Gwilym's Adventure Blog

More mud and 2 wheel mayhem on The Quantock Hills with L3 Public Services students from Bridgwater and Taunton College .

Out at Cannington Activity Centre assessing L3 Outdoor Education students on their Leadership od Land Based activities. Nice and warm in the sun but had to scrape the ice from some of the elements first.

Out on The Quantock Hills today with Bridgwater and Taunton College Public Services students for an introduction to Mountain Biking. Lots of mud and forestry work going on which ended up with most of us covered head to foot and the bikes were filthy. However, as enjoyment is directly linked to how dirty you get, it was a very good day.

Out on The Barle from Tarr Steps to Dulverton today at reasonable levels conducting 3 Star White Water Kayak assessments for Wet and High Adventures Ltd . Well, more accurately mentoring Robin running one. 4 Candidates today and please to report all 4 passed. Following a good performance from Robin then I have also recommended he becomes a provider himself. Very bust on the river with some big groups (one was around 20) sharing the features.

Out on the Barle/Exe today from Dulverton to Exbridge with 5 clients for some White Water Training towards their 3 star assessment. Good levels on the rise and lots of skills covered today including some rolling and wet rescues at the end of the day before coffee in The Anchor Inn. I was working for Wet and High Adventures Ltd today.

Last day afloat with my Level 3 Outdoor Students from Bridgwater and Taunton College . From next week it will be all the land based activities. A number of 1 Star and 2 Star awards gained over the last few months and a number of good paddlers looking to progress.

A much drier day in Snowdonia today with Andy. In the Crimpiau area looking a contour recognition and navigating by land features. This last two days have been working for Wet and High Adventures .