Local Blokarting Award January 26, 2008
Posted by Bill in : Blokarting, CPD, Experiential Learning, Outdoor Learning , 5comments
High winds today at Belhaven bay for a CPD course for 8 East Lothian Staff. The aim is to encourage teachers and youth leaders within East Lothian to discover Blokarting and to work towards leading and teaching groups this fun sport. It has many of the elements of sailing but you can get groups up to speed, using them and achieving results in a short space of time - excellent for building self confidence. As you improve you can start to tune your skills and wind awareness and the group today certainly did that. I hope that most of the course members today will go on to gain the Local Award and get out there using them with pupils and groups. Feedback so far would indicate that is the case. Good Luck with future Karting, thanks for attending, have fun and get out there and use them. Sorry about the wet feet.
Holding Back the Tide with Stepping Out at Belhaven Bay & Podcast December 8, 2006
Posted by Bill in : Adult Education, Blokarting, Experiential Learning, Stepping Out, podcast , 5comments 
An exhilarating session with unpredictable winds on Belhaven Bay brought out many thoughts on the 
benefits of getting outdoors. Spending the day with a group from the Stepping Out project we used the blokarts on the beach at Belhaven. Building them is a great teambuilding experience, as is dismantling and getting them back over a racing incoming tide! On the way back to the centre I was enthralled with what was being said in the back of the bus which led me to ask the team for a few words on their day which you can here on my first podcast. Click the link. http://www.alsite.co.uk/bill/stepout1.wav Hope to do more with groups as we review with the huge variety of groups that we come into contact during Outdoor Education days.
