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Ground-breaking scheme that trains expedition leaders from diverse groups is launched by adventure group GoTread

August 3, 2021

1/3 of people gaining outdoor qualifications are women* Only 4% of passes are awarded to people from ethnically diverse backgrounds Not-for-profit GoTread launches ‘Diversity in Adventure’ Press Release…/ August 2021 A new generation of leaders and instructors from ethnically diverse backgrounds are advancing equality and diversity in the adventure activities sector, thanks to new training from not-for-profit UK adventure firm,...

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MORE, MORE, MORE!

August 3, 2021

I hope you’re having a FANTASTIC summer! It’s been such a long time since I’ve penned a newsletter so be prepared for lots of holiday snaps😆 We’re half-way through the season and for everyone that has joined our 2021 tours, I hope you’re enjoying them as much as we are! I know plenty of you have tried new activities that...

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ADVENTURE IS BACK ON THE AGENDA!

April 24, 2021

We’re almost there! The sun is shining and I can feel summer is on the horizon! It has been a crazy few weeks as we prepare to kick off our tours once more (are you smiling already?) and I am super excited with what we have in store for 2021!🤩 BE PART OF SOMETHING GOOD GoTread was founded with a...

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A NEW START

April 24, 2021

A Happy New Year to everyone in these crazy and rather rotten circumstances and I do hope your festive season was as lovely as you could make it 🎀 I sit patiently glued to every media announcement, hoping each day will bring better news – it will come! But hopefully in the meantime I can cheer you up just a...

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That’s all Folks!

October 25, 2020

I can’t believe that it is October already! I feel like this season has disappeared so quickly. But we had some fun along the way, didn’t we? 😉 As I write this, I am grinning ear-to-ear just thinking about all the magnificent places we’ve been to this year. It really has been one epic adventure. I’m always asked every season...

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Endless Summer days!

August 31, 2020

I do hope you have all been trying something new in your summer hols! The past few weeks have been a mad scramble as we frantically resume all our tours. I have been permanently attached to the news and social media, scanning for the latest updates on what’s re-opening and where the restrictions are being eased. I am so grateful...

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The Wait is Finally Over!

July 26, 2020

2020 LET’S GET GOING! It’s wonderful news! We’re back up and running in August! [Drum-roll please]. To be able to adventure together is WONDERFUL and I am so looking forward to seeing you all again! As the restrictions ease, it is indeed a strange feeling to be seeing friends, family and colleagues in person – but to be honest the...

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Happy Long Weekends

May 24, 2020

WEATHER REPORT: WIND What a blustery start to the bank holiday!  As I write this my little sunflowers receive a solid drenching, and I peek fretfully through the curtains surveying the damage to my beetroot crop…  All of your kind emails over the past few weeks are so lovely and they keep me smiling. I too feel like the lockdown has...

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All In This Together

April 13, 2020

SPRING HAS ARRIVED Fond Greetings from the ever-deepening crevasse of my sofa! April is warming up beautifully! And I am thinking of you all on my daily Instagram. Each picture is an overwhelming reminder of our revelries on past tours! ADVENTURE IS WAITING As you know, with the social distancing and lock-down currently in place across the UK, we’ve had...

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Look After Each Other

March 15, 2020

TAKE CARE OUT THERE Hello lovelies! This is the time of year when I trumpet the excitement of having spring around the corner. But it has turned out to be a turbulent few weeks, amid the developing Coronavirus situation and as communities around the world mount their defences against this virulent outbreak. It looks like an uncertain summer for everyone...

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On The Road

February 13, 2020

Let’s get cracking Hello everyone! And a very warm welcome to GoTread season 2020! This week I write from the Eurostar on a final trip to visit my sister as she bids adieu to the bountiful bakeries of France. We have had a vast amount of work over the last few weeks to ensure this season is jammed full with...

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Toasty Toes

November 24, 2019

Rounding Up the 2019 Season What a season 2019 we’ve had! I am back in the UK after the quickest of all quick breaks in St. Lucia. It was wonderfully warm and the fruit was divine – I shall be a convert to banana ketchup from this day forward ? This year we managed a record 13 tours; over 100...

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