Who is YD run by? What is it's philosophy? What are the instructors like? Find out all about us here.
HISTORY
Celebrating 20 years of YD
YD started in 1991 at Park School, Dartington. Indie Lyndale was the climbing instructor from the very first year and then became manager in 2002. She took it over completely in 2008 with her partner Theo Young and they have been running it as a family business ever since.
PHILOSOPHY
Realness, Freedom and Fun
We value doing real activities in real places like rock climbing on actual rock. We employ dedicated and qualified adults who love the activities they instruct.
We are very child-centric and place great emphasis on the individual child's freedom to choose what they want to do, when and with whom. It's their holiday after all.
We don't teach anything and we avoid anything which feels like school. Learning is a natural and incidental process which happens anyway regardless of whether you try to teach something or not. >> read more...
STAFF
Experience meets youthful enthusiasm...
What sets our staff apart is their dedication to YD and to their activity. Some have been working at YD for 20 years and are experts in their fields, others started as children at the camp and have stayed on to become instructors and bring the energy and enthusiasm of youth with them. Each and every one of them returns every year filled with enthusiasm, committment and the joy of meeting up with oldfriends.. They literally love it as much as the kids do.>> read more...
OUR SITES
Park School, Dartington, Devon
Our Dartington summer camp takes place on the extensive grounds of Park School. We have exclusive use of the kitchen, classrooms and toilets and have a big open field and lots of woods to play in. >> read more...
Radford Mill Farm, Bath, North Somerset
Our new site for 2012 is Radford Mill Farm near Paulton in North Somerset. It's only 15 minutes from the centre of Bath but feels like it's deep into the verdant wilderness of the English countryside.>> read more...
CAMPING
Camping is not just accommodation, it's one of the best activities on offer! Plenty of time to hang out with your new friends, drinking hot chocolate and roasting marshmallows round the campfire, evening games and the (in)famous talent show on the last night...>> read more...