Take Care of Your Feet on DofE! Steve Ranger January 9, 2022 Blog, D of E, Outdoor stuff, Technical Of all the things that go wrong on our Gold DofE expeditions in the Lake District and the Peak District, issues connected with feet are right up there at the top of the list! Most people don't have these...
Open DofE Gold Expeditions Steve Ranger December 30, 2021 D of E, Latest News, Outdoor Education, Outdoor stuff, TrekCo News Complete your Gold DofE Expedition with TrekCo! Open Gold DofE expeditions in the Lake District and the Peak District continue to be really popular, and we've published our dates and prices for 2022....
DofE and COVID Steve Ranger June 4, 2021 Blog, D of E, Latest News, Outdoor stuff DofE expeditions have been happening this year, and the DofE have made changes to their conditions in order to facilitate completing expeditions during the Covid era. To that end, we have been monitoring...
Peak District Residentials Steve Ranger May 23, 2019 Outdoor Education, Outdoor stuff We've had great fun on this year's Peak District residential courses so far, with students taking part in climbing, abseiling,...
Scottish GPs Prescribing Hiking! Steve Ranger February 5, 2019 Blog, Outdoor Education, Outdoor stuff Doctors in the Shetlands, according to Adventure Journal, are prescribing hiking to combat depression. We've long known that the ...
Nepal and Utah – TrekCo Report Steve Ranger January 11, 2018 Blog, Outdoor stuff, TrekCo Life, TrekCo News Last autumn TrekCo staff went on several trips to aid staff development and their outdoor experience - most notably a trek to Everest...
TrekCo’s year in photos Steve Ranger September 22, 2017 Blog, Outdoor stuff, TrekCo Life 2017 has been a great year at TrekCo; here are some pictures showing the range of activities from year group residential camps ...
A Trainee’s Year Steve Ranger September 15, 2017 Outdoor stuff, TrekCo Life Here at TrekCo we are always emphasising the need for training, and every year we take on a new group of keen young trainee instructors. This has been happening every year since 2004 and everyone comments how...
TrekCo Research Steve Ranger January 31, 2015 Outdoor stuff, TrekCo News We like to be active participants in our sport, and TrekCo have always had a bit of a connection with the south-west of the USA. We have organised hiking, climbing and biking trips there for staff and the...
French Alps Trip 2014 Steve Ranger September 5, 2014 Blog, D of E, Outdoor Education, Outdoor stuff, TrekCo Life Every summer TrekCo run a trip to the French Alps - we go to the southern Alps where it's sunny and warm, and take Sixth Form students as well as our trainee instructors. This year's participants saw an action...
Outdoor Photography #2 – Stanage Edge on a sunny day Steve Ranger March 24, 2014 Outdoor stuff A lovely view for...
Making Great Climbing Gear Steve Ranger March 23, 2014 Outdoor stuff, Technical Recently TrekCo went on a tour of the DMM factory in North Wales where they have the world's most advanced facilities for making climbing hardware. It's a fascinating process which you can see...
Staff Training TrekCo January 21, 2014 Outdoor stuff, TrekCo Life, TrekCo News At TrekCo we treat staff training very seriously. Steve's been on a research trip to the US testing out some mountain biking, and we're running another TrekCo staff bike trip to Utah and Arizona this...
Novelty Bike Stand TrekCo January 15, 2014 Outdoor stuff, TrekCo Life I've been biking in Arizona for the last week or so and have noticed they have great novelty bike stands out here. They are scattered liberally across the countryside and are perfect for a mountain...
Amazing film TrekCo November 20, 2013 Outdoor stuff The North Face have made an amazing outdoor film called 'Into the Mind' - check out the fantastic trailer - really...