Aim:

To encourage a spirit of adventure and discovery.

How long?

Bronze: 2 days and 1 night.

Silver: 3 days and 2 nights.

Gold: 4 days and 3 nights.

Each day must include a minimum of 8 hours of planned activity.

The planned activities can be either journeying or a combination of journeying and project work that has been planned and researched prior to starting.

And Where?

Expeditions on foot, cycle or horseback

Bronze: Normal rural country which is unfamiliar to the participants.

Silver: Open country, unfamiliar to the participants; "an intermediate stage".

Gold: “Wild country”, unfamiliar to the participants.

Explorations involving sail, rowing or canoe/kayaking

Bronze: Inland Waterways and estuaries (sail). Canals, rivers, inland waterways and lakes (canoes/kayaks/pulling).

Silver: Inland Waterways, estuaries or sheltered coastal waters (sail). Canals, rivers, inland waterways and lakes in rural areas (canoes/kayaks/pulling).

Gold: Inland Waterways, lochs, estuaries, sheltered coastal waters and the open sea (yachts only). Rivers, certain inland waterways and lakes in rural/open country. Estuaries and sheltered coastal waters may also be used (canoes/kayaks/pulling).

And what will I do?

There are just five stages to follow.

1. Initial Briefing: You will have a meeting with your group and your award leader and discuss what you will be doing, what you plan to achieve and how/when you will do it.

2. Training: You will undertake some training involving teamwork, navigation, camp craft, nutrition, country code and emergency procedures. You will also take part in many practice ventures.

3. Administration: Each person will need to complete a route card for each day, and various copies for others. For wild country, you will need to complete a Green Form, and for ventures abroad you will need a Blue Form. You will each be required to carry a safety card.

4. Expedition: You will go and do your expedition!

5. Debrief: This will be another meeting between your group and your award leader and your assessor to discuss what you have done and sign your book.

Possible Kit lists:

Day

Full expedition