only adding the next pieces when the ones already in the fire start to glow red hot. Blow on the coals to provide extra oxygen or fan with a piece of cardboard.
Stoke the fire occasionally with larger logs of wood to keep the fire going and add extra coals when the previous ones start turning to ash. Adding extra coal too quickly will suffocate the fire.
