Bagging Munros with Andy Turner and Stu McAleese
Day One of Course One of the 2012 inaugural Cotswold Winter Skills Course at Plas y Brenin's Scottish base, Alltshellach near Glencoe. Today saw 25 members of staff summit Stob Dubh on the...
Gene Kelly in crampons
Yes - that is Stuart McAleese, one of Britain's finest alpinists. With an impressive resume of big wall and alpine face first ascents, Stuart's day job is an instructor and guide with Plas y...
60 staff members, 3 sponsored alpinists, 2 winter mounaineering courses, 1 Scottish winter...
Jealous much? Ever wanted to rub shoulders with some of Britain's best alpinists, mountaineering in the Scottish highlands? Well, that is what 60 of our staff at Cotswold Outdoor are up to...
Have you ever seen a COOW swim a Blue Mile?
COOWS race for the environment by completing the Blue Mile on Saturday 3rd July 2010.Saturday was the big day for the COOWS - glorious sunshine greeted us at the crack of sparrows when we arrived,...
COOWS are up and racing!
Yes you read that right - COOWS. Not a typo. Not some weird genetic throwback of the bovine species, but the Cotswold Outdoor Open Water Swim team, or COOWS for short. Particularly...
Cotswold Training featured in the Daily Telegraph!
Way back in January, we ran a Winter Skills course in conjunction with Mountain Equipment, Gore and Plas y Brenin. 48 staff members participated in a 5 day course in Glencoe in superb winter...
Summer stripped bare
Simple pleasures are good for the soul.I have just caught myself daydreaming with a glimmer of sunshine breaking through the clouds out my window. With the summer holidays in full swing for...
