Gully Climbing

Gully Climbing, looking down from a little safe haven, partway up a Scottish gully.

Seven S & Seven Snippets

Seven S & Seven Snippets:
These are a couple of things we look at on Lowland Leader Training, and other guide training.
The concepts are the same; whether you are guiding in hiking boots, or from a kayak...


Seven S:
Safety
Session
Surround
Skill
Story
Sally
Space

1. Safety (Covered For Safety)

2. Session (Thorough Session Plan, Inc Allowing For Weather)

3. Surround (Every Aspect Of Client Journey Should Be Awesome, Inc Changing/Briefing/Picnic Spot)

4. Skill (Really Well Taught Key Skill, Plus Extra Skill)

5. Story (Really Well Told Story, Plus Extra Story)

6. Sally (Awesome Journey Off Beaten Track/Into Wilderness/Away From Others)

7. Space (Give Client Space/Peace To Discover/Learn/Lead/Teach)

 

Seven Snippets:

Geography / History / Legend / Plant / Animal / Forage/Medicine / Environment/LNT
(Be Tactile /Don't Talk, Do)

 

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The Avalanches Stop For A Day...

Next Available Training Courses - Mountain Skills + Lowland Leader

Looking ahead; here are our next available training courses, running in Glengarriff...

14th - 15th Mar : Mountain Skills 1
18th - 19th Mar : Mountain Skills 1

21st - 22nd Mar : Lowland Leader Training

25th - 26th Mar : Mountain Skills 2
28th - 29th Mar : Mountain Skills 2

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Thanks, Nathan - Outdoors Ireland 

Kayak Sailing & Camping

Bar doing a sailing exam; plus figuring food and rabbit logistics for multi-day bushcraft courses; the most intense and stressful job I had in 2025 was setting up this sail for my sea kayak.

 

I'm definitely not an engineer!

 

But so worth it, the extra speed and distance you can get is amazing.

 

Brilliant 3 day camping trip to test it out over the holidays...

 

Thank you to Darrens Kayaks who introduced me to kayak sailing, many years ago now!

 

P&H Sea Kayaks

CH Marine

Lowland Leader Training Course Coming Up

One last Lowland Leader Training Course coming up, in Glengarriff/Cork, on 27th & 28th Dec.
 

Three spots are still available.
 

For Details: info@outdoorsireland.com

Mountain Skills 2 - Glengarriff - 1st & 2nd Jan

Nice frosty morning example of a Mountain Peak on the right; with a Spur or Shoulder sloping leftward into a dip on the skyline-called a Saddle or Col.

Then another Spur sloping leftward, out of the Saddle, to another Peak or Ring Contour.

 

One last Mountain Skills 2 running 1st & 2nd Jan, with places available, before I head for the snow and ice.

 

Mountain Skills 2 covers map and compass skills, mountain navigation techniques, moving and navigating across steep broken ground, navigating in the dark, and route planning.

 

info@outdoorsireland.com For Details

 

Mountaineering Ireland

All done; all gone...

All done; all gone...

All that's left is an empty spot on the sidewalk and some forlorn lavender plants.

Thanks to these three nice French guys who did, probably, the last kayak trip of 2025 :)

Kayaking is available over the coming holidays, but in general our paddling season is over for a couple of months.

Massive thanks to everyone who came out kayaking with myself, Hester and William over the year; thank you to Dora who kept the show on the road; and thanks to the likes of Eccles Hotel & Spa, Glengarriff Hostel, Glengarriff Park Hotel for giving beds to our customers - or simply sending people our way. And all the other amazing Glengarriff accommodations!

Brilliant summer :)

December Sea Kayaking...

December sea kayaking... Some of my favorite trips of the year happen then.
If you look carefully at the seal photo, you'll see the steam coming off the seal on rock top :)

Some Random Bushcraft Photos

Snapshot of some bushcraft course photos over the years...

Details Here Of Our Bushcraft Courses & Survival Courses