Two groups of apprehensive Gold candidates eventually arrived at the OEC ready for the drive to South Wales. Once over…
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Tag: outdoor-education
Gold D of E Qualifying Expedition to Mid-Wales
Well that was a turn up for the books! Most of our training is focused on how to navigate in…
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Bronzing on D of E Bronze Qualifying Expedition
Inevitably spirits were a little jaded at the end of a long and testing term, so it was understandable that…
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Scottish Highlands mountaineering trip
As a final flourish to the summer holidays, eight Cranleighans of mixed ages and experience headed up to the Scottish…
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Hare and Hounds Race
| Canoeing
A rather chilly Sunday morning saw our novice paddlers enter their first race after only a couple of months experience…
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India Expedition Training Weekend
On Friday evening, as most Cranleighans drove off for a much anticipated long weekend’s rest, the India Expedition team extracted…
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Silver Duke of Edinburgh Practice Expedition
Surrey Hills: Wednesday 21st – Friday 23rd March Despite snow and ice only 48 hours previously, the weather turned kind…
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Gold Practice Expedition
This year the Gold practice was significantly earlier than other years, as was abundantly clear from the paucity of lambs…
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Bronze D of E Expedition
We are just back from a glorious Assessed Expedition in the local Surrey Hills. Twelve separate Bronze teams were on…
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Silver D of E Assessed Expedition
Having had their Prom only hours before, the ‘arrival of the living dead’ best describes the gathering of bleary eyed candidates…
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Gold D of E Assessed Expedition: Lake District
This year the Gold group decided to visit the Lake District for their Assessed Expedition. Stunning scenery, wonderful wild camps…
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Gold DofE Practice Expedition
While the rest of the School was filing into Speech Hall for final assembly, the first of the Gold DofE…
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CCF AT Camp
| CCF
The aim of this years Adventure Training Camp was to ‘develop individual courage and leadership skills through controlled exposure to…
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Gold DofE Expedition to the Lake District
I did check the calendar; it was August; we were in the Northern Hemisphere and it was still supposedly summer.…
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