what to wear coasteering...what not to wear coasteering

Public information posters from Preseli Venture...

What to wear for surfing
What to wear for sea kayaking

What to wear for coasteering

What not to wear...ever

VisitBritain coasteers with Preseli Venture

Last Saturday, despite the wind and the rain, a valiant group of VisitBritain staff from all over the world braved the conditions to discover the joys of coasteering on the Pembrokeshire coastline.

Here's are some piccies of our audacious crew:

and there are more on the Preseli Venture eco lodge and adventures facebook page. Thanks for coming along to see us VisitBritain, hope that you enjoyed your Wales trip, and come see us again sometime soon :)

Preseli Venture in Parklife!

Preseli Venture in Parklife! um, no I'm not talking about Damon Albarn (I once saw him on an escalator in H&M on High St Ken don't you know), and this.

I mean 'ParkLife' magazine, winter 2009/10. It's a lovely piece about people who live and work and play in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. And yes, the picture of me is rather old, climbing Sinecure back in the day - but hey, you gotta grab your 15 minutes where you can!

Here it is:

Packed full of 'money off' park attractions, where to go and what to do, plus details of walks in the National Park you can pick up your copy in local shops or tourist info centres! :)

An American Adventure in Wales

Found this lovely blog post from Alexis who came to visit us a couple of weeks ago - thanks Aexis, glad you had a fun weekend :)

"On the early afternoon of Friday, October 16, I was on a train to Haverfordwest, Wales. It was a long train ride… about 5 hours.

When we arrived in Havenfordwest, Libby, a really crazy and energetic person, picked us up and took us to Pembrokenshire, a tiny town about 20 minutes away. Right away, I knew I would need lots of energy for the weekend.

I was very impressed with the accommodations. Come to find out it’s a 5-star eco-friendly lodge. I enjoyed delicious and healthy food the entire weekend! Probably the best I’ve had since I have been in Europe.

Our group wanted to kick off the adventure early and head to the beach, about a 20 minute walk, but since it was black out, Charles, our group leader told us it wouldn’t be a wise decision. Instead we sat around a bonfire and looked at the vivid stars.

Surfing was my morning activity on Saturday and we were all pleased to have beautiful weather. After struggling to put on 5mm winter wet suits, my group headed off to the beach to catch some waves! I was able to stand up a few times, but it wasn’t long until I lost my balance and jumped off. We all had an incredible time and didn’t want to leave. I will probably have to hit up the surf in Hawaii soon. : )

After enjoying hot chocolate and soup for lunch, my group went on a seven mile hike. The leaders gave us map and dropped us off. We trekked up and down mountains, through fields and pastures and along the coastline. It was gorgeous! We even heard and saw an Atlantic Gray Seal.

As we made our way back to the lodge, my hands were freezing so Sarah and I enjoyed tea by the fireplace. After dinner, we made s’mores the English way with Digestive cookies, Galaxy chocolate and mini marshmallows. Another group at the lodge was a bachelor party. We were able to make them s’mores and had an intellectual conversation comparing the UK and the US.

On Sunday I went coasteering. It is probably the coolest thing I have ever done. The sites were absolutely stunning as we swam through caves and climbed and jumped off cliffs. My first jump was only six feet high to get used to the technique, but we finished our journey by jumping off of a 15 foot jump and finally a 20-25 foot jump. It was so exhilarating!

I wasn’t as sore as I thought I would be, but it was nice to get a lot of outdoor exercise. It was also nice to breathe clean air. Wales Adventure Weekend was a fabulous time; it’s going to be hard to top this excursion!

I’m still waiting on the coasteering pictures, but I will put them up once I get them. If you’re really interested, you can check out their website: http://www.preseliventure.co.uk/"

Read more about Alexis's adventures in Europe

New coasteering piccies!

A Sunday afternoon training session at a new coasteering location starts normally enough...today the crew includes Ant, Libby, Jon K, and Paul, joined by Nick, Lucy and Sam. Oh, and this guy too, what's his name?

Ah yes, Charles - resplendent in a longjohn wetsuit. I can almost hear him say 'Come on coasteering....do your worst...I feel NO FEAR and I tweak the nose of death'. Erm, ok Charles.


Setting off and traversing around...




Splashing fun...


Professional coasteering stance, as demonstrated by Paul and Sam...


Happy faces. Charles - digging your blue helmet...


Paul with the weight of the world on his shoulders. Oh no, it's just Sam.

Happy Lucy in a cave...

resting on a rock...
Look at those faces (yes, I mean Charles).

They found a natural coasteering jacuzzi, awesome!

...waaa big wave!
most coasteering piccies from the weekend just posted on the Preseli Venture eco lodge page on facebook http://www.facebook.com/preseliventure

Want to come and join us in the office of eternal fun and happiness?

Tomorrow is the cut off point for applications for the lovely 'customer services and marketing' role that we have advertised.

We have had some corker CV's and we're really looking forward to meeting people at the job seminar in a couple of weeks time. In the meantime, if you're interested in hearing more about the role pop us a CV to info@preseliventure.com because it's not too late and we'd still love to hear from you!

Go on....who wouldn't want to to come and work in an office with these lovely peeps?

Libby

Sophie
Claire

Yes, I did deliberately choose these 'special' photos. Sorry Libby and Sophie :)

We hope to see hear from you soon :)

Preseli Venture want you!

Preseli Venture are after someone lovely to come and work with us in the PV office! email us info@preseliventure.com for more information, hope to hear from you soon :)