April 28th, 2011
There have been many notable rock climbing expeditions in the UK, with Everest being the most sought after mountaineering victory, but have you thought about trying your hand at something a little closer to home? When in Somerset last week, Cobnor’s Pete Alner visited the spot where Chris Bonington left his climbing mark in the 1960s.
Cheddar Gorge in the Mendip Hills, near Cheddar, Somerset is where climber Chris Bonington…
November 1st, 2010
Some of the staff from Cobnor Activities Centre celebrated Halloween this weekend with a Pumpkin Party at Centre Manager Mark Murray-Brown’s house, where there were plenty of pumpkins to carve with mulled wine, sumptuous soup and sizzling sausages to feast on.
Pumpkin Party hosts Mark and Janet had got in loads of pumpkins along with spooky stencils and crafty utensils to make creating the perfect pumpkin lanterns possible. Everyone who…
September 23rd, 2010
This week some of the Cobnor Activities Centre team thought they’d exchange the outdoor activities for some indoor activities and took to the Gosport karting track for some fun-fuelled team building.
The Cobnor karting challenge was organised by Pete Alner who signed up two teams that were interested in taking on 450 metres of long straights and wide bends as well as a pretty hairy flyover bridge in 200cc…
March 2nd, 2010
Last week our multi-activity centre’s very own Pete Alner visited the Royal Observatory Greenwich and the National Maritime Museum; a must-do for all you sailing and natural navigation enthusiasts. The weather was abysmal but good old Pete, being a hardened salty sea-dog used to manning the Centre’s safety powerboat in all conditions, braved the wet stuff to check out the museums.
The Royal Observatory is home of the…
