We have arranged a day out at Delta Force Paintball in Earlswood for the day of Saturday March 9th. We have enough places for everyone who wants to go and friends / family will be welcome to attend as well but if we are oversubscribed and can’t get more places we will give priority to […]
Please come prepared to spend time outside tonight- please note: the field is very wet underfoot!
For the Smalls most of tonight’s program will be outside so please be prepared and come with jacket, gloves, hat, WELLIES and maybe water proof trousers.
Bigs: you will be outside for some of the evening, not all, but will need appropriate clothing for the time that you are out. Please don’t forget your expedition kit that you borrowed either.
See you later.
We are running a quick trip to the summit of Mt Snowdon, North Wales – the highest mountain in Wales. This is a 24hr trip with an overnight stay at a youth hostel in Wales, leaving on the evening of March 15th and returning on the evening of March 16th.
The plans for tomorrow night are as follows: Smalls We were planning for Smalls to be at the swimming pool but the school who’s pool we were going to call have just called to say the heater is broken and it won’t be warm enough to use tomorrow.
Well done to all those that went on the hike training at the weekend. The weather was perfect for it, if a little too cool in the evening. Everyone worked really hard and got the job done, so give yourselves a pat on the back.
Hopefully, everyone learned something as well and also now has an idea of what is required to plan and carry out a route with all your kit on your back.
Now that you are back home in the dry you need to get your kit sorted out. All the details are on the website, just click the heading of this article to see the details!
There are lots of trips coming and up forms needed back as well as instructions for next week’s program in the details below – please read carefully and let us have any questions if we don’t answer your them with the info.
The first weekend trip of the year is coming up on the weekend of February 16th & 17th. This is an initial D of E exercise but is open to ALL members:
We are getting our numbers together for the Ski Trip booking and with the passing of the submission ‘deadline’ on Jan 31st we have had many submissions to join us on the 2014 Ski trip to Italy.
The Smalls (everyone except the Bigs who are doing D of E) are off on the Hampton Nav event next week. The event will start from and end at the church hall in Bickenhill as usual. Each member will need to bring a small rucksack to carry the following:
The roads to Bickenhill are absolutely fine – totally snow and water free. In Bickenhill itself the roads are a still covered with snow and slush.