Bridging The Gap!

It came as quite a surprise to us both when we clicked through on a link to the blog and saw that nearly five years have passed since we last posted! We were perhaps even more surprised to see that the visit counter had clicked on to the heady number of 94, 221! Thank you to all those folk who have dropped in on the page.

A lot of material has been posted in the meantime via our Facebook & Instagram feeds (we've also started a new YouTube channel) but we thought it would be nice to get a bit more out in a longer format through this site, we are not sure that we'll get back to the level of posting that once was but as the pandemic continues to roll on there's plenty of opportunity - so we'll see how it goes & try to enjoy the journey!

Marion on Ullswater

The "missing years" have been a time of much blessing and we have been grateful for each day. Work has been plentiful (until the pandemic!) and its been a joy to be able to spend as much time as we do in the created outdoor environment - work, leisure & life itself continue to merge into one!

It would be impossible to give a concise summary in a sensible number of words of every high & low of the last few years so we've decided to try to tell a story in pictures of some of the highlights from the period 2017 - 2019. The "Pandemic Year" being worthy of a post of its own!!

Boat Bay, Inverpolly 2017

The "Washing Machine" River Spey 2018

Scaffel Pike, School Charity Event, July 2018

River Aline, Morvern Peninsula Canoe Trip, 2019

Striding Edge, Helvellyn, School Charity Event, July 2019

Heron Pot, Yorkshire Dales, December 2019

The short visual story above gives only the most fleeting glimpse of all that went on between 2017-2019 suffice to say that there was a strong theme of: Canoes, Mountains, Caves, "Community", schools work, youth & family work. We also spent many days freelancing for other outdoor providers around the Lake District & Scottish Borders. We could have written several posts on all the amazing times spent working with Ventures Christian Youth camps, especially Criccieth 2 Pathfinder Camp! There's just too much too tell - we should have kept up better!!