Gwilym's Adventure Blog

 Horny Cows :-)  It has been a busy 2 weeks with some climbing and coasteering but no chance to get an decent pictures so no blog entries. However this weekend I have been on the east fringe of Dartmoor with a D of E group. The weather was vile on Saturday and all the boys did well to get through the day still smiling. Sunday was a slightly drier day and it was good to see the water levels creeping up in the rivers for the paddling season.

Me  Sue    Exploring the wreck A Big Crab  Today I was diving aboard Rocket with Somerset Divers and my buddy Sue. The first dive was 30m on Ky Arra, a wreck off Swanage . Lots of fish life and very pleasant 18 degree water made the dive excellent. The second was a shallower drift across Swanage Bay. There were loads of crabs on this dive and I also saw a large Dogfish.

 A great day out Coasteering with my students today. Warm water and plenty of sun over in Torbay made it a good experience for all.

 Today was the last day of freedom. Back to school tomorrow so I found time to get out in the kayak with some friends for a couple of hours paddling round from Mount Batten to Bovisand and back before the chaos begins. Sun was shining and it was warm enough for short sleeves.

  Well done to the 2 teams that finished their expedition. The last two days have been drizzly and generally damp but this didn't stop the groups being in good spirits.

Having spent the best part of last week doing admin and spending time in school preparing for this coming year, on Monday I headed North (everywhere is North from Plymouth) with 3 staff and 9 students to The Lakes for the second round of Gold DofE expeditions. Both teams have now completed 2 days (half of the exped) and we have had dry but cloudy weather meaning good walking conditions. The highlight (or lowlight) of today was visiting the Pencil Museem with Simon whilst waitng for a team to come through Keswick

Highlight of the trip On our fifth and final day we took on a route on the Piz de Lech next door to out via ferrata on day 1. Called Castiglioni/Detassis route, this was a full adventure with nice pitches, wet pitches, loose pitches, poor pegs, and scary pitches. There is a reason this route is not in the selected guide. Still, it was great and we survived and got down in time for cappuchino and strudel before our long journey home started. All in all a great trip and well worth the 2300 miles of driving