Pennine District Scouts take part in Expedition Challenge

Date published: 06 July 2018


Young people from Scout groups across the Pennine District, which includes Rochdale, Heywood and Middleton, took part in their Expedition Challenge weekend of 30 June and 1 July.

This involved two seven-mile hikes carrying kit, pitching tents, cooking boil in the bag expedition meals on Trangia, map and compass work, and all in temperatures touching 30°.

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