One of my sons has started to express an interest in hill waking. I suspect that it has more to do with a fascination with winter mountaineering and the thought of spending a night in a snow hole but, when I offered to take him out into Snowdonia, he jumped at the chance. So, relieved [...]

Today was the last day of this Easter’s Adventure + holiday club program at Ellesmere College. Normally it runs over 5 days but, with tomorrow being Good Friday and a bank holiday, we’er a day short of usual. This morning I took them to Nesscliffe Hill Country Park where there is a permanent orienteering course [...]

Today was one of those days when if felt as though I hardly had time to breath. Although I’m working on Ellesmere College’s Adventure + program this week, they are also very busy with other groups on the College grounds at the moment. Among them are the girls cricket squads from Shropshire, Cheshire and Staffordshire. [...]

I’m working with the Adventure + holiday club at Ellesmere College this week. After spending some time on the indoor bouldering wall yesterday, we headed outside today to spend the morning messing about in canoes on The Mere. It was a perfect morning, with hardly a breath of wind. This made the paddling easier, but [...]

Today was the first of a four day activity holiday club at Ellesmere College. Adventure + has been running for a couple of years now and seems to be very popular with those kids that come along. This afternoon I was using the College’s own indoor bouldering wall to introduce the kids to a few [...]

At the end of March, I spent a weekend working with some 6th Form pupils from Oswestry School who were starting their training towards their Gold DofE expedition. On that occasion, there were some preparing to do their expedition by canoe, others by sea kayak and others on foot and the training covered was generic [...]