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Marlon booked some canyoning for us and this is what happened…   We risked life and limb sliding over rocks in freezing water with jagged edges and dangerous drops. Doesn’t sound like fun? Good thing you’re not tough explorers from Wild Wolf ESU who ziplined into infinity pools, swam next to waterfalls, climbed behind crashing […]

It has been an amazing eight days so far but camp still isn’t over. We have done far too much to sum up in one post, but in summary we have hiked to the top of Ben Nevis, became canyoneers and jumped, swam and slid down the Inchree River, hired out a sports centre for a […]

Matthew and Ben report on their day of scrambling and hiking and scrambling up and along the Carn Mor Dearg arête to the top of Ben Nevis… From the very start, we knew we were in for a challenge, as we were immediately faced with a steep climb which seemed to go on forever. Luckily […]

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’. […]

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. […]

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. […]

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 […]

@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 […]

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 […]

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 […]