Myles Farnbank

Myles Farnbank has over 30 years experience of working in the outdoor sector and has personal experience of sea kayaking, canoeing, sailing and mountaineering in many of the worlds wildest places. As well as being an adventure travel guide, Myles has been a head of an outdoor education centre, Professional Development Coordinator (Scotland) for the Institute for Outdoor Learning, youth development worker, and an adventure & marine tourism lecturer. He is vice-chair for the Scottish Adventure Activities Forum (SAAF), a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society and a Lead Practitioner of The Institute for Outdoor Learning (LPIOL). In recent years he has been a consultant to adventure travel businesses and DMO’s around the world. He has been very involved in staff training, both bespoke and ‘off the-shelf’ products for practitioner and academic audiences. This includes creating the UK’s first Adventure Guide training programme. He is the UK representative on the governance board for the Adventure Travel Guide Standard (ATGS). Myles has been involved with WFUK for many years as a trainer, trail creator/leader, then as advisor to the board on Outdoor Education and then as a trustee. He is passionate about the wild places of Scotland and the transformative and healing power of time spent in wild nature. His current development focus is training as a meditation and forest therapy guide. He coordinates all WFUK activity in Scotland as the Scotland Manager.

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