Harriet is Leaving Us! Steve Ranger October 31, 2022 Blog, Latest News, TrekCo Life, TrekCo News 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...
It’s Open Season for DofE Gold Steve Ranger June 4, 2022 Blog, D of E, Latest News We've been running DofE Open expeditions this year in Sussex, the Peak District and the Lake District and have been really lucky with the weather. Participants from all over the UK and abroad as well as small...
BTEC Level 3 Outdoors are biking Steve Ranger February 7, 2022 Latest News, Outdoor Education There's nothing like mountain biking in February on your BTEC Level 3 Outdoor and Adventure Activities course. These intrepid Year 12s are experiencing their first sessions of land base activities, which...
BTEC students get climbing Steve Ranger April 25, 2021 Blog, Latest News, Outdoor Education, TrekCo News 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...
And they’re off! Steve Ranger April 13, 2021 D of E, Latest News, Outdoor Education, TrekCo News 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...
We’re Good To Go! Steve Ranger September 15, 2020 Blog, D of E, Latest News, Outdoor Education, TrekCo News 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...
DofE Rule Changes for 2020-22 Steve Ranger May 15, 2020 D of E, Latest News The DofE have come up with a set of rule changes which allows for considerable flexibility with expeditions for this year - see: https://www.dofe.org/dofewithadifference/achievement-for-all These changes...
Covid 19 Information Steve Ranger March 16, 2020 Latest News, TrekCo News 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...
Gold DofE in the Lake District Steve Ranger August 29, 2019 Blog, D of E, Latest News This year TrekCo have organised Gold DofE expeditions for schools, as well as Open Gold expeditions in the Peak District...
What3Words Steve Ranger August 10, 2019 Latest News, Technical For the last couple of years the 'latest thing' in locating yourself, especially if you want to give a really accurate position to the emergency...
GCSE Climbing for Spring 2019 Steve Ranger December 5, 2018 Blog, Latest News, Outdoor Education Our regular courses for GCSE PE Rock Climbing cover all of the specifications for each exam board and are run mainly in the winter ...
Harriet’s 21st Anniversary Steve Ranger December 1, 2018 Latest News, TrekCo Life Harriet, our Admin Director, has been working for us for 21 years now! In fact it's so long ago that she started, it's our best guess. From being a shy and retiring young assistant instructor...
Autumn Activities Steve Ranger October 3, 2018 Blog, Latest News, Outdoor Education, TrekCo Life Autumn is a great season for school trips and activities at TrekCo - we're running school residential camps both indoors...
What We Did This Summer Steve Ranger September 2, 2018 Blog, Latest News, TrekCo Life, TrekCo News 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...
Autumn 2018 GCSE PE Climbing Steve Ranger February 19, 2018 Latest News, Outdoor Education Following the great success of our GCSE PE climbing special offer periods, TrekCo will be offering a season of GCSE PE climbing courses ...