Contact Dave Sommerville on you would like to enrol on the 2007-08 Basic Expedition Leader Award course. Courses beginning ~Sept. 2007

If you’d like to go on this very popular Gold Expedition on 05/08/2007, contact Dave Sommerville on david.sommerville@pembrokeshire.gov.uk

The ever popular annual excursion to the Wicklow Mountains – if you would like to do your Gold Expedition here, let your Award Leader know ASAP so that your space can be reserved. There are photos of previous trips to Wicklow in the gallery.

All spaces are now fully booked! If you desperately want to do your Gold expedition on a Scottish island, we are already taking bookings for the Isle of Mull in July 2008! Contact DAVE SOMMERVILLE.

Ever heard of the John Muir Award? No? From the official website, it’s “…an environmental award scheme focused on wild places. It encourages awareness and responsibility for the natural environment, in a spirit of fun, adventure and exploration.” So now you know; seems to align fairly nicely with the ethos of the DOE award doesn’t it?

This award is mainly delivered in Scotland, but it’s a cracking one to undertake for the Community Service section of DOE too. A group of participants in Pembs. have been doing just that recently, by working hard to deliver the Hook Village Improvement Plan. On this occasion they spent 2 hours clearing litter from the area in and around Hook playground and managed to clear 7 bags of rubbish, 9 tyres, 4 chairs, a bath, 3 oil drums, 20 various large metal objects, a 15 foot steel pole, a bucket and ironically enough an old sign that said ‘No tipping’. Well done lads, keep up the good work!

More pictures can be found in the gallery, here.