Gwilym's Adventure Blog

I have been down in the New Forest this week working with Haygrove School on their year 7 camp. A bit of biking, trips to Beaulieu , abseiling, BBQ and much more. Will be spending tomorrow cleaning the bikes :-(

Out and about for the second day of Haygrove School Bronze DofE expedition and the weather was a lot better with some sun and blue skies in between the showers. Halse farm down to Dulverton along the River Barle is always a nice route especially when you get and Ice Cream at Tarr Steps

Out on Exmoor today working with Haygrove School Bronze DofE groups. Wet and misty but all good fun. I even found time to visit the Winsford Tea Rooms in between checking groups.

This weekend I have been out with Haygrove School assisting with a Bronze DofE practice on Exmoor. Great weather for walking but a bit chilly when hanging about waiting for groups. All 10 groups were in on time (probably the first time ever that has happened) and even the packing up and hanging tents went smoothly.

Today I was out with staff and students of Haygrove School on the Quantock Hills for their first day of DofE Training. It was cold and dry so the students had a good time and made a few navigation errors so that they could learn from them.

Yesterday and Today I was in The New Forest with Haygrove School assisting with their Year 7 Camp based at Foxlease in Lyndhurst. Super hot weather with 97 Year 7 kids, a trip to Beaulieu Motor Museem , a walk in the woods and some onsite activities. A new (but smaler) group arrived today and I headed of to work elsewhere tomorrow.

Back out Open Canoeing with Haygrove School Year 8 students to on Wimbleball Lake. The sun was out and so was the wind, but both groups stayed dry with no swimmers before retuning to the site for lunch and to take the tents down. A great few days working with my old secondary school that I left in 1995.

I am still working with Haygrove School  Year 8 pupils and today we left Wimbleball Lake and headed up onto Haddon Hill for a walk and some map reading lessons. All the groups made it up in time for lunch at the top before completing the circuit back via the dam to the tea rooms for a well deserved Ice Cream. A much drier and warmer day today meaning we enjoyed good views from the top.

Last night I arrive at Wimbleball Lake in fantastic weather to help out with Haygrove School Year 8 Camp. The pupils arrived mid morning today and it was straight out onto the water for some Open Canoeing. Although it was wet and windy both of the groups that I had were keen and enjoyed the session. As soon as we had finished it was time to get the tents up (in the gap between the showers) and sort out the pupils cooking their dinner.