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Sign up for The Lakes Ad+Venture 2017 is open!!

Sign up for The Lakes Ad+Venture 2017 is open!!

Hello One and All!

The time has come to sign up for The Lakes 2017!!

Trip takes place from Thursday 13th April- Monday 17th April, aiming to leave Ferny Crofts @ 6pm

We will be staying in indoor accommodation at Great Tower SAC and will have a packed weekend of walking, climbing and Ghyll Scrambling.

If you are Explorer or Network age and a Hampshire Scout, you are more than welcome to join us!

So the Cost..
£130!! (Pretty great deal if you ask us!)

As usual please fill out the Google form and payment can be paid by BACS (details below) or by cheque payable to: HAMPSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL

Bank: HSBC
Sort Code: 40-46-39
Account Number: 51260936

The deadline to sign up is the FRIDAY 17th MARCH!!!! So get your forms in Now!

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email me.

Look forward to seeing you all there 🙂

Tilly

Tilly.griffiths@hsx.org.uk

 

Google form link https://goo.gl/forms/qJ85rA7pKQfvlZdm2

30 Spectacular Years of Adventure

30 Spectacular Years of Adventure

” I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone.”
“I should think so- in these parts! We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty, disturbing, uncomfortable things! Make you later for dinner, I can’t think what anybody sees in them.”

Unlike Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit, who is dead set against any kind of exploration or adventure, it is clear that HSX members have adventure running through their core.

Last weekend HSX celebrated the 30 year milestone,
That’s 30 years of leading, participating, and developing life changing adventures all around the world.
30 Spectacular years.

The weekend followed our normal September plan, a training weekend at Ferny Crofts, this year we had two current expedition teams in attendance, Cambodia, which are heading off this winter 2016 for 4 weeks, and Patagonia, a team heading off next winter 2017 to Chile. The expedition teams took part in their own programmes, some PT, first aid training and continuous team building were all on the cards. Those who were left also took part training, on how to lead expeditions, running events, learn about budgets etc…All of that exciting stuff.

On Sunday we had a classic big BBQ and were joined by HSX members from the past, who with them bought an exchange of stories and photos that have not seen the light for many, many years.

It was a great afternoon, where the newer members and current expeditions could see where HSX started and came from, and the older members from previous expeditions could see that the sense of adventure is still as strong as it ever was.

Even though we are 30 years old, we feel like we are just getting started, we have a fantastic future ahead, with more adventures, more expeditions and more exciting plans on the horizon.

Somewhere in the story, Bilbo decides that actually, an adventure can be quite exciting, he wishes to see the great mountains, smell the pine trees and hear the waterfalls, ultimately his sense of adventure is overpowered so sets of on a journey.

We still have a journey to complete, and a story to tell.
Thank you to everyone who has ever played any part in our adventures.
Here’s to another, spectacular 30 years.

 

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Am I fit enough for an expedition?

Am I fit enough for an expedition?

If any member of HSX were given £1 for every time somebody asked the question, “Am I fit enough to join one of your expeditions?”  or questioned whether they are the right person for “that kind of adventure” I think we would all be in a position to quit our jobs, buy a round the world plane ticket and travel the world forever.

But we don’t get £1, we just reply to each person the only way we know how. It’s simple.

We don’t have any fitness requirements, as long as you have a sense of adventure and willingness to participate, then you’re more than welcome.

Just so you know where I am coming from with this advice, I am a normal person. That is to say, I am not super fit nor super human, I don’t run marathons, I can just about crawl 5k, I don’t lift weights, I think push ups and burpees are quite frankly torturous, (I only do them so I can eat more food) and I don’t find carrying a backpack easy or fun, but periodically I set myself a bit of a challenge, something to look forward to, and I get fit and prepared for it.

My next challenge is Patagonia 2017, in this expedition, there will be a trekking aspect, I want to be able to enjoy this without worrying that I’m slowing people down, I want to take in and explore this most beautiful landscape, the fitter I am, the better my body can adapt to the environment.

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As much as we don’t have any fitness requirements, we do promote it around expeditions, as the fitter you are, the more likely you are able to enjoy and get the most out of the expedition. That is why the leadership team have taken it upon themselves to get fit.

