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of outdoor pursuits and has worked in almost every school in Oban, Lorn and the Isles in a bid to get children more active and enjoying the outdoors. Last year, around 2,000 peo- ple went on Stramash ac- is forecast to be double that number. ‘There has certainly been a rapid expansion,’ said CEO Niall Urquhart. ‘We’ve invest- ed in a lot of equipment and we now have three minibuses, which allow us to do more ac- tivities.’ Adventure days, where groups can go kayaking, gorge walk- ing, sailing, rock climbing, coasteering and ski-ing, pay for much of the group’s work and Stramash has begun to tap into the adventure tourism market.
But the income is not the driv-
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