Hillwise Freelance Mountain Leader

I shortly have two navigation sessions coming up for people who have done a little bit of navigating and want to develop further.
The first is on Tuesday the 6th of March 2012 at Combestone Tor starting at 10.00hrs until 16.00hrs called “Developing your Navigation skills” and will be limited to 6 people. The cost is [...]

Moorland Guides, the group of guides who are providing guided walks in place of those previously run by the Dartmoor National park Authority, has now been up and running for some time. However, as the DNPA walks end on the 1st of April, we are having an official launch at Postbridge on  Tuesday the 3rd [...]

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

During the winter I will be leading a series of Widecombe Skyline walks for the National Park. They all start at Widecombe car park (adjacent to public toilets) at 10.00 am and last for 6 hours. The cost is £9. Whilst the walk will pass many places of interest including antiquities on Hameldown and at [...]

I will be running further Dartmoor National Park archaeology walks at Haytor Information Centre on the 5th and 12th of October 2011. The walks, as always, start at 10.00hrs and last for 4 hours. Bring some snacks as we span lunchtime. The cost is £7.50 per head.

I am now half way through the programme of regular Wednesday walks from Haytor Information Centre, run on behalf of the Dartmoor National Park and they have proved popular. The remaining ones are on the 21st and 28th of September and both start at 10.00 am and run for four hours (so bring a snack). [...]

…….what with a month in India trekking in the Indian Himalaya and project working in Rajasthan, more than 20 days spent working for Canoe Adventures, a family trip in the Lake District canoeing on Ullswater and mountain walking around the Patterdale area, plus all the usual guided walking. There are big changes coming to the [...]

and this year I am leading an expedition on behalf of World Challenge. The trip will take in project work on Delhi station, 12 days trekking in Himachal Pradesh, R and R in Shimla, project work at a school near Jaipur and a visit to the Taj Mahal. I will be away until the last [...]

………..what with the usual guided walks and navigation training, plus a lot of additional training in preparation for the World Challenge Expedition I’m leading to the Indian Himalaya this year. This has included a course on High Altitude 1st aid, and in a couple of weeks I’m doing a 2 day course in water safety, [...]

We are adding a second Navigation Workshop to our January programme. We now have navigation workshops starting at 10.00hrs from Haytor Lower Car Park on the 6th of January and the 20th of January 2011. Each costs £15 per head and booking is essential as there will be a maximum group size of 4. You [...]