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NNAS Tutors Course

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Wet and High Adventure reopened today with a NNAS Tutors course hosted at Quantock Lodge.  4 Mountain Leaders attended with the aim to increase their toolbox of ideas for teaching navigation and to become NNAS Bronze and Silver Tutors.

What I did during Lockdown (23rd March to 28th June 2020)

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Over the last three months during various stages of Government lockdown, I have been unable to live my normal active outdoor lifestyle. 23rd March to 10th May - Full Lockdown - Stay Home! Like most of us, the shed was cleaned and tidied by day 3 and it was time to look at more long term plans before the boredom kicked in. I was hopeful my new van would be delivered in early April and I could spend my time converting it to a camper but sadly it was delayed. Work I furloughed myself from  Wet and High Adventures Ltd  (my main income) and started looking for jobs. I was turned down by so many as being over qualified. Asda and Tesco declined my application to be a delivery driver and Iceland wouldn't even take me to stock their freezers - I even told them I was a Winter ML and happy in the cold (clearly they had no sense of humour) In early April I took a job working 4 on 4 off with Rough Sleepers who had been housed in some old student accommodation in Taunton. A varied job from ...