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A long & wet weekend in Glen Doll

A long & wet weekend in Glen Doll


Postby macq23 » Tue Apr 08, 2014 9:26 am

Date walked: 05/04/2014

Time taken: 15 hours

Distance: 25.9 km

Ascent: 1247m

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Recently took part in a Scouts T2 Summer assessment weekend at Glen Doll, involving 2 days of navigating with scenarios and a spot of wild camping overnight. It was extremely tough going and tiring with the brutal weather and constant peat hags, but completely worth it in the long run.

Day One Route

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Day Two Route

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The start

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A bit o' map reading....where are we?!

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leapfrogging or reference points part of the day...

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Selfie in the Storm shelter!

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Just a bit of snow for our Summer assessment!

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One of the many obstacles we met...pretty awesome though

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This is just meant to be a small water crossing! ;-)

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End of day one and Tent pitched!

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Dinner in my son's cup...couldn't find my mug! Then it was quickly out for the count afterwards!!
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