Comments

• ‘Dinner was just mint, the stories were brilliant, the hot dogs were toasty and the marshmallows were a treat. All together it was the best day of my life’ (M.F.)

• ‘You’re the best instructors. You are very kind and made us feel proud’ (T.R.)

• ‘Thank you for helping us throughout the day’ (P.D.)

• ‘We had an excellent time’ (S.T.)

• ‘Ian – your mate is a psycho’ (A.S. Comment made after watching Jon demonstrate the final big jump during an Ashgill canyoning session’

• ‘The best part of the nightline was when I fell into the river and when I got my shoe stuck in the mud’ (D.J.)

• ‘You have taught me how to track when we are on maps…………..You’ve made Wednesdays really special to me’ (S.S.)

• ‘I had an excellent day, can we come again soon please’ (O.F.)

• ‘Ian, do you come up here at weekends and smell the trees?’ (A.E.) Comment made to Ian, on a mountain biking journey and after some over enthusiastic Geography at Kielder!)

• ‘I really enjoyed making the maps and it wasn’t just because there was sweets as treasure’ (H.S.)

• ‘That was mental’ (M. P.) Mountain biking at Hamsterley

• ‘How could the miners do that to their own kids – that is so shan’ (E.W.) Comment on the social history of Nenthead during a mine trip)

• ‘You are the only one that has learnt me thousands of stuff’ (S.H.)

• ‘Thank you for letting us come to Bolam Lake. It was so much fun. I love making bread. I would love to come again next year because it was fabulous’ (H.W.)

• ‘That was the best day of my life’ (S.L.)