Gwilym's Adventure Blog

  I have been working for Wet and High Consultancy on The Isles of Scilly and even managed to get a few routes in.

Out with good friend and general boaty play mate Olly on SUPs on The Lower Dart. A really nice day on the river trying to stay upright on SUPs (I still find eddy lines tricky).  After getting out we even had time for a high speed run down The Loop in kayaks before coffee, pasty and brownies.

 I have just got back from a Lowland Leader Assessment in Lincolnshire. Thanks to Darren for working with me and well done to the 5 new Lowland Leaders who copes with some very wet and windy conditions over the two days. One of the best things about doing courses out of my immediate locality is that the candidates always teach me things about their local area.

I switch across to the Mountain Leader Training course today to work a day with them. It was wet, and by wet I mean very wet! After a morning inside talking all about weather, route planning, remits and hazards we headed out into Cwm Idwal to see what the reality was like. Swollen streams and rivers, difficult walking conditions due to wind and so wet underfoot. Still, a bad day outside is better than a good day inside.

 A much wetter and windier experience on day 2 of the Mountain Leader Assessment although we managed to get some shelter on Tryfan. Today was all about the steep ground and manging people in that environment.

 Today I was out with 4 candidates on a Mountain Leader Assessment in The Ogwyn Valley. a little windy in places but mainly dry and nice to see some jest going through. I am directing this course for Wet and High Adventures .

  The last 2 days I have been working in The Brecon Beacons with a groups from Bristol Cathedral School