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Year-round camping, thanks to the EMA Community Fund
With huge THANKS! to the East Midlands Airport Community Fund, Mafeking Explorer Scouts are able to purchase a new communal tent, complete with wood burning stove. This will allow our young people to engage in year-round camping, which we have big plans for in 2025 as we test ourselves in the Viking Challenge – which
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Dusk-to-Dawn Hike: Peak District Summer Solstice and Full Moon Experience
The combination of the summer solstice, a full moon, and (at last) a break in the less-than-perfect spring weather meant that we chose the ideal weekend for our dusk-to-dawn hike in the Peak District. The car parks round Ladybower were emptying as we arrived, and it does have a surreal feel to be starting a
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Weekend Getaway in Peak District: Camping, Hiking, and Ice Cream
Well, we timed the weather perfectly! The first really warm and sunny weekend of the year saw a small group of our unit headed off to Spitewinter campsite, near Chesterfield. Tents went up quickly and we were soon exploring the site, getting a fire going and chilling out. As the dusk became night we started
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On target!
There were a few startled faces in our group of 13 Explorers as they got out of the cars as we arrived at Doveridge Clay Sports Club. The noise from the discharge of shotguns around the site was louder than many of us were expecting! Doveridge Clay Sports Club is a top-class arena for clay
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Surviving the British Summer!
The weather in Mid-July should be good enough to risk a camp sleeping under tarps, right? Well, let’s just say that, at times, it was very wet and not very summery at all. But did that dampen the spirits of Mafeking Explorers? Not one bit! The Survival Skills activity badge is a pretty tough one
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Fun on the water!
As if we didn’t get wet enough the previous weekend, this weekend saw us at Tittesworth Reservoir for three hours of paddle boarding. The weather looked grey and grim, but we were told that the water was actually warmer than the air temperature, and so it proved to be. In the first session our tutor
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