Outdoor pursuits training diary, Dartmoor, Devon, UK and Spain

Weekly Diary 2005 - 2006>
Online diary recording the trainees' progress through the course.

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Week 10 - A week of firsts Following the Level 2 canoe coach training in December, the students have begun their coaching practice. This week they ran the first of many sessions coaching year 9 students from Tavistock college. Our students have proved their open boating comptence on flat water and were ready this week to experience white water, paddling the lower section of the river Dart. Plus kayak training was taken up by some of the students. Following an already demanding week the whole group left early Thursday morning to travel up to Derbyshire for a long weekend of climbing gritstone.

Preparing for a river trip to refresh 3 star skills	Coaching sessions begin on a small inland lake	A few nervous faces before getting on the river Dart

More new skills to be learnt in a kayak	Reviewing a belay set up in the afternoon sun in The Peak District	Climbing under blue skies!

Getting familiar with gritstone	Getting to grips with lead climbing