Tag: Ian Howells mountain leader

A Lake District overnighter

22-23.8.17 Walking with; Nathan It’s seemed like ages since I had managed to make some time for personal walking and with Nathan, who has long supported Come walk with me UK, preparing for his Mountain Leader assessment my return from Ecuador seemed like a great opportunity to kill two birds with one stone and get

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Ecuador 2017 with Camps International and Kennet School

One of the most amazing things about working in this fantastic industry is some of the opportunities for travel that it affords. I have worked with Camps International for a number of years now and been fortunate to work with some amazing young people in countries as diverse as Uganda, Borneo and Peru, this year

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It’s been a while…….

The blog has been shamefully neglected for two main reasons of late. The first is that we have been wonderfully, spectacularly busy showing people the fantastic outdoor experiences that the UK has to offer. The second, more shamefully, involved a cup of hot coffee, my computer and a wrinkle in my rug…..anyway, I am heading

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And the work keeps coming…..

We are continuing with our busy times and it’s certainly helping to keep me out of trouble! Over the last couple of weeks we have continued to assist Entrust with the awesome work they do with primary school kids at Standon Bowers. I have particularly enjoyed the caving and the low ropes in spite of

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Busy, busy, busy

It’s been a while since I last updated the blog and whilst I feel a bit remiss, the reason is basically because we are having our busiest ever season here and there’s barely been time to pop home and get the washing done over the last few weeks! Not that I’m complaining….There has been a

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An Ep1c adventure!!

9.5.17 Walking with; Team Ep1c Link to Team Ep1c’s just giving I have done a lot of Snowdon days over the last few years. It still remains one of my favourite mountains in the UK in spite of the many, very real problems it’s popularity causes. A fair few of the Snowdon days I have

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Another busy week

Well, it’s been another action packed week here at Come walk with me as we have helped out Entrust at the Standon Bowers OEC and then on a D of E Silver practice expedition around Cannock Chase. It’s been a hugely varied week and that is one of the things that we enjoy so much.

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Variety is the spice of life!

24-30.4.17 Walking with; Jay, Iona, Hamish and Downend School This is now (unbelievably) the fourth year of Come walk with me UK and I am delighted to say that we have managed to get busier year on year thanks to the high standard of service we provide for our customers whether working as a freelancer

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The D of E season is in full swing!!

Walking with; Highgate School, Thistly Hough School and Dulwich College Well, it’s taken a while to get the blog back up and running this season but as we’ve been so busy it’s for all the right reasons!! The season has started with a lot of work on the Duke of Edinburgh awards and so far

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Annapurna Base Camp Trek

Nepal is surely one of the most iconic trekking destinations in the world and after my recent visit for work with Camps International I had definitely fallen in love with the country and the people. I’d decided to return and undertake some personal trekking in the Annapurna region and after a considerable amount of research

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