It’s about this time of year we get enquiries from people who want find out about kayaks and canoes. Increasingly we are also getting people interested using kayaks and canoes on one of the “Canoe Trails” like The Great Glen in Scotland, Windermere in The Lake District, or the more humble trail starting at Tewitfield […]
Anyone use to doing outdoor activities will have missed them and we probably didn’t need lockdown to make us realise how good it is to go outside….. but maybe it helped for some people. I think that it’s a pretty safe bet to say that most of us would rather not have had to endure […]
We are often asked which activity is best. Of course the answer depends on who is asking the question and in part the time of year. Whilst we have often said gorge scrambling is most people’s favourite, over the last few years more and more people have gone for shooting each other with arrows. Tag […]
More and more people are doing an adventure activity as part of their Stag or Hen party. Here is our quick guide to choosing your activities. We offer either a day (two activities roughly 10 am until about 4:30 pm) or a half day (one activity 10am until about 1 pm or 2 pm […]
Canoes and kayaks have developed from primitive water craft designed by indigenous people for a variety of uses including hunting, fishing, trading and even war. The designs range from dugouts or wooden frames with animal skin stretched over them. Kayaks have been more traditionally used as single person boats with an enclosed cockpit. There use […]
When was the last time you went out for a coffee or even lunch? No, not just to a friend’s house or a cafe but actually outside. If you haven’t ever tried this then I think you are definitely missing a trick. It must have been about 1992. I was on one of those team […]
Archery and Tag Archery Almost everyone has either had a go at or wants to have a go at Archery. Well now is your chance. Last winter archery and tag archery in particular, were our most popular activities. Haven’t heard of Tag Archery? Its a fun and its active. You stay warm and enjoy yourself […]
The Autumn and Winter months often send people scurrying into their homes, curtains are drawn and the heating starts to go on. Day light hours become precious and hibernation may seem the only option. Of course this is not true and there are quite a few reasons to remain active at this time and outdoor […]
At this time of year many people shrink away from outdoor adventures and move towards hibernation as the evenings draw in and the temperatures start to drop. There are howver lots of reasons not to sleep the Autumn and Winter months away. Staying healthy, not putting on weight before Christmas and just realising that you […]
So we have now survived another summer holiday season and for some reason I find myself thinking about how we do these sessions. Well as you might expect it does depend on the family. Families come on holiday for fun; to spend time together and a break from routine. Most family sessions contain either rock […]
Team building use to strike me as a rather strange and possibly not very well defined activity; AKA a bit of a waste of time. After all, people are employed to do a job so they should really just be able to get on with it. I can’t help thinking that many people must feel […]
Today we paddled our touring kayaks on Coniston Water. Our aim was to reach Wild Cat Island (Peel Island) before going onto the end of the lake to Octopus Lagoon (Allan Tarn). Both these spots feature in Swallows and Amazons books and are a must visit destination for Swallows fans for all ages or just […]
