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Coming soon: The new personal hillwalking and mountaineering skills awards from Mountain Leader Training:

Hillwise have been appointed a provider for these new course being launched in spring 2014. We are very excited to be appointed to deliver these new courses introducing people to the skills they need to enjoy the hill and mountain environments. Watch out for our courses later this year.

Navigation Workshops………

I have had a lot of interest in my Navigation Workshops and expect to run several in January and through until May or June. If you are interested in doing a navigation course early next year E-mail me soon and I will start collating names for  some courses of up to 6 persons. There are […]

Filters………..

Sawyer filters are selling like hotcakes via our 10% discount deal…..if you aren’t sure if this is the filter for you, have a look at my review then click through my link to the Sawyer site. Your discount will be added at check-out! Simple. Seriously folks, these filters are ideal for all travel to developing […]

Sawyer Europe discount offer……

Our offer through Sawyer Europe on their range of water filters and accessories for the adventure traveler is still running. They also do 1st aid kits, bite and sting kits and stay put SPF50 sunscreens. Check out their inline filter kit and their tap (faucet to our transatlantic friends) converter kits It’s all top quality […]

Finding safe drinking water………..Try the Sawyer Squeeze filter.

We have linked up with Sawyer Europe to bring you a 10% discount on their range of portable water filters. To obtain the discount you must order via the link from the links page of our site. Sawyer cut their teeth in the world of medical grade water filtration so their products are of a […]

Save Money on expedition water filters….and save lives as well.

We have linked up with Sawyer Europe to bring you a 10% discount on their excellent portable water filters. Just click on their link on the links page and the discount will be made automatically on purchases made on their site. The extra bonus is that they give some of the proceeds of your purchase […]

Just back from this Winters Scottish Mountaineering trip!

We’re just back from our annual winter mountaineering trip and looking forward to another season of guided walks, navigation courses, canoe adventures and the like. This year we will be working with Moorland Guides, Large Outdoors, Canoe Adventures (South Devon) and World Challenge. Watch out for our NNAS courses run for Large Outdoors this spring […]

Duke of Edinburgh Award Gold Assessor Accreditation.

I have just received accreditation as a Duke of Edinburgh Award Assessor for Bronze, Silver and Gold expeditions, expiring in Dec 2016.