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 STUDENTS from the College of West Anglia in King’s Lynn conquered fears and an infamous ridge as they braved the elements to climb 3,560 feet (1,085m) to the top of Mount Snowdon in North Wales.

In a day which saw wind, rain and a heavy snowline at the summit, the group had to work well together to scramble their way across the Crib Goch ridge.

It means “red comb” in the Welsh language, thought to refer to its serrated edge and colour of some of the rocks.

Eight Level Three students from the college’s Uniformed Services course were joined by tutors Stuart Harrowing and Lee Mallott.

After conquering Snowdon on the first day the second day began early at 5am to begin the ascent up the popular Tryfan (915m).

Although smaller than Snowdon, students had to overcome more technical scrambles which could have been classed as rock climbing.

The group again showed exemplary determination and fitness to then complete the descent in under an hour, said their tutors.

After a “fantastic” two days all eight students completed the Bronze Level National Navigation Award Scheme.

Stuart Harrowing said: “These young people overcame some fears and gained a nationally-recognised qualification in what was a fantastic expedition.”

I know we have Christmas to get through before thinking about 2012 but for anyone who is planning an event to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee I thought I would share this information found on the Cambridgeshire County Council website

Organisers of events to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee next year are being urged to use the worldwide web to publicise details of their planned celebration.

Cambridgeshire.net, maintained by Cambridgeshire County Council, lists details of local organisations, courses, services and facilities across the county. Over 30,000 people a month visit the site and it has a top ranking with internet search engines.

Given the high number of community events which are expected to be organised to celebrate the special event over the Bank Holiday weekend of June 2-5, 2012, the website is the ideal venue to create a one-stop shop of local Jubilee activities at: www.cambridgeshire.net – and it’s free to use!

Even people who do not have direct access to the Internet, can post their details on the website by contacting Jean Twine, cambridgehsire.net System Administrator who can arrange for your event to be registered – she can be contacted on (01223) 729080.

Information on www.cambridgeshire.net will also be shared with other websites as appropriate, including

• ShapeYourPlace http://shapeyourplace.org/
• myHuntingdonshire http://my.huntingdonshire.gov.uk/
• My Cambridgeshire http://my.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/
• Youthoria http://www.youthoria.org/

Cambridgeshire Archives holds many historical documents relating to the people and communities of the Fens. Here archives assistant Debra Lyons talks about some of the historical records we have and about how you can see the originals.

This is our first video, so all comments and suggestions are very welcome!

There will be a meeting of Shape Your Place bloggers at the Cross Keys pub on Wednesday the 16th May at 7.30. Any visitors to the site are welcome to come along. We will be discussing things such as the proposed country park, the improved buses, the Chatteris Festival and loads of other stuff. Matt will also be there and would love to hear what you think about SYP. If theres something that you would like to talk about then why not come along? Dont be shy, come and join us!

To let people know that the talented Manea Silver Band will be appearing at Emmanuel Church, East Park Stree, Chatteris this Saturday 19th May.

Performance commences at 7 p.m.

A band memorabilia display will also be there. Promises to be a lively evening.

Tickets £5 adults £1.50 children – refreshments included.
For tickets please ring 01354-69-2381

All welcome