Gwilym's Adventure Blog

On day 3 of the residential, we headed to Dart Rock to avoid the rain for a morning of climbing before jumping in the River Plym for a gorge walk in the afternoon. Some excellent teamwork shown by the group as the river was slowly rising and on the last waterfall really had a fair bit of power.

This week I have been down on Dartmoor with Level 3 Outdoor Education students from Bridgwater College at Powdermills Bunkhouse . We have undertaken NNAS Bronze and Silver training and assessment courses, Gorge Walking, Climbing, Kayaking and Coasteering as well as the students budgeting and cooking all of their own food. A great week and fantastic weather though we had a bit or rain to help them test their new Mountain Equipment  clothing from The Gorge Outdoors

On Day 1 of a Bridgwater College residential, after a trip to the supermarket and travelling down to Dartmoor we jumped in the River Plym for a group exercise. Only 2 students choose to take part in the optional night nav exercise from 10pm to just gone midnight

That will be a bit of water then Should this bench be in the river? Olly on the footpath! Today Olly and I fancied something a bit bigger than The Tavy and took the kayaks down to The Plym at Shaugh Prior to paddle to Plym Bridge. There was certainly a fair bit of water and we had big and bouncy Grade 3/4 for the first half and a more relaxed 2 for the second 3 km. Possibly best Christmas Eve ever!