Robin Gibb recently became The Outward Bound Trust's first ambassador.

In January Robin attended the the Trust's gala event and was moved by the stories and experiences of four young people and the impact the Outward Bound® experience has had on their lives.
He therefore decided to offer his support to Nick Barrett, chief executive of the charity.

Robin has become the Trust's first ambassador and will work closely with HRH The Duke of York KG, chairman of the trustees to help raise the profile and develop the Trust's first ambassador programme.

The Trust helps children from disadvantaged backgrounds, and by increasing awareness this will help funding for future courses which last year were attended by 27,000 young people.

Further details can be found at www.outwardbound.org.uk

Zoe Brookes, Marketing Manager at brasher decided to put the recently published brasher explorebook to the test whilst on holiday near Padstow, Cornwall last month.

Looking to enjoy a walk on the South West Coast Path the explorebook provided just that.
The linear walk was from Boscastle to Tintagel, nr Camelford.

Parking at Tintagel the hourly hopper bus was a great way to travel to Boscastle. Dog lovers, please be warned not every bus will take your pooch on the bus, it is at the driver's discretion. Luckily Benjie, Zoe's black labrador was allowed and she showed her appreciation by tipping the driver!

Boscastle, victim of the 2004 flash floods was a lovely village to start the route, with a low level river walk to enjoy before heading down the coast. The coastal line is very dramatic and Zoe was very lucky with the weather, enjoying great views. The route has lots of ascents and descents up on the cliffs but makes an interesting walk.
You cannot miss the "Ladies Window" a window like hole in the rock - an ideal photo opportunity as you can see!

The walk finishes in Tintagel, a great stop off to enjoy cream tea before heading back to your car.

A great walk enjoying the variety of woodland paths, field tracks and the South West Coastal Path for the return leg - check out the brasher explorebook, page 5 for the full walk description and map.

Zoe only has another 9 walks/bikes/scrambles to complete if she is going to try and test the remainder of the explorebook!

This month sees the launch of brasher's new AW08 collection.

The AT:20 range is a versatile combination of styles which are great for travel and casual wear with a smart appearance. They can be worn around town, in the office or for everyday use.

Tindale XCR is a comfortable casual shoe great for everyday wear priced at £95.

Many of the styles have a GTX waterproof lining and feature Memory foam in the collar and tongue for extra comfort.

The women's Bolivar XCR is a uniquely designed waterproof calf boot which looks great with trousers or a skirt retailing at £120.

The full range can be viewed on the webiste. For local retailers check out the stockists search on our website or by calling Customer Services on 0191 5165780.

The Forestry Commision has linked up with The Kennel Club to design the first ever dog activity trail.

The one mile trail has been set up in Coatham Woods which is near Long Newton in Teeside and involves lots of activities such as beams, steps, hurdles, pipes and tunnels and makes a great change from our usual dog walking and is sure to excite our four legged friends!

The trail will help promote the Forestry Commision's Walk in The Woods campaign and Active Woods and is a great way to get involved in regular exercise.

Over the last couple of months we have been keeping you updated with the guys from Dale Studios, Dale, Ben, Andy, Owen and Oscar who were taking part in the Three Peaks Challenge to help raise funds for Macmillon Cancer Support.

After all of their hard training the day finally arrived as they took to the hills on Saturday 30th August. Dale sent us through the events of the day.

"After much anticipation team DS left Leicester at 6am and travelled to Ben Nevis. We had a good feed on route of bacon cobs, pasta, flapjacks and bananas.

We started Ben Nevis at 3.40pm-keeping a good pace all the way up, hitting the summit in 2½hrs. We ran/jogged most of the way down and got back to base in 1½ hours. Everything was going to plan.

We were all tired but still confident. It was a very hard climb and we were all feeling the burn- a few more bacon cobs and bananas before we tried to get our heads down on the way to Scafell.

The longest section of the drive was Scotland to Cumbria. Andy kept a steady pace and we got to the base of Scafell at 2.20am. With our head torches on we headed into the darkness. Visibility was down to 5m, the tracks were very hard to find and unfortunately we ventured off route. After consulting the map we took a bearing and headed back towards the path.

At this point Dale damaged his knee -he tried for 30mins to soldier on but was in a bad way and decided to stop. Dale made the decision that we had to carry on without him - we packed him in a survival bag and headed towards the summit. By this time it was cold, wet and the fog was setting in. We got to the summit a couple of hours being schedule, after taking a quick pic at the trig point we headed back down.

Dale had waited for it to get light and hobbled back to the car park. Andy drove us through the morning and we got to Pen Y Pass , the base of Snowdon at 12.30pm. With 3 hours to get up and down we got straight into it. Dale's knee was too bad to carry on so we were down to 3. We set off at a decent pace, with still hope of completing the challenge. It was raining in Wales but it kept us cooler. With a quick picture at the top we set off straight back down.

We got to the base with 17mins left, with at least an hour to get back to the car we realised we had no chance of making it in 24hours but kept up the pace regardless.

We finished in 24hrs and 53mins - we were all really gutted that we didn't make the 24hrs but proud with the effort we put in to raise over £10K for a great cause."

Well done to the guys for all their hard work and effort!

You can still donate online at www.justgiving.com and view all of their photos from the day on flickr.