September 17, 2013
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Chilly but a blue sky greeted us at the canal launch point. Fast unpacking of the kayaks got us on the union canal, apart from a delay. The kayak I used just fitted me and I got the spraydeck on … Continue reading
September 5, 2013
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The after school climbers were at Ratho EICA tonight. Laura cruised the Speed route after warming up on 5 easier routes and mixing – face, corner, bridging and overhanging – routes, this is the ‘coached’ method. Climbers last longer and … Continue reading
August 27, 2013
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The after school canoe/kayak club was up at Loch Ard, near Aberfoyle. Ten minutes drive passed Callander. Amazingly warm water. Quite windy so Emmily – a newcomer to kayaking – struggled in the waves until she got the techniques sorted … Continue reading
June 18, 2013
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Tonight, on a lovely balmy warm evening, we paddled out a few hundred metres and entered the canal tunnel. Lots of screaming later, we cruised through. We admired the amazing stalactites and stalacmites, bats, flies, rock architecture and Victorian engineering. … Continue reading
June 15, 2013
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Friday night we left Killin and headed down the Lochay, a Hydro river but flows into Loch Tay. Only 14mins to paddle down to the Wild camping spot, although there were very heavy showers on the drive up, we were … Continue reading
June 6, 2013
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Another warm evening for Outdoor Learning, tonight we were at Bennybeg, a small cliff at Muthil near crieff. Josh was learning some ropework- how to setup safety systems when running an abseil session. Quite complicated ropework – lots of Assessment … Continue reading
May 28, 2013
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After a busy day climbing with S1s, at Loch Ard, we were out paddling with the after school canoe club. Some Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award Core Paddling Framework skills were covered. Team building too. View from the Coach’s canoe. … Continue reading
May 25, 2013
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We headed out for our Annual Activity day, we were going to camp on Eilean Gorm on Loch Ard but the Island had two groups of adults there, so we switched to a planned alternative on the shoreline. Last year, … Continue reading
May 15, 2013
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For the last two years we have been out canoeing/kayaking on Tuesday nights, from March. This year we only started last night, the 14th of May. But, it was worth the wait as the sun was lovely and warm and … Continue reading
April 25, 2013
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Today the class were out re-visiting Canoe Journey skills, in preparation for a planned overnight trip on Loch Ard in May. Rafting up and sailing are classic traditional canoe journeying skills. If it’s windy and a group is struggling to … Continue reading
