The Olympic games are on the horizon and across the pond people are getting pretty excited. A crew from Canada’s most watched breakfast TV show Canada AM came to Wales recently to find out what else people could do whilst over in the UK. Head Guide Jon Haylock and coasteering guru Rob Simms were [...]

  Office manager Alice and I have been passionate about sustainability and surfing for a while now. We’ve been riding waves for over ten years and started representing Surfers Against Sewage two years ago. It’s been an incredible experience being active in protecting Welsh beaches from marine litter, sewage and toxic chemicals. Our work at [...]

  On Saturday we headed to Broadhaven where TYF’s senior adventure guide Nick Barthorpe ran introduction to surfing sessions to illustrate the wonderful things people can do whilst discovering the 870 mile All Wales Coast Path that opened on Saturday. The dream of an uninterrupted path stretching the length of the Welsh coastline has become [...]

Here’s an interview I did with Go Outdoors before Christmas about how outdoor adventure providers have a huge responsibility to protect the planet. Click the link below to read the whole thing; http://goactivities.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/carbon-neutral-or-bust/

  Sitting out the back past the breaking waves you get a sense of the energy flowing through the ocean. A lump emerges on the horizon, it’s heading your way and the butterflies start, the lump gets close and peaks to form a wave as it connects with the sandy floor. You turn and paddle [...]

  It’s what we do. And something we strive to do every time we hit the cliff face or the ocean. Knowing that we’ve helped people overcome fears, rekindled their love for nature and showed them places millions of people will never see or experience makes us happy. A handshake and a thank you afterwards [...]

UK children are losing contact with nature at a “dramatic” rate, and their health and education are suffering, a National Trust report says. “As a nation, we need to do everything we can to make it easy and safe for our children to get outdoors,” said National Trust director-general Fiona Reynolds. “We want to move [...]