2018.05.26 EXPEDITION CHALLENGE
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For their Expedition Challenge Award, Scouts work together to plan and take part in a two-day exploration or expedition, including a night away. Over the two days, Scouts navigate their way, cook a meal and complete a task or investigation. For the final part of the Award, they report or present their experiences to others.
Apollo Troop only runs the Expedition Challenge weekend occasionally.  The planning for the Award took place at the HQ on Saturday 19 May 2018.The Scouts were divided up into groups. The groups decided on their menus for the weekend and produced a shopping list. The next task was to identify the location of the campsite and work out how to get there by public transport and hiking. The details of how to return to Peterborough on the Sunday of the Camp also needed to be decided upon. A Challenge needed to be identified. One group planned to go to Peterborough Cathedral to find out about the British Queens whilst the other two groups planned to visit Peterborough Museum. One group visited the hospital at the museum whilst the other investigated the Norman Cross Prison Camp. On the Saturday of the Expedition Challenge all the Scouts and adults assemble at Herlington for a roll call and mini kit check before going to find the bus stop for the bus into town. All the camping kit was loaded onto the truck. Once in town the groups undertook their respective Challenges and took photographs. It was then off to the bus station. One group went on the number 9 to Ailsworth and the other two groups took the bus to Elton. Lunch was consumed and then the groups went on an approximately 6km hike to the campsite. One of the groups had chance to play “Pooh Sticks†on a bridge over the river near Yarwell Station. The water was flowing very quickly and required a quick dash from one side of the bridge to the other in order to beat the sticks floating under the bridge. The campsite was on an island surrounded on all sides by the river Nene that split at this point to go either side of the island before joining up again. Tent erection and preparing, cooking and eating their evening meals in their hiking groups followed. The warm sunny day continued into the evening. During the night it rained and in the morning it was time to cook breakfast pack and strike the tents. There was plenty of time to sit by the fast flowing River Nene and also watch boats going through the lock. A short hike to Yarwell Station to watch the train, which was hauled by “Squadron 92†The short journey to Orton Mere took 25 minutes where the Scouts ended their Expedition Challenge. Part of the Challenge included a report back, which was presented to Challenger Troop. Thank you to all the adults who helped with the camp. Without their support the camp would not have been possible. Photos can be found in the GALLERY of the 2nd Nene website or more directly from HERE, or HERE.
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