At 7am we were awoken from our luxurious beds abruptly. Breakfast was served and we had a talk of what we would be achieving for the day ahead. As soon as all that was over we were off. Across the bridge and straight up, up and up. An incline that would ‘kill a man jaro’. […]
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Our Scottish Summer Camp – Lily & Megan report on their hike up Ben Nevis
The hike was long. My legs hurt. The end. Megan says “No” so I will write some more as she is very scary and has a knife. Also, she gave me ice cream. We dragged ourselves out of bed, PLs at 6:30, the others at 7:00. Breakfast was made. The bacon was black. Yum yum. […]
Read moreSilver DofE Team Practice Expedition
We arrived at Scout Park. 6:00pm. Sun. Abandoned by mini bus. Naked people from window looking smug. Giving false directions. A 10-minute walk to campsite turns into a 2 hour trek. In the dark. We got to the campsite. Dark. We woke up in the morning. Aneesa has a wet bed. Gruel. We started walking. […]
Read moreGold DofE Team Practice Expedition
This weekend we did some hiking for our DofE Award. We left Scout Park on Friday evening by minibus journey to the Peak District, it all started with me being harassed by my now ‘de-friended’ companion Patrick. Frequently fingers would wander to inappropriate areas and this ordeal continues to this day. Just £3 a month […]
Read moreNorth London Explorer Belt – The first five days:
@londons_network #nlneb Five days ago three Explorer Scout Leaders – Dan Rookes, Andrew Illman and myself – set out for France on our Explorer Belt expedition, hopefully the first of many for our respective Explorer Units and North London Scout District. The aim was for us to do some serious walking along the Grand Randonee […]
Read morePeak District Hiking, Camping and Wild Swimming Weekend
Our Weekend Away Marlon didn’t like the earlier, briefer version of this sadly, so he forced us to write something that would like be serious or some s**t like that. Here it is. It all began with a drive to the Peak District with wonderful DJs Magda and Livia playing many ABBA songs which Matthew […]
Read moreMountain Biking in Hope with North London Network
Having determined to gain his mountain biking permit, Marlon organised a fantastic weekend in the Peak District for some Leaders, Networkers and Explorers which led to us all meeting one Friday afternoon in Scout Park. After meeting and greeting, and with all the food, kit and bikes loaded, we set off. It was the smoothest […]
Read moreIsle of Wight Cycle
We had barely returned from cycling to Paris before the cycling bug had caught hold again. Feeling the need to get out back on two wheels we booked a 6:30am train from Waterloo to Southampton and a ferry to the Isle of Wight. The challenge was going to be to cycle around the perimeter of […]
Read morePart 2: DofE Bronze Canoeing Practice and Training Weekend
Bronze practice DofE expedition. Before the expedition had even begun, the team had the (what proved to be very) challenging task of actually getting to the campsite by ourselves. It was a smooth journey to paddington station and we arrived with plenty of time to visit Starbucks and McDonald’s. We found out the train would […]
Read morePart 1: DofE Bronze Canoeing Practice and Training Weekend
Shoppers in Sainsbury’s Muswell Hill on the Thursday night before our DofE training expedition must have been baffled by the multi-uniformed gaggle of teenagers speeding round the aisles with a trolley filled with a combination of Sainsbury’s Basics and junk food. The fact that they were being apparently led by the smallest member of the […]
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