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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Sunday, 29 September 2013

Bronze D of E






Well done to the team of 4 who were out this weekend completing their D of E expedition in less than clement weather conditions

Thursday, 26 September 2013

Pool Diving Sessions






Today the L6 Adventure Bac students completed all of their Pool Dives for the PADI Open Water Qualification.

Tamar Paddle






Today the upper sixth completed the kayak trip they had planned on Tuesday.  We got on at Cotehele Quay on the turn of the tide and used the flow to make it down to Mayflower Marine with a lunch break at Cargreen.

Wednesday, 25 September 2013

Bantham Surfing






This evening, we managed a quick trip down to Bantham for some practice prior to a competition next week. The surf was quite good at times and 8 students took part and made the most of the hour in the water

Sunday, 22 September 2013

Boarders Coasteering






Today the Boarders went Coasteering in Torbay. The sun shone, the water was warm and everybody had a great day climbing, swimming and jumping

Thursday, 19 September 2013

Canoeing




Yesterday the Upper 6th Adventure Bac Students headed to Exeter Canal for some practice in Open Canoes before they start leading other students

Friday, 13 September 2013

Sea Kayaking




Yesterday the Upper Sixth Ad. Bac. students were paddling on the sea in Plymouth Sound.  The morning saw calm conditions and after an initial warm up we went rock hopping up the coast, past Jennycliff bay and on towards the break water.  After lunch on an isolated beach the tide had dropped and the conditions picked up with a bit of swell making paddling more stimulating.  This changed the challenges of rock hopping from 'easy' to 'stimulating'.  On the return we also looked at efficient forwards paddling before reaching Mount Batten and attempting the 'nose on the front of the boat' challenge...