I lived for many years in the colourful, cultural city of Brighton, on the South coast of England. I worked with adults and children with Learning disabilities and as a Primary School Teacher in both Mainstream and Special Education. Led by an uncontainable urge to seek more adventure I decided to get on my bike and cycled around parts of France, Italy and Spain for a year of wild camping as I went along. Feeling an inner calling to Scotland as I pedalled along, and unquenchable love of nature, I moved up to the Cairngorms and retrained as an Outdoor Instructor. I now work at an Outdoor Residential Centre near Aviemore providing experiences in climbing, canoeing, mountain biking, gorge walking and hill walking. I also lead overseas expeditions and most recently went to Costa Rica and Borneo. I am always happy to return to the Cairngorm mountains which have now become my home.
I continue to find new places to explore around the Cairngorms and am equally happy returning to my old favourites as the season’s pass to bivvy under a granny Pine or nestle myself in the aged branches of a gnarled Silver Birch. I am also particularly drawn to the lunar-like landscape of Assynt in the North West of Scotland exploring the mountains and waters and the inevitable boglands.
I have a love of collective nouns with some of my favourites being a Walk of Snails, an Incredulity of Cuckolds, a Crash of Rhino and a Bloat of Hippopotamuses.
Leaving my flat in Brighton with all my belongings packed on my bike and with the help of a few ferries, cycling through France, Corsica, Sardinia, Mainland Italy, Sicily and Spain for a year, experiencing the kindness of strangers and lots of hills.
There are so many things that interest me, it would be hard to specialise in just one.
I am an unpublished author of an as yet unfinished children’s story entitled ‘The Land the Planes Forgot’ – the adventures of a 9 yr old girl called Elsie set in the lands of natural magic, wonderment and toffee cream tart.
Our guide was a part holistic healer, informational guru, and hiking instructor. She really made the trip for us and we could tell she had a deep appreciation for the surroundings and nature. Kind and gentle.
Theresa Coady
Wilderness Retreats - The Highlands
Reviewed on 29/08/2022
Rebecca is a great guide - she is experienced, knowledgeable and informative, full of great anecdotes, sensible and thorough, sets good expectations for the group so that able and less able walkers are able to achieve their best
Carolyn Morris
Wilderness Retreats - The Highlands
Reviewed on 22/08/2022
Rebecca was so much fun. So knowledgeable and easy-going. She seemed to have a good feel for the group, and helped create a warm, welcoming environment. I felt very relaxed with her leading us. It was so nice to just turn off part of my brain and walk. Not needing to think about where I was or where I was going.
Anne Lesher
Wilderness Retreats - The Highlands
Reviewed on 22/08/2022
© Rebecca Noble / Wilderness Scotland
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