D of e expedition

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My younger son has recently done his D of E Bronze practice expedition. After much discussion with him, his friends, his friends’ parents, checking of the website etc etc, we worked out what he should take to eat. Some of it was right, some of it was wrong. The key things to remember are: They […]

30th September- Abbie off on her D of E practice expedition

The Inuit of Greenland are falsely held to have dozens of different words for “snow” – in fact they don’t. We British...

Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award Final Expedition, read all about it here: adcoteschool.co.uk/2021/06/23/d-of-e-gold-award-expedition/

One by one we arrive; each laden with a sack a quarter of our own weight. We set off – the first out of the six groups – along the country track. Our pack of seven trek through the woods, every so often accompanying the bird’s song with a chorus of our own. Breaks are needed regularly, but fortunately they are not in excess. At one such rest we can be found lined up on the fallen trunk of a tree, eating and drinking whatever we can salvage from the depths of our over-packed rucksacks. We…