Author Steve Ranger

Now that the 2016 season is slowly drawing to a close, we thought it a good time to make a very small gallery from our annual 4-5,000 pictures just to sum up the year. From early school activity residentials...

This summer TrekCo went to the French Alps as usual, and showed just why our Trainee Instructor Scheme is the best in our opinion. Trainees had two weeks in the sunny Alps doing via ferrata, canyoning,...

St George's School from Weybridge just had a good week in the Lake District completing their Gold DofE expedition. The weather was good in the daytime and any rain came at night - very lucky. All of the...

Nothing stops Cardinal Newman students! Over the Bank Holiday weekend we took a group of Year 10 students to the Peak District. Waking on the first morning we had two inches of snow on our tents, and knew it...

The Guardian Teacher Network has published the DofE's information about the DofE and its benefits to schools - check out the article here. (This link has now expired,...

The Government recently announced that the number of activities available for GCSE PE is being cut. This applies to students being examined in summer 2018, so of the subjects TrekCo offer, you can only offer...

Although mountain biking in the UK can be cold and muddy in the UK, Steve swears this day in South Wales was the most fun day of his month - looks like...

Many of you will know Ian Beach ('Beachy') as one of TrekCo's longest serving and most popular instructors. Ian now works at TrekCo for part of the year, and we were delighted to be able to support his team...

This year we offered a free five-day multi activity trip to the French Alps for teachers where they could take part in climbing,abseiling, white water rafting,via ferrata, canyoning and mountain walking in the...

As the sun sets on another sunny day at Blackland Farm the season is in full swing, with DofE groups every weekend and several residentials every week. Book early to avoid disappointment for...

Sometimes the Monday morning staff meeting at school can be, well, let's face it - boring. The Head coming up with their latest scheme to get the school in the news and appease the next set of OFSTED...

Tonbridge Girls' Grammar School made us a great flag last week which will take pride of place somewhere - currently the staff and Paul are fighting over ownership. They had a great week and are a fantastic...

Thriftwood School from Essex enjoyed a beautiful sunny day out on Bleaklow in the Peak District this week - especially welcome as it had been snowing up there just a week beforehand! They had a great week...

This year's intake of trainee instructors started their 4 month intensive course at TrekCo last week with a week in the Lake District. For most trainees this is their first taste of full on adventurous hard...

The weather has been really good in the Peak District this week - in contrast to the snow at the start of the Easter holidays. This group from St George's College in Surrey doing their Gold training are just...