The DofE Season is Under Way! Steve Ranger April 9, 2024 Blog, D of E, Latest News We've been in the Peak District over the Easter holidays enjoying the lovely weather (some of the time) with some Open Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award...
5 Tips to Avoid DofE Boot Disaster! Steve Ranger December 12, 2022 Blog, D of E One of the reasons some people have problems on their DofE expedition is boot disaster. It's not always catastrophic boot failure like this, but it...
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....
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...
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:...
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,...
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 ...
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...
TrekCo Trainees in North wales Steve Ranger May 22, 2017 Latest News, TrekCo Life, TrekCo News This weekend the trainees went to Snowdonia for training in lead climbing, scrambling and generally working in the wet! They learned more about...
GCSE PE Climbing takes off Steve Ranger October 23, 2016 Latest News, Outdoor Education At TrekCo we have seen a big increase in enquiries for GCSE PE climbing course for all exam boards. The changes in GCSE PE imposed by the government...
2016 in Photos Steve Ranger September 26, 2016 TrekCo Life Now that the 2016 season is slowly drawing to a close, we thought it a good time to make a very small gallery from our annual 4-5,000 pictures just...
Newman in the Snow Steve Ranger May 3, 2016 Outdoor Education, TrekCo Life Nothing stops Cardinal Newman students! Over the Bank Holiday weekend we took a group of Year 10 students to the Peak District. Waking on the first...
Working Outdoors is Tough Steve Ranger November 1, 2014 TrekCo Life This view in the Peak District shows clearly the rigours of working in the great outdoors; waiting for groups at the top of hills is arduous, but has...
GCSE to the Rescue! Steve Ranger October 23, 2014 Latest News, Outdoor Education Students undertaking the Mountain Activities course for GCSE PE took part in a mock mountain rescue yesterday on the moors of the Peak District....
