Duke of Edinburugh's Silver award - Expedition Log Book.

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Purposes For The Expedition

I had several purposes for this expedition. My first was to improve on my map and navigation skills as, although I did know how to navigate, I had never really put it into practice because I had always been in groups with a definite map reader however, this time, we did not and so I wanted to get involved with navigation.

My second purpose was to get to know Laura better. I have spent a large amount of time with Mia, Erin and Frankie before however, I had never really spoken to Laura before and I think one of the best things about D of E is getting to know people you didn't know before. By the end of the expedition I knew a lot more about Laura and the others.

My third purpose was to improve at walking long distances as I find this very difficult because I am very unfit! Having done a gold practice before, I was hoping that I wouldn't find this too much of a challenge but I still found it quite tough at some points, like when walking up Phen-y-Ghent! I was very pleased that I could keep