31st Aug - 5th Sept, Gold D of E Practice Expedition

During the training the bothy bags were invaluable because we had such terrible weather. In this session, both groups chose to get in their bags. Apparently space was limited and one girl couldn't fit both arms inside..

At this point both groups were in their bothy bags and the dog was in his (no dogs were harmed in the making of this photo).

At last one of the groups realised it wasn't raining any more..

Here's the same group of girls in poor visibility but looking confident approaching the top of the hill.

The week started with some navigation practice.

This was a week for an Open Gold D of E Practice Expedition. 15 candidates attended. The weather was particularly terrible this week, with rain followed by rain and Thursday was very testing with strong strong wind. The groups all made fantastic decisions in testing situations, at least one group had to use an escape option on Thursday to escape the wind. 1 candidate pulled out on the third day, but all the others managed to get to the end of the expedition in Abergavenney. Huge congratulations to them all, and best wishes for your assesments..