Chase Walk 2013

Chase Walk 2013

Hi All,

On Saturday 16th March we entered a team of 7 Scouts into this year’s Chase Walk event.
The Scouts met at Birches Valley car park at 9.30am for a brief equipment check and then made their way to the official starting point near the Birches Vally Forest Centre on Cannock Chase.
I had to get there earlier than the Scouts this year to assist the Scout Comms team with check-in and also man one of the checkpoints at Seven Springs.
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 9.56am.
The weather forecast was sunshine and showers, very similar to the prvious weekends practise hike.
The route was approximately 22.3km (~13 miles) 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.
The team reached the base at the finishing point approx 5 hours & 13 minutes later and were in very good spirits.
This is the fourth 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, I am very grateful.

Yours in Scouting,
Adam (Chief)