Gwilym's Adventure Blog

The next few weeks will be me preparing to return to the life of an Outdoor Instructor. Today was all about getting out on the water locally with Hannah on the new Wet and High Adventures SUPs from Freshwater Bay Paddle Co and trying to remember how to paddle

Round Two! Another 30 odd students, 6 instructors, 4 minibuses, a trailer of bikes, a trailer of canoes/kayaks, lots of paperwork and driving of buses for me Working for Wet and High Adventures Ltd delivering Apprentice training for Bridgwater and Taunton College learners. I had a little more time this week so enjoyed a pasty on the beach at Porlock after dropping the groups off before heading back to manage some more kit and other teams returning from their activities.

This week I have been working for Wet and High Adventures Ltd overseeing 7 instructors and 30 Bridgwater College Apprentices on various activities including Team Building, Paddling, Biking and a 2 day Expedition on Exmoor. This means I mainly drove minibuses and issue kit whilst all the other had fun in the sun! Same again next week

A day at Anstey's Cove running a Coasteering session working for Wet and High Adventures Ltd with students from Bridgwater and Taunton College . A much smaller group than expected but they all had fun. I was also training up a new assistant guide Ben, so once we had finished with the group we got straight back in at a different tide height to look at how the jumps and sumps had changed at different water levels.

A dry start to the three day expedition on Exmoor for Bridgwater and Taunton College Level 3 Uniformed Emergency Services students but that turned wet very quickly The same route as last week from Porlock Weir with a camp at Horner Scout Campsite, a trip over Dunkery Beacon (519m) and second camp at Halse Farm, and the finish at Tarr Steps this morning. Last week we stayed dry, this week we did not. From midday yesterday until into the evening it was pretty wet and there were a few soggy students when they arrived on site. However, all finished happily enough this morning with only light showers to keep them moving along.

For the last 3 days I have been on Exmoor with Bridgwater and Taunton College Level 3 Uniformed Emergency Services students for their assessed expedition. Starting at Porlock Weir with a camp at Horner Scout Campsite, a trip over Dunkery Beacon (519m)and second camp at Halse Farm, they made it to the finish at Tarr Steps this morning. We lucked out with the weather and it was nowhere near as wet as forecast. This does of course mean we will probably get rained on next week

A busy day for Bridgwater and Taunton College students today as after an overnight camp at the base of the Aran ridge, we woke early to a sunrise over the hills before returning to Glan Llyn for lunch. During the afternoon, they undertook some Canoe orienteering and then had fun on a Giant SUP followed by some bowling. Sadly that nearly ends our week here in southern Snowdonia. All we have left is a short High Ropes session tomorrow morning before driving back down to the college.

On the second day of the Mountain Skills course for Bridgwater and Taunton College students we were up on Aran Fawddwy enjoying the views across the valley. Lots covered today with Navigation being the main skill but with lots of other topics such as the flora and fauna (small frog pic 2).

Today was an awesome journey up the Afon Ddu gorge today with Bridgwater and Taunton College students as part of their leadership and outdoor activity residential Nice levels to give enough challenge but also to allow us to tackle all of the main features in the gorge meaning we had the full Wet and High Adventure experience.

With a forecast of a blue sky low wind day, it was North Ridge of Tryfan for the first day of Mountain Skills course from Bridgwater and Taunton College Outdoor Education students who are on a residential up in Snowdonia. Well what a day it turn out to be. As nice as forecast and the group enjoyed a day in the mountains. This is a first for some of the students and certainly the hardest climb for most of them. Working for Wet and High Adventures Ltd a provider of a large number of Mountain Training awards

This is the second week I have been working for Wet and High Adventures Ltd managing an activity week for a group of apprentices from Bridgwater and Taunton College .  Only 30 clients, and 7 instructors this time. Still 4 minibuses and 2 trailers to sort out. Here are a few pics of what they got upto We had groups out kayaking and canoeing, mountain biking and on a mini expedition across Exmoor.

This week I have been working for Wet and High Adventures Ltd managing an activity week for a group of apprentices from Bridgwater and Taunton College .  As I had 42 clients, 9 instructors, 4 minibuses and 2 trailers to sort out I don't want to bore you with pictures of what I was doing so these are what the groups were getting upto whilst I was co-ordinating everything. We had groups out kayaking and canoeing, mountain biking and on a mini expedition across Exmoor.

Today I was at Cannington Activity Centre working on the High Ropes with a couple of groups of apprentices from Bridgwater College. In between showers it was nice enough but very wet and chilly at times. We had a range of successes on the Jacobs Ladder with some making it to the very top and other challenging their fear of heights and making it up to rung three.

After a week of meetings and other various indoor things, it was good to be outside again today. The morning was at Cannington Outdoor Education Centre conducting some more High Ropes training and assessments and the afternoon was at Pyramids Leisure Centre conducting a Pool Lifeguard assessment.