British Rock and Water Association Coasteering Course.

This weekend Hebridean Pursuits organised and ran a coasteering skills course for Aberdeen City outdoor instructors.

The weekend went really well, with excellent weather, small swell and warm sea's!

The venues on that coastline are excellent with a variety of aspects and types of journey, form easy boulder hopping to larger jumps and play spots!

Five Star Sea Kayaking Course.

Exploring caves on the Staffin coastline, by Stac Buidhe, just before dark, when night paddled for a few hours.

On the very sheltered nw coast of Eilean Trodday.

Open crossing to An t- Lasgair, in gentle swell and moderate winds.

The Rains stopped just in time to get really wet on a five star sea kayaking course based on Skye.

I had a great few days sea paddling, learning, brain storming planning and calculating tides times etc! My head was bulging with maths and thirds of things each time we went out on the water!

the conditions were just perfect, big enough seas, windy enough to challenge, the sea is warm still and the coast line was spectacular.

we visited small off shore skerries and caves, so new ticks too, which is always fantastic.

Glemore Lodge, yet again put on a very professional, considered and specific course and the accommodation at Whitewave was excellent as was the food.

It was so relaxing being on a training course again, to revisit and learn new skills is always enjoyable.

The Sky's open again on Skye!

The second weekend running and the rain didn't stop!

Andy and Di ascended Beinn na Caillach 732m above Broadford and then headed up to explore the atmospheric Old Man of Stor in what can only be described as horrible conditions!

Caillach was as expected a steep, but short lived thrutch over moorland to a great ridge walk over looking an impressive corrie! the summit hosts a huge cairn, which a Norwegian Princes is believed to be buried?

Given clear conditions the whole traverse would be amazing as the positioning of the range is ideal for views up to the black and red Cullins.

We dried out eventually!

Always worth getting out though!

hebrideanpursuits.com Winter Courses still have places on them!

steep ground saftey.

snow shelter building.

Winter walking skills or guiding.

Winter mountaineering and climbing skills...

Classic Munro locations.

It seems really early to be talking about winter in October, but folk are booking days and longer courses for walking and climbing already!

Hebridean Pursuits ltd are offering winter skills courses and mountaineering courses in its 21st season , so check out our website for full details of what we can offer. http://www.hebrideanpursuits.com/

Prices are the same as last year, we appreciate times aren't quiet as easy!

All winter walking skills or winter mountaineering courses cost : at a ratio of the following. This is for instruction / coaching only. Divide the cost by numbers of participants and you have your daily cost.

1:1 £150 per day

1:2 £175 per day

1:3 £190 per day

You can book one day or five, its up to you.

Please call us to discuss your ambitions or discuss availability of dates.

Oban Hi School 4th years go coasteering!

Nicole take to the air!

End of the journey, always good fun in the rocks.

Mike drops into the gully.

Long swim to the jump site.

Wet days require wet adventure activities!

Coasteering is perfect for this sort of day and great for team building as it includes everyone all the time!

We went coasteering today with the 4th year pupils of Oban Hi school, it was the first of a series of outdoor education days with them. It will culminate in a residential at Tavool House in March 2010.

Hebridean Pursuits Ltd offers specialist adventure activity training for all ages and abilities and we are proud to be in partnership with Oban Hi again this year.

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A very wet weekend on Arran!

at the 'giants graves', only 5000 years old!

Glenashdale Falls in spate.

Wild day often are the best!

Meall Donn when you could see it!

Gill and Hamish near Pirnmill.

Andy and Gill headed to Arran this weekend, we were greeted by low cloud, constant down pours and gales! Nice!

The High Hills were off, always another day, but did ascend to Coirie Fhionn Lochan and its lovely shapely hills at 650m that encompass the high loch.

Visits to a variety of iron age forts, standing stones and a walk along the south coast at Kilmory enchanted us to return, often the small and often passed over rambles are the nicest?

We stayed at the quaint and very cosy, Lagg Hotel, the open fire, great food, warm hospitality and excellent ale all added up to a unexpected yet very enjoyable weekend.

The higher hills beckon, when the weather improves!

Coasteering at Seil Island.

35 feet and a some!

Thin slab moves, good to fall off here!

Sally, at the pour over spot, ace fun!

Sally takes to the air.

Mull in the background.

Andy and Sally went down to Seil island today to Coasteer.

Yet again we basked in glorious sunshine and climbed on warm, sheltered rock !

The venue is a great coasteering site with allot of variation and play spots, we didn't have alot of swell today but the jumps made up for that, as we had huge tides increasing the height of the jumps considerably!

swims, jumps, gullies, pour overs and traversing on technical steep sections of rock all add up to fun!

Never the same twice it always entertains and i think Sally really enjoyed the experience!

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