Bridgwater College Residential - Day 4

Anstey's Cove in Torquay was the venue for todays activities. We headed over to the3 coast from Dartmoor with a fleet of tandem sit on top kayaks and coasteering equipment. The bay was well sheltered from the south/south westerly winds which meant great conditions for an introduction to kayaking on the sea.

I took half the group kayaking while Gwilym took the other half coasteering, the groups swapped activities after lunch.

During the kayaking sessions we looked at paddling along the coastline and crossing the bay discussing the potential risk involved. The students applied the transferable skills they have learned in their Open Canoe sessions over the past few weeks. There was also time to play a few games and get wet! As the swell picked up a little we also had a go at rock hopping, using the swell to our advantage to get in and out of small gaps in the rocks.

Another great day with the students taking control of their session with just a little help from me. 

Coasteering at Anstey's Cove

Back working with Active Adventure South West today delivering a coasteering session at Anstey's Cove for a stag party of 10 down from Northampton.

The weather turned out better than forecast with little wind and blue skies. We made our way along the coast scrambling, swimming and jumping from various points.

On the return journey as the tide dropped from the morning high tide it opened up the opportunity to go through on of the swim through sumps.

All the guys enjoyed their session, i've no doubt they'll be back again for more. 

Coasteering For Active Adventure South West - Anstey's Cove

 

 

Today I was out working with Active Adventure South West taking the Slap-heads basketball team Coasteering as part of their annual tour.

 

Anstey's Cove was the venue of choice for the 3 hour session. Their was a little swell coming through which made the session a little more exciting. All the guys enjoyed their time scrambling over the rocks, swimming and jumping from safe ledges that increased in height as the session went on.