Molly & Lois by Lois Stephens

Description

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Kayaking is a water-based activity that consists of sitting in a small watercraft called a kayak and propelling yourself through the water with a double-sided paddle. (1) Kayaking is considered an individual sport because only one person is controlling the kayak. Kayaking is typically a recreational activity but can be a competitive sport. The aim of recreational kayaking is to provide a recreational activity for people who want to experience nature and enjoy the outdoors. (2) Whereas, the aim of competitive kayaking is different. For example, freestyle kayaking is being in a shortened kayak that is designed to easily surf and spin across the water surface to then release up into the air. This type of competition kayaking is performed into white water waves and the aim is for kayakers to try out ‘surf and gymnastic-styled tricks and maneuvers in these difficult conditions. (3) To be able to easily move through the water, the kayaker must use their paddle to perform a variety of paddle strokes depending on where and what direction they would like to go. The main strokes include, a forward stroke to propel the kayak forwards; a draw stroke to make the kayak drift sideways; a reverse sweep stroke to turn the kayak while moving backwards; and a forward sweep stroke to help turn while moving forwards and reverse the kayak. (4) Kayaking is also similar to canoeing and many people get the two confused due to their resemblance. Although, canoeing can be an individual and tandem and the canoe boat has a large open cockpit instead. Whereas, kayaking is only for one person and the kayak has a closed cockpit where the individual will sit with their spray deck on and attached around the rim of the cockpit. A spray deck is a special piece of kayaking equipment that ensures water does not enter the boat when paddling in all types of conditions, but also keeps the paddler warmer due to its tightness and suction.

Description

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Orienteering is a land-based activity that consists of locating different checkpoints on a special orienteering map. This can be completed as an individual activity, but is mainly completed as a group activity. This is because it requires a lot of problem-solving, strategic decisions and navigational skills so it ideally requires a team effort and different perspectives. Orienteering involves moving around the countryside or a rural area using a map, compass, distance measuring and timing card, and different walking techniques. (1) Orienteering is an extremely skillful sport that requires knowledge within different areas including map reading, pacing, hand railing, and compass reading. Orienteering can be done in any walking route and can be of any length up to several kilometers. Due to routes being different varieties or lengths, locations, or starting and finishing points, there are a number of control points set out around the course and must be visited in the correct sequence. (1) Orienteering can be completed at any pace depending on whether it is a recreational or competitive activity. When orienteering recreationally, you can walk at your own desired pace due to its main aim of providing a fun and enjoyable experience to the participant. Whereas orienteering competitively, the aim is to get from the start to finish point in a given time as its a competition to see who is able to complete their route the quickest. Not only this, but it is also about who is able to complete their route the most accurately as well as this then displays a greater knowledge in required orienteering skills. (1)

References

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(1) https://uk.gilisports.com/blogs/sup-expert-advice/what-is-paddle-boarding#:~:text=Stand%20up%20paddle%20boarding%2C%20also,you%20and%20your%20board%20forward. -Web link

(2) https://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/paddle-boarding-paddles-and-strokes.html -Blog

(3) https://www.grenvillehouse.co.uk/residential-groups/ -Web link

References

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(1) https://beyonk.com/blog/kayaking-guide -Blog

(2) https://www.cheapsurfgear.com/blogs/surf-news/purpose-of-kayaking -Blog

(3) https://www.canoescotland.org/competition/freestyle -web link

(4) https://www.ez-dock.com/blog/how-to-paddle-a-kayak-and-canoe/ -Blog

(5) https://pyb.co.uk/careers/ -web link

(6) https://pyb.co.uk/about/ -web link

(7) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQqkd4cwJAU -Video

(8) https://pyb.co.uk/paddle/improve/ -web link

(9) https://pinkston.co.uk/activities/whitewater-rafting/ -web link

References

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(1) https://www.jstor.org/stable/40567274?%20searchText=Orienteering&saml_data=eyJzYW1sVG9rZW4iOiI3YThhZWU1OC0xODA1LTRlM2EtODk2ZC03MDk5ZDA4ZmI5NmYiLCJpbnN0aXR1dGlvbklkcyI6WyI2ODE2MDhmYS0xMzk4LTQ1MWEtODA2MS00MmI4MDEyOTEwNmQiXX0 -book, 'The Geographical sport of Orienteering'

(2) https://www.pgl.co.uk/en-gb/family-adventures/centres/barton-hall -web link

(3) https://www.pgl.co.uk/en-gb/about-us#:~:text=We%20create%20safe%2C%20stimulating%20environments,dedicated%20to%20exceeding%20customer%20expectations. -web link

Provider- Aims, location, target audience

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Grenville House is an outdoor activity centre and offers both residential and non-residential
activities. If you wish to do residentials here, then Grenville House accommodates all types of
age groups and the centre is available all year
round for weekend/week residential and non residential visits. This outdoor centre has an aim to ensure development in life-skills, team building, and mutual respect. (3) Grenville is a voluntary provider. This means that profits are reinvested in the organization and can come from donations and gifts, such as the national lottery. Grenville is not run by the need to make money, but by the need to help the community.

