Let Loose with Adventure

Websites

Accommodation
Le Chalet Chapeau Bleu. Excellent accommodation and great food in the heart of the French Pyrenees mountains.

Gites near Bagneres de Luchon. Great for families and groups and close to the slopes.

 This is a campsite/holiday homes near me in the Deux Sevres, France. It has an excellent restaurant run by Stuart Cook and well worth a detour. 

Associations

   Prince's Trust  If you are 16-25 years, and looking for some direction, here's a good place to start. I worked for them for two years.

Charity
Everyday Hero  If you want to do something for a charity, these are the people to help you.

Clothing and Equipment

  Cotswold Outdoor  Remember to get the code from us for your 15% discount.

Conservation
   www.sosrhino.org 

Orang Utan Foundation. Saving as many as they can.

Insurance

   Great value, buy on line and covers winter sports; single trips and multi annual.

Snowcard    Good value.

Carte Neige  A dedicated snowsport insurance that you can buy at the ski lifts.

Health

Fit for Travel  Travel advice from the NHS (Scotland). Very good.

Maps

Trusted for producing accurate maps.

Mountaineering Associations

BAIML Bristish Association of International Mountain Leaders

BMC   British Mountaineering Council. Worth joining for their insurance and lots of useful information.

MLTA  Mountain Leader Training Association. If you are thinking of getting some qualifications, it can all start here.

Team Building

City Challenge Corpporate development and management training. I sometimes work for them.

Training

  Field Skills.  Training company working from the UK and Borneo. We have known and worked with them for a long time, and they come with our recommendations.

Plas y Brenin. National Mountaineering Centre.

Transport

  Need a taxi from the airport? This site has a price calculator on it.
  Coach journeys around the UK and Europe. Cheap way to travel.
   Easy way of booking train tickets across Europe.

Travel Guides

Simon Seeks This is an on-line travel guide posting site which is quite handy if you want a quick look at somewhere. I write on here.

   

  Guide2MidiPyrenees. Everything you need to know about what's going on in the Midi Pyrenees.

Books and other publication
We've made it easy to buy something with direct links to Amazon and the books we recommend.
             
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Mountaincraft and Leadership by Eric Langmuir.
ISBN 978 1850602958
It's really the bible for outdoor leaders.

Hillwalking by Steve Long. ISBN 0 9541511 0 0.
Great book by a man who knows what he's talking about.

Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine. ISBN 978 0345371980.
First rate read with an important message.

First Aid and Wilderness Medicine by Drs Jim Duff and Peter Gormly. ISBN 978 2 85284 500 1
If you stick this little book into your first aid kit you won't go far wrong.

Into the Heart of Borneo by Redmond O'Hanlon.
ISBN 0 330 33583 9
A lovely read and a must if you are going to Borneo.

Buscraft by Ray Mears. ISBN 0 340 79258 2.
There's lots of this type of book for sale but this one is informative and interesting.

Tropical Rainforest by Arnold Newman
He was telling us what was going to happen 20 years ago. ISBN 0 8160 1944 4

RSPB Complete Book of Birds of Britain and Europe Not a pocket book but informative, a good price, and comes with birdsong CD. ISBN 978 1 4053 3480 8

Lost Worlds of the Guiana Highlands by Stewart McPherson.
Excellent book with superb photos and easy to understand text. Remember this man, he'll be the next Attenborough. ISBN 978 0 9558918 0 9


Other Links & Websites

The Natural Navigator This is all about navigating by natural means, so without compass or GPS. It's an excellent book and courses run by Tristan Gooley whom I met on the Radio 4 show Excess Baggage.

Package Holiday
Package Holidays for all tastes and budgets
- Book Online now to avoid disappointment.

Sunrise Treks. Run by Steve Sampson, fellow IML,
friend and climbing partner. Steve has a selection of
UK and overseas based trips and experiences. He also
runs a number of training days on being safe in the 
mountains - Be Mountain Safe.

 If you are looking to do something
for charity, an overseas adventure or parachute jump 
to raise money - this is a great company to go with.

The Outdoor Directory - great for all sorts of links and information to the world

of the great outdoors.