TrekCo News

How should I pack my rucksack for my Gold DofE expedition? Top tips

Check out this great video from the students at Woodhouse College in London who completed their expedition in August. They definitely have a future in the...

Sad news - our Admin Director Harriet is leaving us after 21 years. She is moving on to another post in the travel industry and we wish her the best, and thank her for all those years of service. Many of our...

Students on our Level 3 BTEC course in Outdoor Adventure Activities are taking their NICAS awards at the moment - the National Indoor Climbing Award Scheme. This is just one part of their land-based activity...

The first Gold DofE of 2021 started this morning in Sussex with a cold but bright morning - ideal for walking. This year we have some expeditions in Sussex as well as our normal Peak District and Lake District...

TrekCo have completed all of our work on Covid related matters, and we are Good To Go according to Visit England. We have measures in place to ensure the safety of clients and staff, and these will vary...

This year we're running DofE expeditions for the whole autumn season in order to catch up with those expeditions which couldn't take place in the summer. Expeditions will be completely flexible, so if any new...

  1st December The second lockdown will end tomorrow, and we are able to run day trips and activity sessions. We have a good number of day trips booked for the winter months including...

In November we ran our fifth staff trip to Utah and Arizona, mountain biking in the world capital of biking, Moab. Five of us from TrekCo and our mountain bike park next door, Deers Leap Bikes, flew out to...

TrekCo staff get up to all sorts of things in their holidays - we've been in the French Alps doing via ferrata, canyoning, climbing, hiking and whitewater rafting; and running DofE expeditions in the Lake...

No school residential is as good as a camping trip! We've been busy putting up tents at Blackland Farm for upcoming...

We're already in full swing with this spring's GCSE PE climbing courses. Despite the cold, residentials and day courses ...

  Free TrekCo Teacher Alps Trip Since 2012 TrekCo have run 4 free trips to the Alps, open to teachers - try whitewater rafting, canyoning, climbing and via ferrata for free! This trip isn't designed to...

Last autumn TrekCo staff went on several trips to aid staff development and their outdoor experience - most notably a trek to Everest...

This weekend the trainees went to Snowdonia for training in lead climbing, scrambling and generally working in the wet! They learned more about setting up climbs on the Gribin Facet and went to World's End...