Plymouth College



Welcome to Plymouth College Outdoor Education Blog. Here we will show the vast variety of activities we offer to students throughout the year including Ten Tors, Duke of Edinburgh's Award, Overseas Expeditions, Scuba Diving, Sailing, Paddlesport, Rock Climbing and Mountaineering, Mountain Biking, Power Kiting and much more.

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Friday, 29 April 2016

Biking at Tamar Trails





We had a good time biking yesterday, managing to clock all of the trails at Tamar Trails, there were some surprisingly steep up hills!

Wednesday, 27 April 2016

River trip!







A brilliant, if low, trip down the river today. Well done to our rock hugging students!

Monday, 25 April 2016

Biking in the woods






We had a lot yesterday day for biking! After dealing with a road closure we got to the trail and had an explore, stopping to see the Peregrine Falcon (which swooped down to its nest) we hit the trail and did a few loops before heading back

Thursday, 21 April 2016

Alternative activities for U6th












It was a bit windy again, but we had a good time raft building and then went to the woods for to build a river crossing using ropes as part of  us looking at alternative activities.

Wednesday, 20 April 2016

A bit windy for Sea Kayaking








It was a bit windy today, but we headed to Newton Ferrers to go sea kayaking. The wind seemed to b coming down the Yealm and down from Bridgend but we managed to get a good paddle in looking at moving the craft forwards, backward, sideways and around in circles. Some people also managed to get their nose on the front of their kayak...

Tuesday, 19 April 2016

Biking in the sunshine


Where are we?



Natural single track 


Built trails



Lunch in the sun


Aparantly there was a hill, so some walking happened




Monday, 18 April 2016

Bushcraft, Bread and Bacon




Ahead of our bushcraft camp out we looked at the skills needed to light fires, keep them going and cook on them

Wednesday, 13 April 2016

Slack lining in the sun



The first week of out Sixth form activities is always an onsite week where we decide on the programme for the term and try slack lining