It really is fair to say that no 2 days are ever the same. It would be easy to think that you're either instructing or you're guiding and to a degree that's true. However, the mix of people and their varied interests and requirements really does mean no 2 days are ever the same ... there's a little look at just a few of the things that have happening over the last couple of weeks.
You can't tell from the picture above but it was a day of high winds and heavy showers. Sally was here for a days guiding and this was our lunch stop ... not the most salubrious but it served a purpose. Next stop of the day was a close encounter with a wind farm.
This is Greg and Si. They'll be in Canada at the moment getting ready to depart on the 2750 mile Tour Divide race. We spent a weekend out in the hills putting in the miles and testing out their gear in anticipation. Although they're outside a bothy here, they still slept in their tents ... I on the other hand didn't!
Jack has a bit of a gift for riding. Along with his father, uncle and younger brother (who also has a gift) they spent a couple of days here on a 2 day skills course. Strangely, the hardest job for me was getting Jack to slow down ;o)
I hadn't ridden at Coed Y Brenin for quite a while so when I received a request for a skills course there I couldn't resist. The call came from Tom of the SHABi mountain bike club. We didn't have a tremendous amount of time available to us but the progress everyone made was quite remarkable.
My job was to take 6 lads in their late teens into the mountains for the day. This is our lunch stop, the BIG climb of the day was still to come as were the hottest temperatures! We covered around 30 miles and made it above 2000ft ... the first time any of them had mountain biked on a mountain!
Ruth and Jennie have both been here before. Last time, they did a 2 day skills course ... this time they wanted something a little different - a days guiding with some instruction on the side. This is Ruth getting to grips with a descent which is far steeper and much rougher than the picture portrays