Grenville House is located in Brixham in Torbay and has the Brixham Harbour located just outside it. Brixham Harbour is used for merely all the water sports and especially SUPing. Brixham harbour is a semi-natural location. This is because it is natural as it has been built on the sea and the water and tides came enter and exit. It is also an artificial location because the breakwater has been built which then makes the harbour and shelters the town and boats which are stored there. Therefore, making it a semi-natural location. Brixham harbour is used by Grenville House for SUPing because it is a great location due to it being in close proximity, easy accessibility, a sheltered area from Southwestern winds. (3) SUPing is done on an offsite premises as it is completed off the property of Grenville House.

Grenville House accommodates and provides activities for all age groups, although their main target group is year 5 and 6's at primary schools. (3) This is because this age bracket annually returns to Grenville due to the requirement of primary school children needing to spend a certain period at an outdoor centre within their learning curriculum.

Provider- Aims, location, target audience

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Plas y Brenin is a national sports centre and has the aim of bringing together people from across the
UK and beyond to transfer good practice, share learning and raise standards. This centre also has a world-class reputation and is dedicated to helping individuals
develop their confidence and skills for independent adventures. (5) Plas y Brenin is a public provider. This means that they're funded by the government and pay a percentage of their wages back to the government. Furthermore, being a public provider means they have goods and services for the benefit of the community and can charge for services at a reduced price; like dentistry. Plas y Brenin offers a range of courses, in-house accommodation and school trips. (6)

Plas y Brenin is located in the middle of Snowdonia. Their water sports locations include local sea, lakes, rivers, and estuaries. These are many of their river Tryweryn, lake Llynnau Mymbyr, lake Llyn Padarn, river Afon Llugwy, and the Anglesey Sea. (7) All of these locations are natural. This is because they are not man-made, have not been tampered with, and it fully made from nature. Furthermore, these are natural locations because they consist of using passive equipment. This means that you bring your equipment to the location, but you take it home afterwards and leave no trace of being there in the first place. Many of these locations are offsite, like the Anglesey sea, due to it being a water facility outside of their usual location. (7) External locations are places that are offsite and another organisation's instructor will teach you instead. For example, Sea Kayak Devon is an external facility.

Plas y Brenin accommodates for all ages, but it is most known for having developed outdoor professionals as their main target group. This is because they offer a wide range of courses and within these, there are multiple levels and qualifications that can be achieved. Furthermore, they provide targeted courses for those who want to work on specific skills in all adventure sectors. For example, in kayaking they offer a 5-day white water kayaking improver course. (8)

Provider- Aims, location, target audience

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PGL is an outdoor activity organisation that is spread across the UK and they have multiple centres dotted around. PGL at Barton is an outdoor activity centre and is a private provider. PGL at Barton is a residential centre and is open for the use of schools, and families. (2) Being a private provider means that PGL is an organisation owned by individuals and these businesses are driven by profit so they are financed by private money from bank loans and shareholders, product, and investments. This then means that unfortunately their products will not be top notch and the equipment could be old. The aim of PGL is to ensure they are providing a safe, stimulating environment where young people and all other ages have the freedom to discover, learn and explore. Furthermore, to deliver inspirational learning through adventure and the outdoors to young people, teachers, group leaders and parents. (3)

PGL is located in Torquay, and they use their own grounds for orienteering. This then makes their orienteering an on-site activity. This is because it is completed on the site of the centre. (2) Due to the orienteering being on the man made site of PGL, but also in the surrounding wooded areas, in this particular location orienteering is a semi- natural activity. Furthermore, this is because control points which count as equipment, are left behind when finished and they weren’t naturally produced there in the environments they cover so this makes it a semi-natural location for this activity.

PGL holds residentials for primary and secondary schools and families for them that just want weekends away. PGLs main target audience is young people, schools, and families. (2)

Description

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Rock climbing is a land based activity. this is a recreational activity in which participants climb up, down side ways on a rock face using lots of different skills and techniques.(1) you can also use indoor centres that have climbing walls which work the exact same just has been built from scratch. it is a group sport where you will have one person climbing up the face of the rock and then another person who is at the bottom of the climb belaying them and controlling them to make sure they are safe. belaying is someone that is controlling the rope using a belay device to control the person keeping them tight at all times making sure they take in the slack from the rope, there for is they was to fall then they wouldn't go any where because the person will have hold of them.(2) The aim of climbing is to reach the end of the route at the top in a safe way.

