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Wales' first and only outdoor activity provider, offering husky rides and sled dog adventures.
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With 20 years’ experience of training and racing dogs, Mynydd caters for anyone who loves adventure, the outdoors and of course sled dogs.
Jolene Swi en, company director and musher, says: “We are super-excited about our Husky Hiking adventures, new for summer 2021! Our wild For lovers of nature and dogs nature hikes will take us to some truly untamed and unspoilt landscapes. You will have the opportunity to forget everyday life and take in beautiful scenery, breathe fresh air, listen to white-water streams and rivers meandering through the landscape, spot wildfl owers and look out for wildlife. We will pick a beautiful spot for refreshments and Husky Hike photo opportunities.” Visit www.mynyddsleddogadventures.com.
Enjoy the thrill of a sled ride with huskies
Jolene explains the di erent experience days readers can fi nd at Mynydd Sleddog Adventures…
HUSKY HIKING
Dates: June to September Location: Mynydd Hiraethog, Llyn Brenig and Alwen Reservoir Cost: from £22.50 per person “If you like hiking and love huskies, this is the adventure for you. It’s not like walking with any other breed of dog, so a reasonable level of fi tness is needed.”
INTRO TO MUSHING
Dates: September to May Location: Dolben Hall, Bont Newydd, Conwy Cost: £65 (discount for group bookings) “We’ll teach you the basics of sled dog mushing through instruction and fun learning activities. You’ll learn to ride a dry-land race rig, and we will also teach you how to handle eager sled dogs and the commands used to drive a team.”
SIX-DOG TEAM PASSENGER RUN
Dates: September to May Location: Bwlch Hafod Einion, Alwen Forest, near Llyn Brenig, Conwy Cost: £100 (discount for two people or more) “You’ll have the ride of your life on our passenger rig with a six-dog team, travelling through stunning forest trails surrounded by picturesque open moorland, rolling Welsh hills and the Snowdon range in the distance.”
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Anyone for tennis?
Has Wimbledon put you or your family in the mood? A new generation of Shropshire youngsters is on the path to potential grand slam glory thanks to a training scheme
Hundreds of Shropshire primary school pupils have been introduced to tennis via the newly launched Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) Youth Programme at a series of fun roadshows around the county during May and June. Shropshire tennis coaches visited schools to deliver free tennis lessons, with loads of children taking part. It’s all part of an LTA drive to get more children picking up a racket and enjoying tennis.
The LTA Youth Programme also involves schoolteachers being able to complete free online sessions to allow them to start teaching tennis lessons. More than 50 Shropshire teachers signed up, earning their schools a £250 reward voucher and a free activity pack – along with the confi dence to begin teaching tennis sessions, often supported by coaches.
Great response
Bob Kerr, the LTA Councillor for Tennis Shropshire, says the response from the county’s schools and teachers to the programme has been excellent. “I’ve never known a response like it from schools,” he says. “Tennis Shropshire ran a pilot scheme towards the end of 2019 to o er some taster sessions during lessons and about 3,000 children enjoyed those. It involved six Shropshire clubs, with coaches going into schools and delivering the sessions, with pupils who had enjoyed them then invited to their local clubs. The results were quite staggering. From the children that actually went to a local club, about 80 per cent signed up to a Tennis for Kids course, as it was at the time, or other junior programmes that clubs were o ering.”
After the taster sessions children are invited to a number of clubs and can sign up for an LTA Youth Start course, for youngsters aged between four and 11 who are new to tennis. As Bob says: “It’s about making something that’s accessible, fun and attractive, and can start a player o on a particular pathway in terms of a learning process.”
On the nose
Clive Williams takes on a summertime ramble in Cheshire to discover a new route with great rewards
The easing of lockdown restrictions has given me the “From the top always welcome of Tegg’s Nose opportunity to visit and explore di erent places to go walking. the huge radio telescope at During lockdown Jodrell Bank I spent some time researching hills with interesting is visible” names and discovered one called Tegg’s Nose. It’s near Macclesfi eld Forest and Shutlingsloe Hill, which is a ectionately known as “the Matterhorn of Cheshire” – it is Cheshire’s second highest hill (Shining Tor being the highest).
Tegg’s Nose Country Park is located just outside Macclesfi eld on the old Buxton Road (SK11 0AP) in a beautiful corner of east Cheshire, right on the edge of the Cheshire Plain where the rolling hills of the Peak District begin. The summit of Tegg’s Nose is a modest 380m (1,246ft) above sea level, with Tegg’s Nose has a “library in the landscape”, allowing you to combine a good walk with a good read landscape”, allowing you to combine a good walk with a good read
a quarry just below the summit, but it does provide walkers with a stunning view. From the top, the impressive huge radio telescope at Jodrell Bank is clearly visible as are the distant mountains of north Wales – and the peak of the Matterhorn of Cheshire, two miles away The summit is a round stile with seats and intriguing spy holes to point you to distant landmarks.
There are a number of walks for most abilities, including the Gritstone Trail for the long-distance walker. There is an enjoyable moderate walk from the visitor centre down a horse track called Saddlers Way (part of the Gritstone Trail) leading to Bottoms Reservoir and into the Macclesfi eld Forest, from where there is a route to Shutlingsloe for the more adventurous.
And for a more relaxed aspect there is even a “library in the landscape” where you can enjoy a book with a view. For a downloadable leafl et, see www.visitcheshire.com or www.teggsnose.co.uk.
