Around Britain 4 Britain

http://www.aroundbritain4britain.co.uk/

Our venture for sea kayaking around Britain next year has really picked up pace, with a website, facebook and twitter launch.  Our new boats, Rockpool Taran's are being built and we are looking for other sponsors to support our three month trip covering 3000 miles. 

Please take a look and if you feel you could help out in any way, the team would really appreciate your support.

January & February - where did those months go!!!!!

The New Year arrived and before I knew it I am looking at the calendar for what is in store for me in March and April!!!!  Well the last two months have been busy ones, running courses for various companies, including BCU/UKCC Level 1 & 2 Coach Education Programmes, BCU Advanced White Water Safety & Rescue & 5 Star Inland combined courses.

I have also been busy with Canoe England attending meetings, running WWSR moderations and 4 star provider programmes.

A new boat has now been ordered for the Around Britain Paddle in 2013 with good friend Nick Arding.  The new sea kayak is a Rockpool Taran, the fastest in their fleet.  We cannot wait until Easter where we will be putting them through their paces.

What does lay ahead is some really great programmes i am involved in such as the Southwest BCU/UKCC Level 3 Programme, BCU/UKCC Level 1 Moderation events, QA/IV visits and a few weeks set aside for some more sea kayak adventures.

New Year & New Courses/Programmes

Happy New Year to you all and many thanks for support over a fantasic 2011 year 

2012 looks to be just as busy with some new courses and programmes:

New Coaching BLOG

I have started to put a new BLOG together which is aimed to share coaching, delivery & leadership concepts, over the next few months and beyond I will add to the BLOG, i hope you find it useful or even thought provoking: http://adventureeducationcoachingleadership.blogspot.com/


New Climbing Courses:

ICG now offering Mountain Leader Training Courses such as the Climbing Wall Award (CWA), Climbing Wall Leaders Award (CWLA), Single Pitch Award (SPA).  Additional to these, workshops and programmes are being offered such as lead climbing, self rescue and multi-pitch climbing.  See the website for more details. These courses are run by Nick Arding MIC.


Sea Kayaking Courses & Trips

We are also offering the following workshops and trip to the Isle of Arran in 2012

BCU Coastal Navigation & Tidal Planning Course - 3rd March
Rough Water Handling Workshops
Expeditioning Skills
Surfing Skills

Isle of Arran 7th - 14th September 2012 (see website for more details)

BCU Courses - White Water & Coaching

BCU AWWSR  5 Star Inland Combined 20th - 23rd Feb
BCU Coastal Navigation & Tidal Planning 3rd March NEW
BCU Advanced Inland Water Endoresment (Coaching) - 27th & 28th Feb NEW
BCU/UKCC Level 2 Training Coach Course 16th - 19th April

HSE First Aid Programmes

I am also offering outdoor, pracical first aid programmes, first aid at work & emergency first aid over the year which is recognised by both MLTE & BCU.

Hope some of the programmes or new BLOG catches your eye, for further information look at the website: http://www.internationalcoachingandguiding.co.uk/ or send me an email: i.c.g@live.co.uk

Coaching programmes, personal development and even time to play

I thought November was a busy month and then along came December.  Although I cannot complain, all the work has been really enjoyable.  Working alongside some really good coaches and deliverers, team teaching and designing new methods of delivery for the BCU/UKCC Level 1 & 2 Coach programmes.

There has also been good water levels in the Southwest to run Advanced White Water Safety & Rescue and BCU 5 Star Inland courses and the sea has been fruity too.

What spare time there has been, it has been taken up with xmas shopping, endurance training and reading some really thought provoking research papers linked to coaching.

Sea, white water and coaching programmes

November has been a month of diverse delivery, from running BCU/UKCC Coach Education programmes, attending my Level 5 Sea training in Anglesey and providing BCU Inland 5 star training courses combined with Advanced White Water Safety & Rescue programmes.

Although busy and driving all over the UK, this diversity and level of delivery I really enjoy.

Advanced White Water Safety & Rescue Programmes

Over the past few weeks, the diary has been busy running BCU/UKCC Level 2 assessments, some sea kayak paddle training and mentoring aspriant Level 5 coaches. It is so nice to see and be involved in the development of these talented coaches.

This last week I have been delivering a variety of white water safety & rescue courses. Although we are experiencing low water levels at the moment, there are still some great locations to run these BCU WWSR and AWWSR courses. Its really nice to see paddlers taking a positive approach to their paddling and attending these courses to either learn new skills or brush up on existing experience.

Sea Kayaking at Pembrokeshire

With strong winds, and a prominant swell from the west we headed up to Pembrokeshire for some sea kayaking along the beautiful coastline and playing on the Bitches.