Compass Hill Skills and Ventures

28/07/2024

For Sale: National 12 "Two-All"

1960 clinker-ply built classic National 12 racing dinghy in fair condition complete with sails, rigging and road trailer.

£600.00 Ono. Collect or can be delivered free within 25 miles of Colchester.

DM if you're genuinely interested and would like to come and inspect.

12/06/2024

31/03/2024

A day of gratitude and slightly wobbly, contemplative emotions.

At 7pm this evening I earn my "I managed to stay alive for 5 more years" badge.

Has certainly been an eventful 5 years - some fantastic bits and some really horribly challenging bits. Lots of steps forward and some backwards - that's life.

Whatever your challenge - small steps day by day, be kind to yourself and .

My cardiac surgeon is very pleased with the recovery my heart has made. Now just need to heal the long-covid wrecked lungs to get back to hill fitness - oh, and find a job 🤦🏻.

So glad to have model railways, mountains and motorbikes in my life.

Couldn't have done this without Megan , Amelie , family and friends who have been there for me. Thank you 🙏❤️🙏 ###

20/06/2023

Exciting news from my lovely cousin Imogen Walker :

🌳🍄🌻🍃🌈🦋🌿🪶🪺🍎☀️
Welcome to The Woodland Mud Club - a holiday club inspired by Forest School for children aged 5-12.

☀️ Meals included

☀️ Ideal for working parents, the day runs from 8.30am - 5.30pm

☀️ Beautiful location close to Colchester

☀️ A wide variety of outdoor, child led activities and adventures

☀️ £50 for a full day or £40 for a full day when you book 5 days

Follow the link for more information and to book 👉 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-woodland-mud-club-summer-holiday-club-colchester-7th-11th-august-tickets-662387016397

Any questions big or small feel free to message me privately or email me on
[email protected]

Give your child an experience they won’t forget with a holiday club set in the woods near Colchester

29/04/2023

13/04/2023

FOR SALE: Our beautiful 2010 Land Rover Defender 110 - 7 seats. 12 months MOT.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/245941864503531/

17/12/2022

https://www.facebook.com/593160764078252/posts/6023224464405161/?sfnsn=scwspmo

01/12/2022

Pete's Eats is up for sale 😮

3 bedroom terraced house for sale in Llanberis, LL55 for £495,000. Marketed by Haf Jones and Pegler, Bangor

03/11/2022

For the first time the Three Norths align o er Great Britain - that's pretty special 😁

https://fb.watch/gzgMHguuv5/

13/09/2022

My hiking friend Emma is climbing the 3 Peaks (Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon) very soon to raise money for PTSD Resolution - a cause very close to my heart. Please read Emma's post and if possible make a donation to support her in this awesome challenge please. I understand there will be a raffle held for people who donate 😊

Help Emma Draper raise money to support PTSD Resolution

10/07/2022

From our friends at Koru Kayaking at St Agnes in Cornwall 😊

It’s Koru Kayaking’s 10 year anniversary today! We started with some yellow ocean kayaks, a Landrover called Demelza and the back of a bodyboard to advertise our tours. We’ve seen some incredible wildlife, some wonderful history and geology and worked with some amazing people. Massive thanks to all our customers who shared many wonderful experiences with us and we hope many more! Thanks for kayaking with Koru and here’s to the next 10 years!

26/04/2022

Trig pillars will always hold a special place in our hearts but in the modern day we use something a little different to accurately map Great Britain.

The network of over 6,500 trig pillars was first put to use in 1936 when the retriangulation of Britain began. Today we have whittled that mighty network down to a core 12 GeoNet stations that provide the reference frame for all of our mapping. Those key sites are known as “zero-order” stations meaning that they have the highest possible order of accuracy. This is achieved by mounting them onto something we know will not move such a bedrock.

The OS Network has a further 100+ GPS sites that are always on, providing positional accuracy improvements to the changes recorded by our surveyors updating the map - around 20,000 every day, which allow us to map the whole of Great Britain with a degree of accuracy of 1-2cm.

Even though we have given the trigs an upgrade the degree of accuracy achieved in the 1930s was astounding, we now know that their measurements were only around 20m out!

Have you enjoyed learning all about trig pillars this week? Let us know in the comments below!