Organising kit...

Apologies for the inactivity on the blog for the last few weeks. As I'm sure that most of you have worked out by now, it's exam season and there have been different priorities!

A few people have asked me for a kit list recently. There was a kit list in the initial information (General Information Pack) you received from Far Frontiers about Poland. This contains some great advice and if you would like another copy, please come and see me. You will be able to veiw this outsisde my room over the next couple of days.

The link below takes you to the DoE website kit list. This is a huge list and for ideas only, YOU DO NOT NEED EVERYTHING on this list...it's mearly to help you think of things you might want to take.

http://www.theaward.org/participants/index.php?ids=3269&id=2190

Well done...

...to all those students who attended the training walk on Sunday 27th April. The weather was superb and everyone had a great day, if a little tired and sore by the end. The groups walked about 13-14 miles in a very reasonable time.

A few points to remember:..

1) Bring lunch.

2) Pre-plaster/pad/compeed or otherwise strap up your feet where you got blisters or rubbing. You must remember that if Sunday had been the actual trip, there would be 4 more days of trekking to do!

3) There is nothing stopping you from going out walking yourselves! The more you get used to it here, the more enjoyable trekking in the Tatras will be!

4) Check your feet regularly during the day and eat/drink little and often throughout the day!!

If anyone has some photos from Sunday, or some good quotes/anecdotes of people saying/doing daft things, please let me know and I'll include it on the site.

Good luck with the exams and keep check the sites for updates.

2nd Emergency Number

If unavailable on the first emergency number, please also try:

07847 966 149

EMERGENCY NUMBER

Your parents will be able to contact me when we are out training on the following number:

07521 167 719

It is for emergency use only and will only be active when on the training walks. Please make sure your parents are aware of this number.

GOLD meeting Monday 31st March

I have been asked by several of the Gold students to call a meeting on Monday (31st March, break 1 in M2) to get you all together so that teams can be sorted, jobs given out and the paperwork started!?

Remember, the deadline for BOTH the Wild Country forms and the O.A.P forms is Friday 4th April.

This is not my dealine, it's DoE's and be warned, you have no chance of extending it!

Thank you...

...to the 16 people who had handed in their permission slips by the end of school on Wednesday.

I look forward to seeing you on Sunday morning!

If you have yet to hand me a permission slip, all is not lost. I'm afraid that whilst I'm not able to let you come this Sunday because the 'trip' paperwork has already been completed with the names of the 16 mentioned above, you will still be able to attend all the other training sessions if I get you permission slip NOW!

You can, of course, always take yourself out to start training and to break in the new boots. We'll be doing about 5-6hrs of walking on Sunday, you should aim for something similar.

Training Dates

As per the letter that was either collected at BCH or sent home for those who couldn't attend, training dates are as follows:

Sunday 30th March, 8am at School.

Sunday 27th April, 8am School.

Sunday 6th July, 8:30am, Westbury White Horse car park.

Plus 22nd June and 13th July for those that wish to attend, both leaving from School.

Remember it is expected that you will also complete your own training on top of this. The more prepared you are before you go out, the more you will enjoy it whilst you're there!