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DofE Expeditions get underway

Helen — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:45:04 +0000

It’s expedition season again at 8th Holborn and we have already completed two Bronze Expeditions and a Silver/Gold Practice on the Thames. With temperatures soaring in Central London, our Explorers demonstrated that the river was definitely the best place to be.

Summer Camp: River Severn

Damien — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:52:51 +0000

The second week of the summer holiday, we went to the River Severn. For those scouts that had already been to Scotland (where they had been practically pampered senseless), this was finally the proper summer camp. We slept in tents, got wet, cooked decent food until it was only a black stain on the frying pan and made loads of ‘useful’ camp gadgets. We also went to the safari park and saw a lot of giraffe bottoms and really cute white wallabies, who bounded around like the smaller scouts do when they have had too many fizzy drinks. Some of the older more ‘responsible’ scouts had the opportunity to go down rapids on the River Severn in canoes while the ones that were left behind got to go to a theme park and run around screaming for two and a bit hours, and then went on the rides. By the end of the week we were all tired out and all our kit was soaking wet. We went home with slightly tanned faces, silly smiles and lots of stories about the ‘Callum bird’ and the ‘Mattie crab’. As always, summer camp was an ‘experience’ and probably one of the funniest weeks of the year!

Explorer Canoeing Camp, Ely, 1st – 3rd May 2009

Helen — Fri, 08 May 2009 00:29:25 +0000

As preparation for their Duke of Edinburgh’s Bronze Award Expedition, seven intrepid Explorers headed to the Open Canoe Association rally at Mepal, Ely to brush up on their technique. On Saturday, they braved the thick weed on the Little Ouse as they journeyed from Thetford to Brandon. On Sunday, the group headed to Cambridge for a more leisurely paddle through Granchester Meadows and the Backs, taking in the sights on the way!

Jamie going over the Weir

Canoeing on the Little Ouse

Neville braves the punts

Jamie's Good Turn

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