We very much recommend reading this article: Skin Deep | Why The Outdoors Has A Race Problem And How It Can Be Fixed The most salient extracts for us were: 👉 Feeling unwelcome in the countryside “Our lack of presence in the outdoors is not, as is often perceived, a Read more…
ARE YOU USING THE OUTDOORS FOR YOUR MIND HYGIENE? In times where physical hygiene is paramount and our mental wellbeing is under more, or at least different, pressures I’d like to introduce mind hygiene and how the outdoors can help. Photo: Mountain bike practice, Morzine BOTH MIND HYGIENE AND PHYSICAL Read more…
Put Netflix on pause. Cancel Amazon Prime Video. The infamous Banff Mountain Film Festival world Tour have cherry picked some epic adventure films and made them available for you at home. For those of you familiar with Banff films you’ll know that cherry picking films must be a tough job Read more…
British Cycling have created this wonderful resource for cycling or mountain biking local to you. This is a wonderful resource for any child who is coming out to the Alps with us and would like to brush up on their bike riding skills before going
We made this about zones of comfort… Which is a slightly simpler copy of this… Which was adapted from this… Which we found on a Tweet from Bryanston School Outdoor Education department: @BryOutdoorEd Which was originally create by Colin Mortlock who was a pioneer in Outdoor Education… Learn more about Read more…
We’re very interested in Leadership and Followership and how adventure can be used to help young people develop future proof skills. During the Summer of 2019 we introduced the topic of followership skills to some of our groups which went down very well and we are developing the delivery of Read more…
This Ospreys podcast from ex-marine and TV Adventure Aldo Kane really resinated with us and our AdventureAtHome campaign. Adventure really does have a value in helping people through tough times. We found the following quotes particularly relevant (although its all interesting!): “Adventure is safe & volunteered form of discomfort” – Read more…
Two pupils explain Type 1 and Type 2 fun after a week with us in Morzine in the French Alps: We’ve created some adventure-themed activities specifically for young people to do from home. Find out more HERE Subscribe to our Youtube Channel HERE to stay up to date with all Read more…
We thought we help plan an adventurous Easter Weekend for you: Friday 10th April AM – During your daily exercise why nor create try some Strava Art or write a positive message PM – Find North with Spaghetti. Start setting up camp in the garden Saturday 11th April All Weekend Read more…
Inspired by his 16year old daughter Scarlett, who wanted to do something for the nurses in these difficult times, Damon Street, European General Manager of Exxel Outdoor, brand owner of camping brand Kelty has launched an initiative for the nation to Camp out in their back gardens to raise funds Read more…