Joint Adventures December Update

Well I think the last few days have shown us the first signs of winter, and that we have to put on those extra layers if we are to go outside. December certainly started with some beautiful bright clear days. In many ways, this is the best time of year to walk. It's quiet, bright and sunny.

In November we did a mixture of fun and skills courses. Stag parties built rafts, paddled canoes, and scrambled up gorges.

With groups well wrapped up in wetsuits and water proofs most people have managed to get in the spirit of things, and see the chance for that hangover cure.

And Gorge Walking was pretty full on and as popular as ever.

It hasn't all been fun though. Oh yes, we've done some proper serious stuff too.

Open Canoe skills have been being developed. With water levels quite low, we took to the River Lune for an Intermediate White Water Canoe session.

We saw some fine paddling with people gaining in confidence as they tackled the rapids

And if you have wondered what we do in the Winter time between groups, well we practice rescue skills and keep up to date with current thinking. This usually means getting wet!

So now we have the rest of December to look forward to. Adventure activity gift toolkens are looing popular for the person that seems to have everything. If you want one just get in touch.

We also have a number of skills courses on fell, river, and lake, so check out the course dates section of the website and see if anything takes your fancy.

Have a great Christmas

Best wishes,

Adam

Joint Adventures November update

As expected we've been really busy during October. We kicked off our moving water skills season with some perfect water levels, if you knew where to go, so despite record breaking levels of water in the lakes we had a really nice time.

Introduction to Moving Water day 2

We also managed a spot of rock climbing in the dry, and it was even sunny some of the time. Then came half term. It sort of spread over 2 weeks, and saw the ever popular holiday Family Adventure sessions. Well clad in wetsuits and water proofs, or some times just lots of layers, we all went for an adventure.

Family Adventure Day Session Canoeing

With November upon us we were allowed on more of the rivers, and in the absence of any recent rainfall the river Crake, which is lake fed, proved to be at an excellent level for novice and more experienced paddlers alike.

The river Crake in lovely sunshine!

All this has left us looking forward to the rest of November and December. We have had a few requests for kayak rolling courses, and some moving water canoeing. ( and I do mean canoeing!). There are still some spaces on our NNAS navigation courses before and after Christmas. So if any of those appeal then please get in touch.

In December and January, we also have some BCU 3 star training courses in kayak and canoe so check these out at www.jointadventures.co.uk.

As ever, if you do get out have fun.

Adam

Joint Adventures update

Well it's October, and soon the rivers of Cumbria will be open, with hopefully just the right amount of water to make them fun for most people. If you want to move on to paddling on moving water or white water then get in touch, and we'll be glad to send you on the right path.

Now speaking of water,we had a great time over a rather wet summer. As ever gorge walking was the most popular activity; not least because the rain makes it better!

Of course there were the other activities; kayaking, canoeing, abseiling...... We even managed to get a turtle down Tilberthwaite Quary. This year we also ran more summer skills courses than we would normally do. This makes me think that you summer tourists out there are becomming more demanding, and are not goint to be happy with just those taster sessions. Well check out our skills section at www,jointadventures.co.uk/skills .

If you're thinking of visiting The Lake District this October half term we have an introduction to white water (kayak) course, as well as the usual abseiling, climbing, canoeing, and we will be running our family adventure days. At Christmas we have a number of trekking days planned over fell and lake.

Watch this Blogg for more updates.

Adam