London Loop Leg 3

This expedition was a walk along at public footpath called the London loop this path is mad up of sections and works it was all the way around the outskirts of London

This expedition was undertook to gain evidence for unit 35 this took our group roughly 4 hours to complete even with a slight detour we had to take due to the map being misread. in the morning we all met at Falconwood station at 9:05 where we boarded the train to Lewisham then changed to a train to Petts Wood.

When we left Petts Wood station we elected a member of the group to lead the person was Karl we used this method to make sure everyone had a turn at leading the group.

The walk was across all different types of terrain from concrete paths to mud tracks this meant the correct foot wear was essential, during the expedition the weather was fairly nice it allowed us to have a pleasant walk.

After a few kilometres the leader was changed to Jack after a short briefing and conformation of the location Jack too the lead and started to lead us in the direction we wanted to travel.

After a while we discovered a historic bench along the route where Mr. Wilson gave us a little lecture on its significance (which he was reading from a plaque behind us), the bench was dedicated to William Wilberforce, who was a man that helped to abolish slavery in Britain.

When we reached Keston Common we decided to have a little break and have our lunch except for Connor who decided to run around like a headless chicken kicking stones, after we finished our lunch we decided to lift Christie up as he refused to move as he wanted a longer break.

after another 20 minutes of walking the map was handed to me and when i began to lead i made a mistake straight away by asking Karl for directions and taking the wrong path leading us down a big hill then having to walk all the way back up it this wasted a lot of time but due to foreseeing an incident like this we had escape routes that led us quickly to Hayes station.

on the walk through the small town of Hayes Christie decided to gain himself the nickname of the child scarer as every time we walked past a group of people he would shout in an attempt to scare them before boarding the train back to Lewisham then back to Falconwood.

2 day expedition 4/7/12

This expedition was a two day expedition consisting of a 9km walk from Faversham to a campsite in Seasalter, during this walk we looked at the history of Britain's defences. After camping overnight we woke up at 7AM and made our breakfast before packing up the camping equipment and walking 7.5km to Herne Bay. Along this walk we found many things such as Dragons Teeth and original Railings from the second world war.

the camp site we stayed at was very well equipped with a toilet and shower block and club house that could provide entertainment food and drinks at very reasonable prices.

During the walk we past many active sites in WW1 and WW2 such as an air field and Dragons Teeth and the sit of the last fight on British soil. the area where the last battle commenced was outside the Sportsman Public House.

This expedition was a success with some minor problems that were encountered such as people obtaining small injuries such as cuts and blisters, one of the people who obtained a blister couldn't walk on it so Mr Toomey was sent to collect the mini bus before coming to collect the student to allow us to continue with the expedition, this could have been a different story if we had taken the train to Faversham if we had taken the train the student would have had to have walked further and could have got seriously hurt instead of just a blister. During the night we walked into Whistable to explore what the town had to offer before returning back to the campsite. In the morning we were supposed to cook the breakfast we had brought with us, some people didn't bring sufficient breakfast so during the next leg of the expedition were complaining of hunger and thirst this could have been avoided by having a set breakfast list so the student knew what to bring with them. Some of the lessons learnt on this expedition was make sure you have emergency travel solutions and the correct knowledge to put the tent up and take it back down when you are finished with it.