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Description

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Paddle boarding or also known as ‘SUPing’, is a water-based activity that consists of standing up on a 10-11-foot-long board and using a one-sided paddle to journey through the water. You'll use your arms while standing or kneeling to hold to paddle’s t-grip to propel you and your board mainly forwards. (1) Paddle boarding is a recreational activity but can be a competitive sport. The aim of recreational SUPing is to enjoy the experience of travelling over the water. Whereas the aim of competitive SUPing is to cover some given distance on the water at a faster time than the other opponents. To be able to easily move over the water, the paddler must use their paddle to perform a variety of paddle strokes depending on where and what direction they would like to go. The main strokes include, a forward stroke to propel the board forwards in a straight line; a reverse stroke to stop, turn or slow down; a sweep stroke to easily turn the board; a draw stroke to drift the board sideways; and a cross bow stroke to efficiently and quickly make tight and last-minute turns without changing your stance on the board. (2) SUPing can be completed on flat, calm waters to rapid, exhilarating whitewater. Therefore, the location varies depending on what style of SUPing you prefer. For example, traditional SUPing on flat waters is typically participated in within lakes and bays. Whereas whitewater SUPing is typically participated in on whitewater rivers and estuaries.

Provides

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Reach Outdoors (4)

Reach outdoors is a outdoor provider that is based in South West Devon. They provide many activities based all around Torbay which includes doing climbing at an indoor centre called park field, they also do Suping at Goodrignton beach in Paignton. The centre run trips and activities based on younger children in primary school (age 9-11) as part of the the school curriculum, they can also take them for residentials for an over night stay in places, taking part in activities like camping, building fires as well. (5) Reach Outdoors are a private sector which means the money that they earn from shareholders, bank loans, investors, they keep for themselves. (6)

Location

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Park Field - Indoor Climbing

Reach outdoors own there own indoor climbing wall which is based in paignton at park field where they take people to learn how to climb with easy routes there and hard routes, with 18 different ropes for top roping and lead climbing. it is open for the public to use in the evening when they havent got a group of primary children they doing there own. session. they also provide 1:1 sessions if needs be and group sessions mainly for schools that come along.(7) park field is an artifical location because it has been fully man made and built from scratch, rather than formed through natural processes.

References

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(1) https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrIed7uROBlcOcu6zB3Bwx.;_ylu=Y29sbwMEcG9zAzEEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Nj/RV=2/RE=1709225327/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.bbc.co.uk%2fbitesize%2fguides%2fzp4r9qt%2frevision%2f1/RK=2/RS=MYjalrDeIwk.w04TYcZjP5RkBGM-

(2)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFIz4cBFVro - video

(3)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9_jyAh36YU - video

(4)https://reach-outdoors.com/https://reach-

outdoors.com/https://reach-outdoors.com/https://reach-outdoors.com/

(5)https://reach-outdoors.com/products/adventure-camping-trips

(6)https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/private-sector.asp

(7)https://reach-outdoors.com/about/indoor-climbing-parkfield-1

Description

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mountain walking is a land based activity where you are walking in mountainous areas or hilly areas which don't consist in any type of rock climbing at all, but does consist in scrambling. mountain walking does consist in walking over 2000 feet above sea level, over terrain.(1) most of the time mountain walking use marked or clear recognisable trails or path ways, as a way to help them. it also helps individuals criteria such as altitude or difference in elevation.(2)

Location

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Breckon beacons - Breckon beacons is a place in wales where young bristol take the participants on trips there to do mountain walking. Breckon Beacons is a natural environment which is being in a natural environment that has been unchanged and people that go there will take equipment with them but will remove it once finished no leaving any type of trace to keep the environment as good as possible. (4)

References

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(1)https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrkPFmKRuBlbZQvkwt3Bwx.;_ylu=Y29sbwMEcG9zAzIEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Nj/RV=2/RE=1709225739/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.alpinetrek.co.uk%2fblog%2fhillwalking-hiking-trekking-babylonian-confusion%2f/RK=2/RS=y42vw45ZKRpp3ybk5C6NYx39wuM-

(2)https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrkPFn0S.BlQesvS2R3Bwx.;_ylu=Y29sbwMEcG9zAzIEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Nj/RV=2/RE=1709227125/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fbeyonk.com%2fblog%2fmountain-hill-walking-guide/RK=2/RS=CeVi.FgmE_D6gz_pvXi0fY8S4QE-

