A Great Day for Davenies in the Peak District Steve Ranger June 10, 2014 TrekCo News Davenies School are doing a multi activity trip climbing, weaselling, abseiling, canoeing, hiking and more this week. After last night's night hike...
It’s Always Sunny at Blackland Farm Steve Ranger June 4, 2014 TrekCo News Well, maybe not always, but it's been a lovely day here on our first week back after half term. Three schools camping and they're enjoying games, a...
Trainees Get Wet! Steve Ranger May 16, 2014 Blog, Latest News, TrekCo Life Every year at TrekCo we take on a crack team of new trainee outdoor instructors. They come to us for four months during which time they go to the...
The Sun Sets on Another DofE Day Steve Ranger April 20, 2014 D of E, TrekCo Life Bruce Lee, our Director of DofE Expeditions, sent in this shot of the sunset in the Peak District last night -'Another Day at the Office'. This week...
GCSE Climbing in Sussex Steve Ranger April 6, 2014 Outdoor Education, TrekCo News At TrekCo we have run several GCSE PE courses this year already. Some schools have opted for combinations of climbing, mountain biking and...
Abhi’s Birthday in the Hills Steve Ranger April 6, 2014 TrekCo Life Abhi Rai, one of our senior instructors, celebrated his birthday whilst working on a Gold DofE course - so we bought him a magnificent cake to...
DofE is Character Building Steve Ranger April 6, 2014 D of E, 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...
Outdoor Photography #2 – Stanage Edge on a sunny day Steve Ranger March 24, 2014 Outdoor stuff A lovely view for...
GCSE Orienteering in the Peak District Steve Ranger March 24, 2014 Outdoor Education, TrekCo News Today we had a great day of beautiful sunshine in the Peak District with a group from the West Midlands who were completing an assessment for GCSE...
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....
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...
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...
Winter holidays TrekCo December 8, 2013 TrekCo Life 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...
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...
GCSE PE Climbing at TrekCo TrekCo November 6, 2013 Outdoor Education, TrekCo News We've been running a lot of GCSE PE courses recently - with most groups going for climbing, canoeing, orienteering or mountain biking. We've got our...