Category: 2014 Expedition
Updates from the Gambia!
Day 2 – A gift that keeps on giving
Some people say that the number three is a lucky number; I suppose you could say we had a lucky day in the Gambia. Today was all about meeting the local chiefs; becoming more familiarized with our surroundings and our official welcome into Basse. We woke up at seven, with…
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Updates from the Gambia!
Day 1 – A serious start
I, like most of the people here for the first time, feel like we have been thrown right into the deep end. Far removed from our normal comfort zones. Although our veteran leaders were keen to mollify our fears and concerns with their rather grave recounts of the previous expedition.…
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Updates from the Gambia!
Delayed but still happy
So we're a bit delayed but we've all been watered and fed. It looks like it's going to be 33 degrees in Banjul. The media team will upload as often as possible to keep checking. Peter [caption id="attachment_720" align="alignnone" width="168"] Delayed and hot[/caption]
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Updates from the Gambia!
Look out for our updates!
So we're now finally on our way to the airport to catch our flight to The Gambia. Internet-permitting, we hope to have a daily update published on here and possibly even a video log so keep your eyes peeled!
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Preparing for Gambia Series
Get the buggers to behave
This is the second in the ‘preparing for Gambia’ series which will hopefully cover those last-minute things you might need to know before Friday’s flight! ‘Get the buggers to behave’ is a book by Sue Cowley. One admittedly I have not read. However, in under a week it might well…
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Upper River Region Scout HQ
Building Update!
With only a matter of days before we arrive in the Gambia, it is great news to hear about the on-going and successful development of the sun shelter project. Straight from the build site itself, here is a demonstration of how all that hard earned fund raising money is going…
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Adam's Blog
1 week to go – the storms and heat are here anyway!
One week to go and most of the hard work preparing is done. The temperature has gone up in the last few days and we have some summer storms - this will probably be similar to the weather in The Gambia - so get used to it Any more money around…
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Preparing for Gambia Series
Top 5 Kit Tips
With 8 days until we depart for Gambia 2K14, it now feels like it is getting really close. To help everyone I thought I would write a ‘Preparing for Gambia’ series; not necessarily the words of an experienced Gambian veteran more a result of ‘well I did this last time…
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Pre-Expedition Updates & News
Participants Weekend
It was precisely 19 days until we left, so it was rather important that everyone knew exactly what was going to happen and what had been going on thus far. So, we had our final chance to all meet together, in a camp of various excesses. On one hand an…
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