The award winning, family run, Canoe Trail has teaming up with Bedford Borough Council to offer activities for 8-15 year olds, encouraging them to be fit and healthy this summer holidays! Their sessions include the super popular Wet N Wild and, new for this year, Woodland Wild (read on to find out details)
It can be difficult sometimes to engage kids of this age and keep them active but these full day activities (running from 9:30 – 4:30) can encourage kids to be active and have fun whilst experience something unique. With loads of interesting bits specifically chosen for this age group these activites are popular, with this week selling out so make sure you get in contact to register and book your place.
Dates
12th – 16th August
Wet N Wild at The Embankment, Bedford
£30 per day or £120 for the week
19th – 23rd August
NEW FOR 2019 at Woodland Wild, Matchstick Wook
£30 per day or £120 for the week
27th -30th August
Wet N Wild at The Embankment, Bedford
£30 for the day or £100 for the week
About the activities
‘Wet N Wild’ Course
Based on Bedford’s stunning Victorian Embankment this programme will include canoeing, kayaking and stand up paddle boarding in a fun, safe and progressive learning environment. Canoe Trail’s instructor team have vast experience and qualifications to make sessions enjoyable, fun and inspiring. These sessions will also include some simple bushcraft sessions on the riverbank whilst exploring Bedford’s stunning river Great Ouse. The ‘wet and wild’ course provides fantastic opportunities for young people to enjoy the outdoors and re-wild themselves immersed in nature.
‘Woodland Wild’ Course
Based from our private woodland in Willington this programme will include a wide range of team challenges, bushcraft activities as well some days spent doing watersports. Canoe Trail’s instructors are experienced in bushcraft with expert sessions on fire lighting, carving and camp fire cooking to name a few. This week will also include sessions on shelter building, low ropes and archery. It will also of course include a couple of days of watersports activities, we are after all a watersports and adventure business after all. The ‘woodland wild’ course provides fantastic opportunities for young people to enjoy the outdoors and re-wild themselves immersed in nature.
About Canoe Trail’s Adventure School
The award winning www.canoetrail.co.uk is run by husband and wife team Ashley and Richard (a professional adventurer with over 10,000 miles on the trail) providing water sports and adventurous activities which was voted Top52 things to do in the world by Lonely Planet. They run youth programmes including Princes Trust, Duke of Edinburgh Scheme and Adventure School which they developed with Sport England offering technical skills and life skills for young people.
Sir Ran Fiennes (World’s Greatest Living Explorer offered these words about Adventure School…)
“Adventure School is a fantastic programme for young people offering a blend of outdoor activities and all important life skills. I have long maintained on my expeditions that selecting people with the right personal attributes is the key to success as you can teach and train the technical aspects. I am convinced that Adventure School will provide many young people with the foundation and grounding in life skills such as team work, leadership, problem solving and decision making to give them the best start in life. It will change lives and help prepare them for future challenges. Happy adventuring.”
- 1000 young people attend the Adventure School Programmes each year
- Over 100 young people completing duke of Edinburgh each year
- Voted Top 52 things to do in the world by Lonely Planet for family activities
Voted Top 3 destination to Stand Up paddle board in the UK by Red Bull Magazine - Private riverside woodland for camping, outdoor activities and bushcraft
Archery, airguns and team challenges
Experienced and highly qualified instructor team