Mini Bio
Originally hailing from Yorkshire, I’m now based in Northumberland. Climbing , trekking and travelling has taken me from the Gritstone crags of my youth to wild and remote areas in Britain and Ireland, Europe, North America, Bolivia, Nepal and Patagonian Ice Cap.
I work in a variety of outdoor roles and environments, delivering outdoor activities, educational/learning programmes to a diverse client range including – schools and young people, sports teams, learning and physical disability groups, military, corporate team building, stag and hen parties, families and individuals.
I’m a qualified Summer and Winter Mountain Leader, John Muir Award Leader, Bushcraft and Wilderness Living Skills Instructor, member of Mountain Training Association and Institute of Outdoor Learning, First Aid qualified and about to complete Wilderness Guide training programme.
Qualifications need to be backed up with experience, you have to be ‘out there’. As a novice 15-year-old wannabe mountaineer I first visited England’s highest summits in the Lake District – 42 years later I’m leading groups through those same mountains and dales and it’s still as enjoyable.
Favourite Place to Play
Not a lot of People Know This
I’m an accomplished engraving artist.
Favourite joke – ‘Orange for a head’…. Please ask.