(3) https://www.youngbristol.com/outdoor-activities

(4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_environment

Description

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canoeing is a water based activity which is done in a small light weight boat that at each end of the boat are pointed, using a single bladed paddle that is used to steer the canoe into which ever direction is needed on both sides. (1) you can also get tandem canoes which is when there are two people in the canoe one at the back and one at the from and you both paddle with a single bladed paddle both in sink but one of the left hand side and one on the right hand side. (2) canoeing is a recreational activity and is known to people as being a less stressful both physically and mentally.(3) so people are able to go out and see the outdoors and nature.(4)

Providers

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Haven Banks (5)

Haven Banks is an outdoor provider that is based in Exeter (south West) along side of the canal. They provide many activities such as: canoeing, kayaking, climbing, wind surfing, caving and many more. They provide opportunities for all types of participants at any type of level from all different sectors. They run a lot for colleges as people come and join haven banks from Exeter college to do courses for the outdoors, as part of the education curriculum for young people, but also run a lot for corporate groups and partys, stag / hen parties, special occasions as well. Haven banks is a Public sector which means that they are run by the government and it is funded by tax money to improve it. (6)

Location

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Exeter Canal

Haven Banks use Exeter canal for many activities not just canoeing because it is quick and easy to get to as they are right along the quay side already. There are many slip ways and routes to get into the canal which makes it easy for haven banks to use. Anyone are able to use Exeter canal as it is open to the public for use when ever they want and people are able to keep there boats there over night or even for a long period of time. (7)Haven banks use the canal because it is sheltered water and inland meaning that they can use it all year round not causing any risk of danger and groups that progress more are able to move on and go further down the canal to the local weirs and even get access to the inland river dart for white water canoeing.(8) Exeter canal is a semi natural environment which means it has been changed and could of been moved by humans where the resources are controlled and has some fixed equipment with it. (9)

References

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(1)https://www.rookieroad.com/canoeing/what-is/

(2)

https://r.search.yahoo.com/cbclk2/dWU9QUJDNTgwODc0NkMxNDIyOCZ1dD0xNzA5MTk5ODUxNTE0JnVvPTc5MzcxMTk5MTIxNDMzJmx0PTImcz0xJmVzPXp3WHRPVHNHUFM5eWNUOFl2YXJpOXNWQWJGcHhZSE5NZURjOFdGeGEydTl1WTdZLQ--/RV=2/RE=1711791852/RO=14/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.bing.com%2faclick%3fld%3de8okdSpFywGHDbbK-3co3KxjVUCUxPjo80c1kfQFDbdKyQrcq6T2BmhUsrzv5-RwS3DMewQS0LQ3vqO1H40bYcC343gmjVsC7PEUDqxh7In3jZXbH5ZTDXMwoT9ZgJDo-DyyRx3SSSJ_hC5YLSvdI11Aq7zUlXj1LKQrPzVVpH0pd8rihw7MrgQYbXSSdk15kbQhg0pA%26u%3daHR0cHMlM2ElMmYlMmZ3d3cuY2Fub2V0aGV3eWUuY28udWslMmY%26rlid%3d4d74d45dc31d194ecd37b1bd92f6b068/RK=2/RS=.KVB1t2sa2.GzOfIGTngo5.83oQ-;_ylt=Awr.QtzrUeBlKCMxwyZ3Bwx.;_ylu=Y29sbwMEcG9zAzEEdnRpZAMEc2VjA292LXRvcA--;_ylc=X3IDMgRydAMw?IG=0afe42dcf0b94fa09a00000000bf980d

(3)https://youtu.be/eCU4TYnPqeA - Documentary

(4)https://www.whitewaterthecanoecentre.co.uk/discover-canoeing-192-p.asp - Book

(5) https://www.haven-banks.co.uk/

(6)https://online.york.ac.uk/public-sector-organisations-and-industries/#:~:text=The%20public%20sector%20comprises%20organisations,that%20private%20sector%20organisations%20are.

(7) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqESyvoOMYo - video

(8)https://www.haven-banks.co.uk/portfolio/canoeing/

(9)https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/bulletins/seminaturalhabitatnaturalcapitalaccountsuk/2021#:~:text=The%20Intergovernmental%20Science%2DPolicy%20Platform,relative%20to%20the%20natural%20state.%22

Provider

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Young Bristol (3)

Young Bristol is an outdoor sector that is run as a charity to support young children that are not in NEET ( Not in education, employment or training. They provide many activities such as canoeing, kayaking, suping, climbing and mountain walking. Young bristol work with people aged 9-19 years old trying to get them into working in the outdoors learning new activities.

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Another location for kayaking, separate from Plas y Brenin, is Pinkston watersports located in Scotland. The difference with this location is Pinkston has an artificial white water course whereas Plas y Brenin uses natural locations for their kayaking. This particular location is artificial because it is man-made rather than occurring naturally. (9)