TrekCo Life

This week has been a big week at TrekCo for Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award practice in the Peak District. Bearing in mind that it's supposed to be training, the purpose was definitely achieved as for most of...

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...

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...

Want to know what TrekCo staff get up to in the winter? We'll be posting adventures here but here's a taste of last year; a video of a very 'interesting' road in the Himalayas which I had the pleasure...

Bristly Ridge from Bwlch...

This year's trainees are taking part this weekend in SPA training in North Wales. Currently in the climbing wall at HMS Indefatigable, they'll be out in the crags this afternoon. We always encourage...

Proof that the sun always shines at Blackland...

This week TrekCo have been running an Open Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award expedition in the Lake District. Ongoing training often involves extra mapwork...

Some of the older members of TrekCo' s staff enjoy a pint of ale after a hard day at the...

This year's trainees seem to be very adept at misplacing themselves - following a misty ascent of Bristly Ridge in North Wales they managed to spread themselves over a wide area on the mapwork exercise...

Last weekend saw TrekCo take 70 Year 10 students to the Peak District to take part in climbing, canoeing and loads of other activities. One of these was Caving, which we don't do a great deal of but ask our...

This weekend Riddlesdown Orion are having a successful trip in the Peak District. Starting with snow in the night hike on their arrival then hail whilst canoeing, at least it was sunny for...

Being Nepali, Abhi doesn't have a great problem with British mountains and went for a stroll up Cairn Gorm in the Scottish Highlands today. His only comment was that it wasn't quite as sunny as the Himalayas....

This year's trainees are spending this week in the Lakes and yesterday learned about big abseils on the 100 foot abseil at Cathedral Quarry near Little Langdale. Featured is Richard just going over the...

This year's new trainees are in the Lake District for their first week of training. Their first night at the campsite was a baptism of fire with strong winds destroying two tents, and today they practised...