A Gold presentation by Sophie Sadler When I’m walking, it’s all one-foot-in-front-of-the-other, head-down, counting-breaths monotony. It’s not that I don’t want to look up; it’s more that I can’t if I want to keep going. I look up. I stop. I sit. I unfold the map. The sky overhead is pasty and monochrome, stretched tight […]
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DofE Gold Expedition Presentation
So a month of waiting is finally over and it was certainly worth the wait. Congratulations must go to Chris, Shaun, Raf and Jess for an excellent presentation of their expedition. The presentation came in the form of a calendar for 2013 with a comprehensive write up to go with each page. This now completes their expedition […]
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Brecon Beacons Gold Qualifying Venture
Congratulations must go to Shaun, Raf, Chris and Jess for their sterling efforts in the Brecon Beacons, completing their DofE Gold Qualifying Expedition. So after 78km, 3217m of ascent and 4 days of walking a happy, tired and very damp group emerged from the Brecon Beacons. This is their story. On Sat, 7 July the […]
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Snowdonia Gold DofE Practice Expedition
So the training is over and now it is time to put everything they have learnt into practice and spend three days walking across Snowdonia. Will Chris, Shaun, Jess, Jason and Raf demonstrate that they are ready for their qualifying expedition? The team drove to Gwern Gof Isaf camp site in the Ogwen valley on Fri 4 May. The […]
