Fishburn Primary visit to Hamsterley Forest

Fishburn Primary recently conducted their annual visit to Hamsterley forest.  60 children and 30 adults from Fishburn took part in two walks.  The first in the morning was along the river path and in the afternoon, they walked further into the forest along one of the many tourist routes. All the children and adults enjoyed themselves and in a shining sunny day it could not have been better.

Team Training for Rowse Group

Thrills and Skills for Life recently travelled down to Kent to run a team building and bushcraft course for Rowse a copyright and trademark group based in London.  They were staying at a campsite in Kent and were very much Glamping!

They took part in bushcraft in the morning and then in the afternoon took part in a variety of different team challenges working as teams but above all enjoying themselves and throwing themselves into the tasks as the sun beamed down.

A hugely successful day.

St Augustine's Priory Girls School Leadership and Bushcraft Week

Thrills and Skills for Life recently ran a 5 day course for sixth form girls of St Augustine's Priory.  They learnt how to live off the land, learnt tracking and trapping skills, lived in Tepees and learnt a great deal about themselves, improved in confidence and developed as leaders.  They also spent time driving JCB's and riding horses.  By the end of the week they were able to produce an entire meal from the wild and were noticeably more confident and worked better as a team.

The Swallows and Amazons and Beatrix Potter canoeing and walking trip

The trip now complete, its a chance to look back at what they achieved.  The girls walked for 5 hours up a mountain up to 600 metres and covered 9 miles.  They canoed around the islands that were used in the Swallows and Amazons film and written about in the book and even had lunch on them.

They had a talent show one night and a barn dance another at the village hall.  They had a regatta and paddled a bell boat.  They had a final meal at a restaurant and even had a visit to the Beatrix Potter Museum.  All this, whilst our chef cooked all meals for them and even washed up!