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The 16 remaining Silver level Duke of Edinburgh candidates from yr12 took part in a 2 day training session which covered the skills required to pass their Expedition section. Skills covered included cooking on a trangia, pitching a tent, selecting suitable equipment, emergency first aid, route planning and elements of the Country Code. Mr Pearsall, being a seasoned veteran of anecdotal warfare and bloodshed organised first aid training – eagerly assisted by Miss Harris who made sure Mr Pearsall didn’t reminisce too much – the photos however are not suitable for those with a nervous disposition…
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| As well as undertaking activities to meet criteria for the Skills, Service and Physical Recreation sections of the award, the group have given up several weekends since September to go on supervised walks covering a variety of distances in the local area. They will participate in ‘practice expedition’ next weekend - a 10km hike and an overnight camp (carrying all their equipment) then an unsupervised 40km hike over 3 days for their assessed expedition in early July. Let’s hope they won’t be needing their waterproofs… |
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