Towards the end of August 2015, I accompanied Chris and Jane Horobin of Wild Country Consultants to the Pyrenees. They were running D of E Gold Assessment for Ibstock Place School in SW London. It was the first time Chris had used one of my trips for his company so I was keen for it to […]
At the end of July 2015, I once again accompanied the Norton School’s Sixth Form on their D of E Gold Assessment and adventure trip. This time we went to the Vercors for the first time. The Vercors is a limestone plateau in the Pre Alps south of Grenoble and a stunning location. The area […]
In June, I accompanied Jamie and Writhlington School for their D of E Assessment and Training to Snowdonia. The weather was dry and cold for the first half of the week and as we had a spare afternoon on arrival, went climbing and abseiling behind the campsite. We decided that as the trainees were very […]
In June, I joined James in Scotland at Lathallan School to work with him on an SPA Training Course for his school staff and also Assess a Gold D of E Expedition. We went to Cummingston on the coast near Elgin for the personal climbing day and was hit by a North Sea fret creating […]
Easter saw Nic and myself off to Kinlochleven to work again with Giggleswick School’s CCF. The week just happened to coincide with some of the best Easter weather that Scotland has to offer. Clear skies, light winds and enough snow on the hills to increase the beauty. I worked with a number of groups during […]
In February, 2015, I accompanied Philip and Helen Wilson and John Kirby to the Pyrenees. Philip was about to complete his winter IML Assessment and so we spent the week snowshoeing and discussing various issues related to the assessment. The week coincided with one of the wildest and snowiest periods the Pyrenees had seen in […]