Wales Outdoors

FACEBOOK OUTDOOR ACTIVITY CLUB

Join our Facebook page and you get serious discounts on adventure activites including gorge walking, power kites and mountain boards, caving, climbing, canoeing and coasteering provided by Wales Outdoors in South Wales.

It works like this....

• Join the group

• Recieve details of the monthly activity sessions organised solely for the club

• Book onto one of these activity days

Simple, isnt it....

The advertised rate for a day long activity is £55pp - We aim to maintain the club rate at a very reasonable £25pp per session. This extends Facebooks networking online and club members get to meet real people in memorable situations.

NO FACEBOOK ACCOUNT?

Well, you can sign up HERE or if Facebook is not your thing you can subscribe to the RSS feed  (top right of this page) to keep updated about the days and send a request for a place by email to Andy Lamb.

AUTUMN OPEN DAYS

Just an update detailing our open courses throughout the autumn. These are discounted to encourage beginners to get out there. Always fun and friendly, you will want to come along on a regular basis.... and if you do - you get a further discount!

For more details please visit our calendar and then if interested please do fill in an enquiry or booking form.

SAT 6TH SEPTEMBER - CARDIFF - MOUNTAIN BIKE

WEDS 24TH - THURS 25TH SEPTEMBER - TREFFOREST - OUTDOOR LEADER FIRST AID

SAT 27TH SEPTEMBER - GLYNEATH - GORGE WALK

SAT 4TH OCTOBER - ABERFAN - AROMATHERAPY COURSE DAY 1

SAT 11TH OCTOBER - OGMORE - MULTI ACTIVITY BEACH DAY

SAT 1ST NOVEMBER - ABERFAN - AROMATHERAPY COURSE DAY 2

SAT 15TH NOVEMBER - CRICKHOWELL - CAVEING

SAT 29TH - SUN 30TH NOVEMBER - ABERFAN - AROMATHERAPY TWO DAY INTRODUCTORY COURSE

Please visit Smelly Therapy for aromatherapy information and Wales Outdoors for adventure activities.

NEW WALES OUTDOORS WEBSITE

Following a busy summer, the new site is up and running, with just a few issues that we hope to clear up today.

We hope that you like the new style, the photos and the drop down menu, which we think is easier for all to navigate through the large amount of information that the site contains.

We have gone for 'mini sites' for the three main geographical areas that we work in, South Wales Beaches, Brecon Beacons and Snowdonia and have added media pages which will be loaded with video presentations of our most popular activities.... soonish....

Feel free to comment on the site design and to offer advice. We hope that the new site continues to grow and we will be adding pages such as client stories and client photos. You can help here as anything that is missing/you would like to see can be accommodated - so send in your ideas....

While your browsing the new site why not check out the calendar of events - we have gorge walking and first aid training in September and aromatherapy massage course and caving available for November - dates for October to be added soon so why not bookmark the page and check back every now and then.

SUMMER ROUND UP

Well, another year of rain... We have managed to keep our groups safe and happy although at times it has been rather difficult.
Yesterday was spent at the beach, with a big swell the coasteering was not an option although we did manage some rather good jumps. The kiteing was excellent as the wind was constant and just right for beginners to the sport. Today was in the gorge - with high water levels yet again some of the activities were not an option but we managed some great traverses and some playing in full and powerful waterfalls.
Last years poor weather saw a few business go under - one of our partners in Swansea Bay decided not to trade again this year and we are concerned for the canoe hire specialists who have had another dreadful year with rivers too high to allow hire of canoes. Fingers crossed for a warm and sunny autumn...

We have been increasingly concerned by the seemingly cavalier attitude to provision that we have witnessed at the gorge in recent months, increasingly frustrating to those providers that wish to offer a safe and traditional gorge walking experience - there is a growing number of purely commercial business that are about numbers and the £££'s that these generate. We have reported a few intances of poor provision to the Licensing Authority but these instances have been with adult groups and the authority has little jurisdiction. We have witnessed a company running groups of 29 people as one, allowing 17 clients in the water at the same time, pool jumping in a very risky manner and of course allowing clients to participate in innapropriate footwear.
Wales Outdoors Limited urge all potential clients to check out the providers risk assessments and thus thier staff ratios, the manner in which they run the activities and the kit requirements. Unfortunately we predict further serious incidents at the gorge and and we don't want to see your name on the accident form... As a guide we ensure the following - Walking boots, bouyancy, canoe helmet and we also provide wetsuits in cold weather, usually November through to March. We also work with a staff ratio of 1:8 ensuring a quality experience for participants and a stress free day at work for instructors.

Finally, check out the new kites for sale in our KIT SALES These are quality kites that we love to fly, and great value in comparison to similar quality performance kites. Better still, book a half day session with us and have a training session using the same kites prior to considering a purchase...