Recently we had a fitness session run by JK Lifestyle and Fitness who put us through our paces, although from the photos it just looks like we are lying on the floor, we did a multitude of circuits, it was hot, tough and challenging, but most importantly we completed it as a team, and had a laugh along the way.

Enjoy these photos of the leadership team turning delightful shades of beetroot…

Now, where’s that cupcake?


If our expedition sounds like something that you  would be interested in… Why not join us ?

Please contact us and get involved!

In order to sign up, we have created a Google form to be completed by Saturday 27th August.

(https://goo.gl/forms/Zx2jGiLqKPXEzEpt2)

Email: (Patagonia@hsx.org.uk) or stay tuned to the blog for more details.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/HSXPatagonia

Twitter: @HSXofficial #Pat2017

Phase 2 – Patagonia 2017

Phase 2 – Patagonia 2017

 

The second phase of our expedition is participating in a community project.

As many of you know, our expedition to Patagonia will take place over a 6 week period, Christmas and New Year 2017.

Our expedition is split into four phases, acclimatisation, the community project, trekking and also some R and R.

Scouting has a positive impact on communities across the World. Strong values and making a positive contribution to society have always underpinned our movement. As a movement, Scouting is not afraid to change and while our values remain constant, what we do must evolve to meet the needs of today’s society. All HSX expeditions involve a community project and Patagonia 2017 will be no different.

In previous expeditions, HSX have built orphanages in Peru, monkey enclosures in Belize, schools in Nepal, and reconstructed and conditioned parts of a nature reserve in Malawi.

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So what is our project for Patagonia?

It is not 100% confirmed yet, but after some Chilean Scouts took part in a gap year alongside the National Scout Activity Centres at Gilwell park, we have managed to get in contact with Scouts who are members of Asociation de Guias Y Scouts de Chile, One of the 7 national Scout organisations from Chile, (but the only one recognised by the World Scout Organisation)

Projects are hard work, but the end result is truly fantastic, and the effect the work has, not only on the local community, but also the surrounding neighborhoods, can be life changing.

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If our expedition sounds like something that you  would be interested in… Why not join us on our expedition?!

Please contact us and get involved!

Email: (Patagonia@hsx.org.uk) or stay tuned to the blog for more details.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/HSXPatagonia

Twitter: @HSXofficial #Pat2017

Phase 1 – Patagonia 2017

Phase 1 – Patagonia 2017

As many of you know our expedition to Patagonia will take place over a 6 week period, Christmas and New Year 2017.

Our expedition is split down into four phases, acclimatisation, the community project, trekking, and of course some R and R.

The first phase, although titled acclimatisation, is just to catch up on our sleep after a long flight and travel period. At this point, we will not have any altitude to acclimatise to, that will come later in the trekking. We will spend a few days in Santiago getting our bearings, sightseeing, meeting Chilean Scouts, and most importantly stocking up on essentials and food items for our trekking phase.

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Santiago will give the participants a taste of the big city, whilst Chile is sparsely populated, over 40% of Chileans call Santiago home. ‘It’s a wonderful place for strolling, and each neighbourhood has its unique flavour and tone, with many gardens, museums and attractions to see. With a growing economy, renovated arts scene and plenty of eccentricity to spare, Santiago is an old-guard city on the cusp of a modern-day renaissance.’

 

 

metropolitan-cathedral-santiagoJust  a reminder that on June 4th/5th we’ll be holding our first training weekend. We will be camping at Ferny Crofts in the New Forest and have a packed schedule of activities and challenges, and to top it off, we will be finishing with a BBQ!

The weekend will also be an opportunity for anyone who couldn’t make it to our information day to find out more about the expedition.

Details can be found HERE! and sign-up below,  we look forward to seeing everyone there!

https://docs.google.com/…/1zPnPKg5xufmlqUKxuuLdxJb…/viewform

-The Leader Team

If our expedition sounds like something that you  would be interested in… Why not join us on our expedition?!

Please contact us and get involved!

Email: (Patagonia@hsx.org.uk) or stay tuned to the blog for more details.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/HSXPatagonia

Twitter: @HSXofficial #Pat2017