How many mountain scrambles can you fit in, in one day?

Today, all of our groups from Blue Peris went on a Mountain Walk/ Scramble. After a long day under a hot sun, it's fair to say the group are feeling a little tired. 

There are not really any words that can describe the views of North Wales when the sun is shining. Hopefully all of the students will remember this experience for a long time. See below for some amazing views!

Amazing view of Llyn Idwal with Pen yr Ole Wen in the background.

Scrambling up the Gribin Ridge.

At the top of Tryfan!

On the Cantilever stone on the way up to Gribin ridge.

Enjoying the views at the top of  Y Garn

Clever camera angles on Siabod, or this group are just nails at climbing!

The group working together on some tricky terrain at Blue Peris Mountain Centre.

Summer is well and truly here in North Wales

Anglesey has been amazing today, with the sun shining though on all the coasteering groups we had out. The groups having arrived yesterday,  have also been out mountain biking,  doing some pretty scary abseils and gorge scrambling.

As the weather looked great today, we decided to head out to the coast, for some scrambling, swimming, jumping and much fun was had by all.

The coasteering teams focused on their aims of the course and approached today very determined.  The weather often dictates what we do, but we always aim to get as much done as possible in as wide a variety of locations.

Amazing Coasteering - Blue Peris Outdoor Education Centre 

Abseiling on an Outdoor Education residential in North Wales

Teamwork in the gorge- North Wales outdoor education challenge

Fun in the waves and swell whilst coasteering in North Wales

Training the Trainee

Here at Blue Peris we are lucky to have the facility to offer 2 trainee instructor places. Out current trainees are now very competent having been with us since September 2014.  They play a crucial role in the running of the centre and are great to have around due to their enthusiasm and hard working ethic.

If your interested in becoming a Blue Peris trainee then we recruit between the months of March and May each year, with the scheme running from September to the following August.

Recently the centre manager spent a day at Cable Bay  Angelsey  training centre trainees  in the activity of sea level traversing. This activity is a key part of the outdoor education on offer at Blue Peris, as a result  staff competence is vital. With this in mind we run a varied training package for our staff to ensure they competent. On this day in particular we were also joined by other trainees form other centres so they could also gain further instruction.

The day proved to be be very worthwhile due to the weather, attitude of the trainees and the amount of areas we discussed and practiced.

Eye Eye captain - 

Sea Level Traversing at Blue Peris Mountain Centre North Wales

Practising using an assisted hand line Sea Level Traversing at Blue Peris Mountain Centre North Wales

A tyrolean traverse being used whilst  Sea Level Traversing at Blue Peris Mountain Centre North Wales

Who said Maths was boring ?

At the centre, Outdoor Education is what we offer, and one example is the combination of adventurous activities, maths and the NC.

Some examples of a recent course are 

• How to predict tides using a graphical model on a PC
• How to find nights of cliffs using trigonometry
• The theory of traversable networks
• Using Algebra to predict the time to complete a mountain walk

The school made the comment " It was a great week"

The students made the comments 

" A life changer"

" A fun and educational once in a lifetime experience

" What a great place to learn"

" An adventure I will not forget"

Finally

" I learnt to wash up"

 Lets hope that skill went back home and they surprised their parents !

End of a fun filled, brilliant, exciting, wet and wonderful week.

Today is the last day of activities for both groups staying at both BP and the OSL. Most groups seemed to head to the waters of Wales today, with a lot of gorge and SLT action taking place. As you can see from the pictures everyone and I mean everyone ended up wet! It was merely a matter of whether it was fresh or salt water that seemed to be the main difference! We're sure that all the children who have spent their time with us this week have learnt a lot, both about themselves and also about the unique area in which we live.

It's nearly Friday!

The centre was shrouded by hill fog this morning, a big change from the last couple of days. The children walking around the centre seemed pretty tired...but I'm glad to report that it all changed as soon as they left to go an experience the wonderful outdoor activities North Wales has to offer. Groups in the mountains,  groups pushing in teachers whilst kayaking on the lake (things you could never get away with in school!) and generally making the most of their 2nd to last day.

Tyrolean Traverse Cable Bay

Time for a dip in the Afon ddu

The misty mountains- Elidir Fawr



Diving for Oysters in Llyn Padarn

Sit on Top fun- Llyn Padarn

Where the mountains meet the sea.

Today saw one of the groups heading down the Llŷn Peninsula ( an area we don't visit that often) and up on Garn Ganol. It was a very spooky and misty experience for them all, but there were cheers and shouts when they finally reached the top.  The 100mph winds they thought they experienced, was in fact only 25mph ( but we let them think it was!). Determination makes a big difference in the mountains, and we find these days show the children a lot about themselves and each other. Other groups headed out climbing, kayaking and abseiling, but we endeavour to give them all a true taste of the mountains during their stay.