Chase Walk 2011

Chase Walk 2011

Hi All,

On Saturday 19th March we entered a team of 6 Scouts into this year’s Chase Walk event.

The Scouts met near HQ at 7.45am for a brief equipment check and then made their way to the official starting point near the Birches Vally Forest Centre in Cannock Chase.

I had to get there earlier than the Scouts this year to assist the Scout Comms team with check-in and do various walking sweeps throughout the day picking up any strays!

After registering our team with the organisers, the Scouts then had to wait for an official equipment and safety check before finally being allowed to start the walk at around 9.08am.

The weather forecast was sunny and dry, becoming warm after a cold and frosty start. It was a lovely day for a hike, if a little too warm at times.

The route was approximately 22.3km long and the team had to check in at 7 bases in total along the way, including one near the town of Brocton and Walton-on-the-Hill.

Our team did extremely well and made excellent time throughout the day.

All of the extra map reading sessions and practise hike had obviously paid off. We were very impressed.

Please click on the image above to see more pictures taken during the event.

The team reached the base at the finishing point at approx 2.45pm and were in very good spirits.

It is the ony the second time we have entered a team in this event since it was opened up for the Scouts over 10 years ago.

We hope to enter another team in the Chase Walk event again next year.

Many thanks to all those parents who helped with transport, we are very grateful.

Yours in Scouting,

The Scout Leaders