Get Out Adventures

11/07/2025

12/02/2024

Lots of varied work over the last month for department.
Climbing, Bikeability, Bushcraft, Canoeing, ASN, and intervention programs. Participants all loving the weather... and with the storms, it made best sense to hide inside at the climbing centre or add a half day in the museum sometimes, too.

Here's to more settled weather... 🤞

03/12/2023

Before this weekends Ice Age.

Canoe safari day last Monday for Primary support. Had a wee recce earlier today, and the same spot is frozen over, change of plans for tomorrow, I think!

15/11/2023

Last month also had a fairly epic Silver assessment exped near estate. Cracking weather but chilly nights saw our lil troopers smashing out some impressive distance days while logging all the wildlife they could find. Great job for another two outdoor Ed teams.

31/10/2023

Last exped of the year = complete ✅️
Temperature = 🥶
Teams = 💪🏽

Now time to catch up on admin.

Smashing effort as per usual from my Council Outdoor Ed mob. See ya'll at silver.

25/10/2023

Sunrise 🌄 and shine 🏕

Very lucky last month to have a solid stint of beautiful high pressure weather for a Silver expedition.

Views for dayzz.

16/10/2023

Tough and testing day out paddling for an group the other week. Consistent blowy onshore winds meant there was no room for complacency or laziness. The teams all worked harder than they thought they could and had a splashing time!

16/10/2023

Cracking Gold Duke of Edinburgh expedition last month in the for with Gus.

Weather was 50:50 torrential sideways rain, galeforce winds or space vacuum still. But beautiful views in some wyld places. The team loved their first trip into the and, despite the challenges, performed perfectly. Trips like that can be make or break for a group, but these guys smashed it out the park. Well proud 👏🏽

31/07/2023

Z A N Z I B A R 🇹🇿

🤿🪸🐠🐡🐟🪼🐒♻️⛵️🐚🌊🐙🦞

I recently returned with my Bradfield College team for Global Action from Zanzibar Island, just off the coast of mainland Tanzania.

2 weeks spent exploring, soaking up the culture, learning of the islands rich history and witnessing/assisting in some projects run by local groups and NGOs to further the coastal communities sustainability goals, increase women's empowerment & employment opportunities in the region along with learning of the ocean conservation efforts and studies on the surrounding coral reefs (which, btw, are absolutely beautiful).

Big emphasis on personal development for the team to enhance their knowledge of the world, make them strong global citizens and future leaders.

I couldn't have asked for a better team, and they smashed everything we set them while immersing themselves fully.

Well proud 👏🏽 💪🏽

Hardest thing is picking 10 photos to highlight the trip, expect more later!

🤿🪸🐠🐡🐟🪼🐒♻️⛵️🐚🌊🐙🦞

01/07/2023

Nepal - March 2023, for and .

Only a few months late... 🫣

Cracking crew of student travellers and staff as usual. DAA never disappoints for atmosphere, Go Falcons ( jk 🐆)

Walking tours of Kathmandu, biking in the countryside, Rafting toward Pokhara, camping in the hills, climbing at and having a blast. Oh, and eating mo momos than you can count, delicious.

Massive thanks to for running such a smooth in-country operation as per usual and .treble for wrangling our 3 teams.

19/06/2023

So, the last few weeks of work for Council Outdoor Ed have looked a lot like this.

Apparently, it's summer in Scotland the whole of May and June now, Bonkers.

Bonus picture of a ridiculous dinner. Who knew a student could/would want to eat 3 tins of beans and sausages on an open award assessment I was working for the .

12/04/2023

Splashing day out in the sunshine 🌞 yesterday for Council Outdoor Ed and our teams. A wee bit chilly, but nothing a paddle journey can't warm up 🛶💪🏽🎖