Real Adventure

Staff Day Out

dan — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:31:59 +0000

What a way to unwind after a long year. We canoed out to Peal Island with the teachers from Lindale and Marton School and had a BBQ after some fun and challenge along the way. Highlights of the afternoon / evening were jumping off the island into the lake and having a good swim about, stories over the BBQ with a small glass, then more fun as we swam under the boats and pretended attempted to float around the island. Lots of fun and the Lucie and the team went away with big smiles and ready for a well earned summer off.

Canoeing on Coniston with Sir John Barrow

dan — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:28:00 +0000

Sir John Barrow School do a great job at running their own school residential course each year. Their staff are well experienced and some qualified to a level that they are happy to run some of the activities that the young people do when they are away with them.

This year we went along to help out with the canoeing day. John Kettle brought our set of Open Canoes over and paddled on the North end of Coniston water with the team.

SPA Training

dan — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:26:20 +0000

This weekend Mike Margeson and Dan Robinson 2 MIC’s from Real Adventure ran an SPA Training Course.

River Study

dan — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:17:02 +0000

Today we picked up all the year 5 & 6 from Lindale in Marton school and after an initial classroom session to teach them the basics and hand out wellies and waterproofs we headed up to the Walna Scar Road area nr Coniston and complete a full study of the river investigating how a river changes as it moves downstream. From sauce to mature river the team measured the width, depts, speed of flow, gradient, and the size of the rock in the bed of the rive. At the end of the day everyone went away with a real knowledge of what happens to a rive and a good vocabulary and understanding.
We look forwards to taking the team Abseiling and Gorge scrambling at the start of next term.

St Christopher’s LSP

dan — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 01:54:38 +0000

Based at Great Tower Scout Camp on Windermere 48 pupils from St Christopher’s School spent eight days and seven nights exploring the Lake District. Walking up mountains, crawling underneath them, scrambling up ghylls, climbing up the rock, abseiling down, paddling on the lake and all whilst building personal confidence and teamwork skills…. So much to fit in! They had some great adventures and went home with many stories to tell!

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Flookburgh Primary

dan — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:28:33 +0000

Based at Low Gillerthwaite the group of twenty two young people spent four days exploring, team building and having fun! Haycock, Red Pike and High Stile we some of the fells they found themselves at the top of… not to mention a day spent completing team building initiatives and an evening spent night swimming and wading up the river.

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Barrow Island Climbing Day

dan — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:50:37 +0000

Twenty five young people from Barrow Island spent the morning or afternoon climbing in the south lakes as part of their residential based at Fisher Ground Campsite. Real Adventure had a brilliant day out supporting the residential organised by Barrow … Continue reading →

Fitness Boot Camp

dan — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 23:35:44 +0000

A great day was had rock climbing and ghyll scrambling above Ullswater. Real Adventure provided an instructor to support the technical aspects of the boot camp, while the group was self sufficient at the Bury Jubilee Hut at the base … Continue reading →

Old Hutton Primary

dan — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:24:49 +0000

Young people from Old Hutton Primary spent the first day of their residential finding their way to camp on a self led walk, followed by cooking on trangiers and setting up tents in the evening. Based at Low Gillerthwaite for the rest of the four days the 24 pupils went mountain walking, ghyll scrambling, canoeing, participated in team building initiatives and were supplied with lovely food by our chef Mark.

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Crosthwaite Primary

dan — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 22:11:29 +0000

Picked up from school, students from Crosthwaite Primary were whisked away to the Holly How YHA at Coniston for a fantastic three days of real adventure. Ghyll scrambling, canoe sailing, mountain walking, abseiling and mountain scrambling were all on the menu for the Real Adventure residential enjoyed by twenty four pupils.

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