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Organised chaos. Organised chaos is probably the phrase. So school holidays, we run all of our school camps or all of our kids camps. So we'll have day camps and week camps going on. So that's where kids come down, students come down. And they'll do a mix of sports through the day. We do at least two. We try and do three if we can. So that could be any of the sports we offer.
Organised chaos. Organised chaos is probably the phrase. So school holidays, we run all of our school camps or all of our kids camps. So we'll have day camps and week camps going on. So that's where kids come down, students come down. And they'll do a mix of sports through the day. We do at least two. We try and do three if we can. So that could be any of the sports we offer.
If they come down over the whole week, then they'll do everything that we offer. So that's normally around 32 kids at a time running that. We'll then have dinghy lessons happening, which will have about 16 kids on it. A windsurf course, which will be happening with another eight on it. A kayak course, which will also have eight on it. So...
If they come down over the whole week, then they'll do everything that we offer. So that's normally around 32 kids at a time running that. We'll then have dinghy lessons happening, which will have about 16 kids on it. A windsurf course, which will be happening with another eight on it. A kayak course, which will also have eight on it. So...
60, 70 kids at a time in the middle of the summer on the weekdays. It gets very busy, but all of our instructors, as we know, are qualified, experienced, and they're all over it.
60, 70 kids at a time in the middle of the summer on the weekdays. It gets very busy, but all of our instructors, as we know, are qualified, experienced, and they're all over it.
Once we kind of get towards the summer, we then try and open a waiting list where we can.
Once we kind of get towards the summer, we then try and open a waiting list where we can.
There's something just about the water, you know, like you can never, all we want to do is be next to the water. In terms of open spaces and mental health for people, it's really important. There are studies that have come out recently that say blue spaces, water is actually three times better for us than green spaces are, which makes sense for a lot of us.
There's something just about the water, you know, like you can never, all we want to do is be next to the water. In terms of open spaces and mental health for people, it's really important. There are studies that have come out recently that say blue spaces, water is actually three times better for us than green spaces are, which makes sense for a lot of us.
A lot of the instructors here, very chilled out, very happy people. So for people to be able to get out, get on the water and kind of push their comfort zone a
A lot of the instructors here, very chilled out, very happy people. So for people to be able to get out, get on the water and kind of push their comfort zone a
respectfully kicking a ball around the park is a really cool thing and a really interesting thing for them to be able to do and what is your sport of choice my bread and butter what i grew up doing is sailing my whole family sail i'm originally from plymouth so i'm down on the coast i then windsurf ended up doing that by accident but really enjoy it so when there's kind of a nice amount of wind we're sailing when it's really breeze on really windy we go out on a windsurf board and when there's no wind we go paddleboarding
respectfully kicking a ball around the park is a really cool thing and a really interesting thing for them to be able to do and what is your sport of choice my bread and butter what i grew up doing is sailing my whole family sail i'm originally from plymouth so i'm down on the coast i then windsurf ended up doing that by accident but really enjoy it so when there's kind of a nice amount of wind we're sailing when it's really breeze on really windy we go out on a windsurf board and when there's no wind we go paddleboarding
I think there is something about the British people, because we are an island, but there's something about whatever we do, we end up near the sea, near the coast, near water. So I think it's kind of ingrained in who we are as a people.
I think there is something about the British people, because we are an island, but there's something about whatever we do, we end up near the sea, near the coast, near water. So I think it's kind of ingrained in who we are as a people.
From an operational point of view, the side that I'm kind of mainly looking at, the things that are happening on the water, we're pushing open water swimming. We started that towards the end of last year and now we're running it more actively. Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturday and Sunday mornings. So that's really exciting and a really cool thing to do.
From an operational point of view, the side that I'm kind of mainly looking at, the things that are happening on the water, we're pushing open water swimming. We started that towards the end of last year and now we're running it more actively. Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturday and Sunday mornings. So that's really exciting and a really cool thing to do.
Again, it's a very accessible thing for everyone to be able to get down and do. Alongside that developing kind of our paddling offering with the racing paddle boards and the touring paddle boards that we've spoken about, investing into the sit on top kayaks so that we can get more people out on the water more easily, safely is really good.
Again, it's a very accessible thing for everyone to be able to get down and do. Alongside that developing kind of our paddling offering with the racing paddle boards and the touring paddle boards that we've spoken about, investing into the sit on top kayaks so that we can get more people out on the water more easily, safely is really good.