SUMMER IS HERE
The weather is still a little varied but it has definitely got warmer and two nights ago we went out and picked a one litre tub full of wild raspberries.  We even managed to find a few wild strawberries (see picture).  We are looking forward to bilberries next as they should be ready for picking any day soon.  Everywhere is looking lush and green and the flowers make everything colourful.  Now is a great time of year to come on one of our guided walks and see everything the Lake District countryside has to offer.

 

NEW MULTI-ACTIVITY COURSE
If you would like to try a bit of everything then come on one of our new Multi-Activity courses.  We will meet you in Borrowdale and start with an introduction to rock climbing on Woden's Face and then finish off the morning with a fantastic 100 foot abseil down the side of an old quarry.  After lunch we will all then move on to Stoney Croft ghyll where we will take you on an exciting decent complete with slides, jumps, the possibility of abseiling down a waterfall and plenty of getting wet.  Great fun and no experience necessary.

 

NEW BRONZE NNAS COURSE DATE FOR JULY
These two day courses are proving very popular as an introduction to basic navigation.  Can you identify map symbols and scales, take and locate 6 figure grid references, orientate the map with and without a compass, estimate distance on the map and on the ground and use linear features as handrails?  If not then join us on one of these courses and we can show you how to make your days out on the hill safer and lots more fun.  For more details look at our Navigation page.  New Dates: 5th/6th July

 

 

KESWICK MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL 2008
The festival was a great success this year and we had a fantastic week.  Nick spent two days climbing at Shepherd's Crag in the glorious sunshine; the mist on Blencathra on Saturday helped to calm a few nerves because we could not see the drop and then we were topping up our suntans again on Cam Crag Ridge on Sunday.  Look out for an even better programme of events next year.
 

 

GREEN BUSINESS CARDS
More than Mountains have just had some new business cards printed and in keeping with our green ethos we have tried to make the process as environmentally friendly as possible.  We used a printing company that is certified with ISO14001 and uses 100% recycled paper and vegetable oil based inks.  The cards are great and we are glad we could support a company that takes green issues seriously.

 

PHOTOS OF YOUR COURSE
Next time you are on a More than Mountains course make sure you keep smiling; we will be taking a digital camera with us on all of our courses and taking as many photos as we can of the day.  At the end of your course we can send you all of the photos on a CD for you to remember your day by.  These CDs will cost £10 each (including post and packaging.)  Just pay on the day.
 

ADVERT IN TRAIL
We have had a fantastic, new advert designed for us by Grant at Mansfields Design and we have just sent it off to Trail magazine.  The next edition of Trail is coming out on 31st March so look out for us in the classified section; our new advert is bright yellow so you won't be able to miss it!  If you'd like to get a sneaky preview then click here.
 

NNAS PROVIDERS
More than Mountains have become official National Navigation Award Scheme providers.  The NNAS is designed to develop sound navigation practice for individuals of all ages to enhance their enjoyment of the countryside and to give them the confidence to go walking in the hills by themselves.  More than Mountains will be offering Bronze and Silver level awards.  We will be posting some dates of courses on the website soon but if you have a specific date in mind please drop us a line.

 

SCOTLAND
The More Than Mountains team are heading up to Scotland for all of February to try and make the most of the snow.  We are going to be based just outside Aviemore and getting into the Cairngorms most days.  Nick is going to be working towards his MIC assessment which he is hoping to do in 2009 and Jill will be working towards her Winter ML.
 

 

NEW WEBSITE  
Welcome to our new website.  We have spent a couple of months working with Grant Harris at Mansfields Design getting our new logo and website designed and we are really pleased with the result.  Thank you to all of our friends and family who gave freely of their opinions and apologies to those of you we have ignored.  We are going to be adding lots of new pages over the next few months so keep an eye out for new courses and special offers.