George Abbot Bronze DofE Expedition

Welcome to the page with all the information you need about the George Abbot training and expeditions set for 2023 with Hepworth Adventures. We hope everything you need will be contained on this page, if you have any further questions please do not hesitate to email us info@hepworthadventures.co.uk

Thanks Jeremy

Dates

Initial parent/ student meeting: 18 January 2023 George Abbot School 6pm

Preparation day: Saturday 25 February 2023 George Abbot School 10am – 4pm

Practice expedition: Friday 28 April – Saturday 29 April 2023

Start point/ meet Newlands Corner car park. Just off the A25. GU4 8SE Friday 28th April 9:30am
End point/ pick up West Hanger, Staple Lane Car Park. GU5 9TE, Saturday 29th April estimate 3pm
Overnight camp is at Bentley Copse Camp site, Hound House Road, GU5 9JH

Qualifying expedition: Friday 9 June – Saturday 10 June 2023

Start point/ meet Watts Gallery car park (the one not right next to the gallery) Friday 9th June 9:30am
End point/ pick up Godalming Train station GU7 1EU Saturday 10th June estimate 3pm
Overnight camp is at Garners’ Field Camp site, Tilford, GU10 2BH

On the second day, students will be encouraged to message parents approximately 1 hour before the finish time to give a more accurate arrival time at their destination.

Groups

These were organised on the training day in February. If there are any amendments (including tent alterations), please email info@hepworthadventures.co.uk

Group 1Group 2Group 3
Eloise
Hannah
Eva
Tegan
Lily
Eleanor
Grace
(7) Tents 3-2-2		Elisabeth
Poppy
Margot
Megan
Hana
Mackenzie
Jessica
(7) Tents 3-2-2		De Wet
Oliver
Sebastian
Zak
Charlie
Ben
Feras
(7) Tents 3-2-2
Group 4Group 5
Harry
George
Samuel
David
Daniel
Amos

(6) Tents 2-2-2		Chris
Tom
Marcus
Kogul
Will
Caleb
(6) Tents 2-2-2

Here is a link to the PowerPoint presentation I gave at the initial parent/ student meeting

Food

Your son/ daughter will need lunch on Friday. Friday evening meal, Saturday breakfast and a snack for Saturday lunch. From experience, usually students bring far too much food than too little!
They should have water for the walk- 1 litre and if it is hot, we will provide additional water stops along the journey.

Kit list

Your son/ daughter will need the following items for the expedition (see below)
We will provide tent, stove, fuel, maps, compasses and this will be handed out at the start of the expedition. Please make sure that your son/ daughter has space in their ruck sack. Everything (except a roll mat) should be on the inside of their ruck sack rather than being strapped to the outside and hanging off.
If it doesn’t fit in, they are bringing too much stuff!
If your son/ daughter needs to borrow a ruck-sack from us, please email info@hepworthadventures.co.uk with your request before 24th April.

Bronze-Expedition-Kit-List

We provide

  • Tent
  • Stove
  • Fuel (gas)
  • Map
  • Compass

We prefer it if students bring their own rucksacks but we can supply one if necessary. We will organise this on the training day in February.

Useful downloads

On the preparation day in February we will use this booklet as the framework for the expedition training. Should you wish to download it and read it ahead of time please do click below

Bronze-training-booklet-v2