Active Adventures Holiday Programme Published
The Active Adventures programme for Summer 2010 has now been published!
This is a Summer Holiday programme of activity sessions for all the family with sessions for kids, adults and families. If you fancy having a go at canoeing, rock climbing, high ropes, archery or hill walking, take a look at what’s on offer. We’ve tried [...]
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About this Blog
This is the blog of Martin Digby, a small outdoor provider based in North Shropshire. We are ideally situated with venues in Shropshire and North Wales on our doorstep, and within striking distance of Snowdonia, the Brecon Beacons and the Lake and Peak Districts.
Martin Digby himself was a teacher for 10 years before moving his classroom into the outdoors. He holds National Governing Body qualifications in mountain walking, rock climbing, canoeing, kayaking, mountain biking, skiing, orienteering and archery.
Martin lives in North Shropshire with his wife and 3 children, where they are all actively involved in the local church and schools, and foster children for Social Services.
For more information please visit the Martin Digby website.
Featured
Each year, after their school exams, all of Shrewsbury School's Year 9 pupils undertake a 6 day program of various ...
Today was definitely full on for me. Three sessions, all as part of the BBC Thrill Seeker campaign, was enough ...
Today I hosted a visit from the Base 25 Youth Action Team from Wolverhampton. This is a newly formed group ...
Duke of Edinburgh
Gold DofE ExpeditionI’ve spent the last few days supervising a Gold Duke of Edinburgh qualifying expedition for a group of pupils from Oswestry School. In fact, it was a group that I trained back at the end of March, so it was great to catch up with them and see them embark on the real thing after [...]
Cadets
Canadian Cadet Climbing Course in North WalesI’ve been very privileged to spend the last week working with a group of 6 Canadian Cadets on a rock climbing course in North Wales. They are part of a larger group of cadets that have been selected to come over to the UK for several weeks as part of an exchange. This week, they [...]
Winter Walking
Gullies on the BuachaileKnowing I had an 7 hour drive home ahead of me to get home, we made an early start to our day on Buachaille Etive Mor. With a short walk in from the road, this is a great place to gain altitude and get in the snow quickly. At lower levels the snow was well [...]
Personal
Alfie’s First LeadThe eldest of my 2 sons (Alfie – aged 12) has been showing an increasing interest in climbing over recent months. He’s done quite a bit of bottom rope climbing, both indoors and out, during the last few years but has started to show an interest in leading.
For those that are not familiar with ‘leading’, [...]
Hill Walking
Bronze DofE TrainingThe Duke of Edinburgh expedition season really seems to get going each May, and this weekend saw pupils from Oswestry School getting stuck in to their training with a weekend based out of Carrog Station campsite, along the River Dee to the west of Llangollen. As is normally the case, they came with varying degrees of [...]
Climbing
The Great ClimbDave MacLeod and Tim Emmett successfully managed to climb a route called ‘The Usual Suspects’ on the Isle of Harris at the weekend. Graded at E9 7a, this is 5 pitches of serious climbing by two of the top traditional climbers in the world.
Thankfully for the rest of us mere mortals, the BBC were on [...]
Paddling
Canoe Trip on the CanalToday was my last day this week working with the kids from Ellesmere College’s Adventure Plus activity program. Having already had a go at rock climbing, kayaking and orienteering, I figured it would be a great opportunity to take advantage of some sunshine and go for a journey in the canoes. Here in Ellesmere we [...]
Mountain Biking
Basic Mountain Bike SkillsDay 3 of Ellesmere College’s Adventure + Easter holiday club had me doing a 3rd activity in 3 days. I love the variety I can get from my work (and play!) and this week is a perfect example, working on different things every day of the week. Today was the turn of mountain biking.
Due to [...]
High Ropes
Lakelands School Staff at the Adventure Ropes CourseSchool holidays are a time for having fun with friends – and that includes the staff! A colleague’s birthday seemed to be a good excuse for a number of the staff from Lakelands School to get together at the Adventure Ropes Course for an afternoon of fun and fear. After several weeks of getting it [...]
