Profile
Outdoor instructor and poet on the Dorset coast. I host a weekly climbing club, I’m training across land and water activities, and I write and perform poetry about courage, vulnerability and the connections we make outdoors.
Outdoor experience
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Climb Club host · Water Babes UK
Mondays, 6pm · Current
The Project Climbing Centre, Poole
Hosts the weekly Climb Club for Water Babes UK, a community that also runs sea swims and beach socials. Climb Club is a welcoming session built around the fun side of climbing and the community that comes with it.
- Creates a safe, comfortable space on the wall where everyone can climb together and cheer each other on.
- Takes the group along to competitions, to compete or to watch the finals and support the climbers.
- Keeps the social side going after the session, so friendships made on the wall carry on off it.
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Activity instructor · PGL
Delivered adventure activities for school and youth groups on residential trips.
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Climber
Since age eight
Climbing since childhood. Competed in a handful of competitions and trained five to six days a week until 2020.
Training
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Outdoor Instructor Training · Land & Wave
Four-month intensive · Current
Dorset
A full-time instructor training programme working towards national governing body awards across land and water.
Course areas: Climbing, Kayaking, Canoeing, Coasteering, Hillwalking, Navigation, Bushcraft, Lifesaving, First aid
Writing & publications
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Ventricular
2025
Poetry collection
A collection about love, loss and healing, the three things that affect our hearts most deeply. Developed over more than a year as my Creative Writing dissertation.
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Being Light Does Not Mean Being Strong
Summer 2025
Feature · Summit magazine, BMC
A feature on eating disorders in rock climbing, written with the British Mountaineering Council and nutritionist Meri Lahti for the BMC’s national magazine.
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Performance poetry
Since 2024
Spoken word · Dorset, Devon & beyond
Open mics and slams across the south west. Poems about courage, vulnerability and relationships.
Workshops & performance
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Founder & host, Inkfantry
A creative writing group I founded and host. Sessions mix writing prompts with hands-on craft such as collage, found poetry and visual poetry, sometimes with music. Everyone is welcome, whatever their experience, and sharing work aloud is always optional.
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Spoken word performer
Dorset, Devon & Bath
- Voices in the Veil, Serenity Social Hub, Bournemouth (Oct 2025)
- Word of Plymouth, Plymouth (Oct 2025)
- Candlelit Slam, The Tank Room, Bath Brew House (Oct 2025)
- Spooky Scribble, Bournemouth (Autumn 2025)
- Jawbone Open Mic, The Poet Laureate (Monthly)
Education
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BA (Hons) Creative Writing · University of Plymouth
2025
Upper second-class honours (2:1). Dissertation: Ventricular, a poetry collection.