Hi all,

Very busy time of year for us here at Avon Tyrrell and the staff are working their socks off trying to ensure everyone’s experience at Avon Tyrrell is enjoyable and memorable. Whitley Primary School is with us this week and our lodges are full with various groups and we have campers in the grounds as well, so there is an exciting buzz around the site as everyone enjoys the fine weather and facilities and activities we have.

Exciting things happening this week, well during the weekend just gone the staff rescued two long eared baby bats with the help and assistance from the RSPCA. The bats had found their way into our Training Room but after some assistance and water they were returned to the wild.

 

Not content with long eared baby bats we had a grass snake move into our swimming pool plant room which has scared the hats off of one or two staff…. We think the snake has now moved on.

And then at the end of last week we had the good company of the Central Replen Team from B&Q who kindly gave up there day to do a corporate volunteer day with us. Once again supported by our Maintenance Team they continued the clearance work along the South of our lakes and put in a magnificent days hard work clearing a huge amount of vegetation and revealing more of the original landscape of the grounds.  We rounded the day off by running a session for them to build rafts and paddle around our lake, trouble was they were a little worn out so did not paddle that fast.…. A very enjoyable group to work with and thank you for your great effort.

To find out more about Avon Tyrrell Outdoor Activity Centre and the many varied opportunities we offer please contact us on Tel; 01425 672347 or email info@ukyouth.org  or view our website www.avontyrrell.org.uk


Remember… experience – learn – develop

Avon Tyrrell Update - 10 June 2011

Much to tell you about this week, where to begin. As always we like to mention the schools who are visiting and this week it is Park Lane Primary School in the Main House with Shawfield Primary and St Joseph’s Schools using our Lodges. The children have enjoyed a windy week but the staff have commented how good they have all been and how much they have enjoyed their activities.

The Enduroman event is in full swing finishing this Sunday. What is Endurorman, well 20 athletes are over 10 days completing 10 Ironman Triathlons in and around Avon Tyrrell. This means each day they are doing a 2.4 mile swim, 112 miles on a bike then a 26 mile marathon. Phew is that awesome or what? Now not everyone can do ten so after 5 days there is a 5 day event with the same distances back to back, then 3 days out from the end there is the triple but they do it differently as they do each distance in one go, ie 7.2 mile swim, 336 miles on the bike and 78 mile run and then on Saturday there is the double which also groups the distances together. So far it has been fantastic to watch and see the athletes performing, some often late into the night before getting one or two hours’ sleep and starting all over again. If you are free this weekend come and watch it is amazing stuff to see these athletes or sign up for next year’s event….

 

And we have had a volunteer team from the B&Q  Store Design Team who were supported by our Maintenance Team, wow what a great hardworking team they were, as you can see from the pictures. And despite all their hard work they still had some energy left to enjoy a session on a couple of our adventure activities, kayaking and archery before heading off to one of our lodges for well-earned rest and a BBQ. The Team really made a difference to the project we are working on to the South of our lakes, it’s now clear to see what is happening. This work will make a difference and improve the grounds and access to all users of the site.

  



Oh and one final thing, who’s this sitting in the ‘Bosses’ chair… we do like to encourage staff to have goals.

To find out more about Avon Tyrrell Outdoor Activity Centre and the many varied opportunities we offer please contact us on Tel; 01425 672347 or email info@ukyouth.org or view our website http://www.avontyrrell.org.uk/ 

Remember… experience – learn – develop