River Explorers and adventurers

By rvadmin1 | August 17, 2015

Dr. Livingstone I presume? Sir Henry Morton Stanley's immortal, and somewhat understated greeting, uttered after a nightmare 1100km journey through tropical jungle of, "Dr. Livingstone I presume" in so many ways summed up the great tradition of Victorian era exploration. Men from Britain, Europe and North America exploring the hinterland of Africa, Australia, South America [...]

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How to organise your own rafting trip

By rvadmin1 | June 3, 2015

A Final Word of Warning. Taking a River Trip May Change Your Life. Be Prepared You have checked everything 10 times. The check list is in tatters from the number of times it has been unfolded and refolded. You know you can do this, and yet in the faces of your family and friends you [...]

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Electric Jugs, Plasma TVs, Eels, Dams and Stuff

By rvadmin1 | May 29, 2015

Electric Jugs, Plasma TVs, Eels, Dams and Stuff This morning I get out of bed, walk up the hall, switch the light on in the kitchen, and put the electric jug on to make a cup of tea. If it had been a cooler morning, then the heat pump would have automatically come on at [...]

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What was it like to grow up in an adventure company, NZ

By rvadmin1 | May 17, 2015

What Was It Like To Grow Up In An Adventure Company? River Valley is a multi generational adventure company, now with the 3rd generation of the family taking up the reins as part of the management team. We asked Janey, Brian and Nicola Megaw's eldest daughter, and now Operations Manager at River Valley, what it [...]

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Link between nature and well being

By rvadmin1 | April 29, 2015

Do You Know there is a Link between Nature and Your Health? The fug of pressure lay upon me. I had been dodging writing the latest River Valley Newsletter. "Was strong the resistance to writing," as Yoda the Star Wars Jedi would have said. And yet what I wanted to write about was something that [...]

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Natural Horsemanship, horse whispering

By rvadmin1 | April 17, 2015

Nicola Megaw Meet The Horse Whispering Mama “Mama, Mama”, a slight pause, then the young voice repeats itself, “Mama, Mama, I got a present for you!” Mama is not always sure that having the grandchildren each Monday morning is that great a present. Janey, their mother breezes into the house loaded with bags, which are [...]

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