Skye 2010 Holiday Report

All photographs on this page (and more) can be seen on our main Skye 2010 gallery page.

Saturday 15th May 2010

Our first pick-up was in Glasgow at 14:00. Last year we picked up in Glasgow at noon but this year we had to make it a bit later as 2 people couldn't make it before 2pm. We had 8 guests this year and decided to take 3 of us to host the week. How good is that. How many other walking holiday companies give you 3 qualified Mountain Leaders to 8 clients for a £600 week long holiday. In truth there was only really 2.5 staff as Dave was going to do his own thing most days and do a bit of the cooking.

Marshy, who was traveling further than Dave and I had set off the night before and was close to Fort William as we were picking up in Glasgow. We weren't sure of the amount of luggage space so he met up with the Fort William people and took their luggage off them while we picked them up in the people carrier.

Vegan 15 peak challengers seeking sponsorship

In June 2010 Lupine Adventure are providing Mountain Leader support to a group of Vegans in doing all 15 welsh mountains over 3000ft within 24 hours. The walk is about 48 km and involves nearly 4000 m of climbing.

One of the participants has set up a just giving page to raise money for the Sea Shepherd conservation society. For more information on the challenge go to the Vegan 15 peak challenge page of the site.

Duke of Edinburgh's Award - Approved Activity Provider

We found out today (29/5/09) that we have been awarded the status of Approved Activity Provider for Expeditions by the Duke of Edinburgh's Award. There are currently only 12 companies in the country who can claim this so we're extremely pleased to have been chosen.

Skye Walking Holiday Photos

In May of 2009 we ran a vegetarian (which in fact turned out to be vegan) walking holiday to Skye. We've uploaded a load of photos from this Skye walking holiday and they can be found in this gallery.

If you're interested in coming to our Skye 2010 holiday or just want to take a look at some photos of the beautiful Isle of Skye the take a look.

AALA license granted 17 June 2008

Today we have received our License from the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority (part of the Health and Safety Executive). This license is necessary for us to be able to work with under 18's. It means that we have had our safety procedures and risk assessments checked by the Adventure Activities Licensing Service.

It has benefits for all our clients as we operate the same safety procedures whoever hires us. It also means that we can display the following logo and text on our website.

• Rock Climbing.
• Abseiling.
• Gorge/Ghyll Scrambling.
• Orienteering.
• Hill Walking & Mountaineering.

To find out more about the Adventure Activities Licensing Service visit their website or call them on 029 2075 571.

Duke of Edinburgh's Award

We are now arranging our Duke of Edinburgh's Award work for the 2008 - 2009 school year. Lupine Adventure can run the complete Award program for your group. If you would like more information then please get in touch or take a look at our Duke of Edinburgh's Award pages.

Cat in Trail Magazine

Lupine Adventure's Cat Forster features in this months Trail Magazine as their expert giving advise in their mountain navigation feature. This follows on from Cat being chosen to deliver a course in mountain navigation to one of their competition winners earlier this year.

Co-operative Group funding won

We are extremely happy to announce that the Co-operative group have seen fit to award us £20 000 of funding. With this cash injection we will be able to equip the co-operative with the tools required for us to move into outdoor education work with under 18's.