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1 A Rough Guide to planning an Expedition Edition 8: April 2008 Introduction This guide has been written to help you plan and train for an expedition: be it your Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, Chief Scout Award or the Scout Expedition Challenge! Why do an expedition … ever? For adventure & discovery, to get away from the younger members, developing you as a person (team work, leadership) and it will allow you to complete your award! How do I use this guide? In any way you want, you can use it as loo roll should you desire. But seriously the aim of this “Rough Guide” is to guide you through the process of expedition planning. There is also a separate pack that covers the Training. By the way, “The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Expedition Guide” by Wally Keay is really very good resource, as is “Land Navigation”. Part 1 - What do you need to do? Be the appropriate age Find a group of people to do your expedition with. Plan an appropriate length expedition along with a project to complete on route. Complete the specified training Undertake an practice expedition(s) Complete your planned expedition Report back on your Project Now it’s time to start - hold onto your chairs, benches or whatever you happen to be sat on ... here we go.... A ROUGH GUIDE TO PLANNING AN EXPEDITION 2 Part 2: Your Team You need a team (you can’t do it on your own!). There are restrictions on numbers and ages so pay close, close attention. Expedition Challenge (Scouts) (10+) There must be between 4 and 7 in the group. Having 5 or more means the expedition can continue if one drops out. D of E Bronze/CSA Diamond (14+) D of E Silver/CSA Platinum (15+) D of E Gold/Queen’s Scout Award (16+) RECORD A LIST OF YOUR “TEAM MEMBERS” HERE: Person (name) Address Phone No and email (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) A ROUGH GUIDE TO PLANNING AN EXPEDITION 3 Part 3: The where, how and when of it all! How are you going to do it? The most common options are hiking and cycling, although with the right trained leaders Canoeing, Sailing and Horseback are all possible options. Where are you going to do it? Now the hard bit - where on earth do you want to go (it has to be on earth - space expeditions have not yet been approved). It must be unfamiliar. Here is some guidance. Hiking Bronze: Rural or Open Country e.g. The New Forest, South Downs or the Purbecks. Long Distance Paths (signposted routes) must be avoided at all levels of the award. Silver: The New Forest (or similar) can be used at Silver Level, however some groups like to visit a more challenging area e.g. Exmoor. Wild Country Expeditions e.g. Lake District can also be undertaken providing that the group is experienced and appropriate training/supervision is available. Gold: Expeditions should be planned within a Wild Country Area. See Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Handbook for details. Canoeing You could choose a river (e.g. River Wye) or a Canal (e.g. Kennet & Avon). Someone with appropriate qualifications must train and supervise you. Horseback Needs to be an area with plenty of Bridleways e.g. Forest of Dean. Seek specialist advice. When are you going to do it? You need to find some dates when you all can do the final expedition. School holidays are often good. You will need to remember: (a) The number of days required: Expedition Ch. – 2 Bronze D of E – 2 Silver D of E – 3 Gold D of E- 4 (b) Time required for training & practices (3-6 months) (c) Time of year. The expedition season is April – October. (d) The availability of leaders. How? ______________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Where? ____________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ When? ______________________________________________ A ROUGH GUIDE TO PLANNING AN EXPEDITION 4 Part 4: The project - a rough idea: The project is an important part of the expedition and needs planning. For example you cannot do a study about the night behaviour of Welsh sheep in the New Forest! You may need to look closely at your location and mode of transport. You can opt to do an expedition which involves less travelling and more project work (at least half the planned time must be involved journeying though). There is a CD produced by the D of E to help you with planning your project. Some ideas could include:  How well kept are the footpaths?  Effect of a motorway/industry/tourism/railway on an area  Study of ... Sheep Breeding (!), Bird Life (not the female kind?), Flowers, Visual landforms, Communication Networks (rail, roads etc.), Local History/Battles etc., Effect of long distance footpaths on farming, erosion etc. Pollution in streams and rivers  Surveys of ... Churches, Inns, Castles, Insects, Trees, Wildlife, Monuments, Dry Stone Walls etc. Part 5 – Preparing for your expedition You will need people to train you to the appropriate standard. This could be people from your group or the Red Cross etc. They will sign your record book when your training is complete. The Rough Guide to Training for an Expedition takes you step by step through this and is available at www.scouts-hants.org.uk/dofe. You will also a require someone to supervise you on your expedition and assess your expedition and project. At Silver and Gold level your assessor will be independent of your group and may come from one of the wild county panels. Your leader will help you find these people in conjunction with your D of E adviser. You will also complete some practice journeys which will allow you to practice your skills, find out how fast you walk, try out equipment, adjust your rucksack weight, work as a team and try out your project. You will need to undertake as many practices as is necessary to get ready for your hike. This is usually 1 at Bronze/Expedition Challenge, 2 at Silver and 3 at Gold Level. This can be reduced if you have completed other hikes before, although 1 remains the minimum. Record your Ideas here: A ROUGH GUIDE TO PLANNING AN EXPEDITION 5 Part 6: Planning the Final Expedition  Work out your campsites & Route You need to plan a route encompassing a camp site for each night. This means you need campsites which are not too far away from each other, but not too close either! Top Tip: If you use laminated (aqua 3) maps and write on using a thin permanent marker, you can easily revise your route. Just use meths to remove the pen and start again! How to find a camp-site You need to find a campsite for each night you are camping. You will say, “how on ... am I going to find them?” Been there, done that - here are some suggestions:  Check the Scout Camp Site directory at www.scoutbase.org.uk.  Look at Hampshire County Councils outdoor centres: www.hants.gov.uk/outdooreducation.  Contact the Duke of Edinburgh Award Panel in the area e.g. New Forest, Forest of Dean and all wild country areas (see www.theaward.org).  For the New Forest, you may camp “wild” with prior permission from the Forestry Commission (contact 023 8028 3141). A list of other new forest sites can be found at www.scouts-hants.org.uk/dofe.  Write to a farm on the map (can be effective)- simply address the envelope to The Occupant, Name of Farm, Name of Village, Name of Nearest Town, Name of County. Always enclose a reply slip and Stamped Addressed Envelope. The minimum times/distances are: Level Planned Activity Walking Sailing Other modes Explorations Exped Chall 4 hours per day, including task agreed with Leaders. Bronze 2 day 6 hours 24km / 15m 6 hr / day 4 hr / day 2.5 hr/day Silver 3 day 7 hours 48km / 30m 7 hr / day 5 hr / day 2.5 hr/day Gold 4 day 8 hours 80km / 50m 8 hr / day 6 hr / day 2.5 hr/day  Complete a route card (and tracings) This is covered in the Expedition Training Guide. You should have one for each day and keep a copy for yourselves and give one to your trainer/assessor. Tracings are required when panels are involved in assessment – four copies on acetate or tracing paper are needed. For ventures in wild country notification to the panel is needed six weeks in advance using the official green D of E form.  Budget This can be a tad taxing. Work it out per person. This might help you: Camping Costs Equipment Hire Food (£4 per person per day?) Films & Processing Transport Other Costs Contingency TOTAL A ROUGH GUIDE TO PLANNING AN EXPEDITION 6  Equipment List This can be adapted and photocopied. Clothing Lists  Other Personal Equipment  At least 1 complete change of clothes Packed Lunches and Snacks Hiking Boots Water Bottle (full) Thermos Flask (optional) Trainers or flip flops (optional) Watch Hiking Socks/Socks (two pairs uploads/Ingenierie_Lourd/ expedition-planning-guide.pdf