Gwilym's Adventure Blog

  Today started with facilitating a Beach Lifeguard exam before ending up have a Coasteering session to a bit of CPD for a group of Outdoor Instructors from Swanage. All 3 who were being examined passed. Well Done Off to a yacht for the night

  This morning I was down at one of my favourite locations, Anstey's Cove working a Coasteering session with a group of Explorer Scouts for Somerset Adventures. After work (ie midday ish) there was time for a splash about on SUPs with Robin and Ben although probably more time was sent in the water than on the boards!

 Great day down in sunny Dorset completing some Coasteering Inductions/Risk Assessments with Jack followed by a few hours SUPping off Chesil Beach. Jack is on the Wet and High Adventures Ltd Instructor Development Scheme

A nice day observing an instructor from Somerset Adventures lead a group Coasteering at Anstey's Cove.  Wet and High Adventures Ltd are currently not offering Coasteering as an activity so if you want to partake in this, we highly recommend Somerset Adventures who we have worked with over the last year to get their staff all trained up.

A great day down in Torbay at Anstey's Cove working for Wet and High Consultancy Ltd conducting staff observations and sign off for Somerset Adventures . 

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.

What a way to start 2019. I was running a joint staff training session for me for Wet and High Adventures with Robin and Ben from Somerset Adventures as we intend to do some combined SUP and Coasteering days later this year. Also great to have Hannah along as chief photographer and SUP "lookerafterer" - is that a word? Anyway, the sun shone, the water was warm, there was little swell and low wind. We SUPped out along the coast from Meadfoot to Torquay before Coasteering our way back (with Hannah towing the boards) exploring caves and jumps. Ultimately we ended up behaving like kids messing about doing headstands and jumping off the paddleboards before going for lunch and coffee at the marina. Lets hope the rest of 2019 goes this well

Another great Coasteering session down at Anstey's Cove with 2 couples who were keen to enjoy both the warm water and the jumping and splashing about. Always good to sample the compulsory post session coffee and lunch at the Anstey's Cove Cafe . Although not quite as sunny as yesterday we got away with the weather and the water is around 17 degrees at the moment.

After a week of driving minibuses and shuffling paper, it was great to get out to lead a Coasteering session for  Wet and High Adventures Ltd  with a group of 8 keen adults in the warm and sunny location of Anstey's Cove, Torbay. The water was very clear and super calm making for a very pleasant and relaxed day out full of climbing, swimming, jumping and even a sump.

Today it was Sit on Top Kayaking and Coasteering for my L3 Outdoor students from Bridgwater and Taunton College. We left a wet and misty Dartmoor and headed to Torbay where the sun shone and there was little breeze. Thanks to Dave who was helping me out today. After kayaking round from Meadfoot to Anstey's we had lunch before Dave led the group on a Coasteer whilst I supported (took pictures) from a kayak. This was the first day out for one of the Wet and High Adventures Dagger Stratos (the green one in the top  pic) and I was very impressed.

Another "play day" with Olly today and we headed to Hope Cove to explore the Coasteering potential of Bolts Tail. The pictures say it all really but 1.5km of Coasteering with some pretty awesome caves and an exposed climb out on one of the spurs (last pic). This is a fairly advanced Coasteer (although we had benign conditions) as there is the potential to get into bother in bigger sea states as there are few exit points as you go around the headland.

Today I was back at Anstey's Cove with the remaining few Level 2 Public Service students from Bridgwater College who are finishing their course shortly. A drier day with more Sun than Monday. Low tide gave us some great option for weasling and wading with the jumps becoming usuable at the end.