Exped Education

Gold DofE Assessing in The Lakes this week for Alperton Community School. Currently spotting them 👀 in the distance 👍🏻 Final day for them today and it’s been a gruelling 🥵 ☀️ few days for them. Glad it’s starting to cool off 💨 ⛰ 🏕 🥾

Massive thank you again to Helen and Steve, for updating my REC: Outdoor First Aid last week 👍🏻

Brilliant course with brilliant instructors - highly recommend them 😊👌🏻

Massive congratulations to members of Nottinghamshire Search & Rescue Team again on completing their Silver National Navigation Award Scheme 👌🏻

Certificates are on there way 👍🏻🧭🗺🥾🎒

Excellent weekend with Nottinghamshire Search & Rescue Team members running a Silver National Navigation Award Scheme. Massive thanks to the DofE Leader who stepped in last minute to fill a place 😊👍🏻

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Massive well done again to members of Nottinghamshire Search & Rescue Team team who successfully completed the Silver National Navigation Award Scheme a few weekends back.

Certificates have arrived and are on their way to you shortly 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😊 🧭 🗺

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Day 2 of Silver National Navigation Award Scheme for Nottinghamshire Search & Rescue Team. More grid references, bearings, pacing, timing, leapfrogging 🐸, follow the leader and even a little bit of navigational hide and seek games 🧭 (I was found) - was a wee bit hot in the camo poncho mind 😅

Happy to say all passed 😊 Massive well done 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Nice to get back to this again this weekend 👌🏻

Day 1 of a Silver National Navigation Award Scheme for Nottinghamshire Search & Rescue Team underway 👍🏻

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Nice to see some volunteer time I did a while back for having an impact 😊👍🏻

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🧊 Tunnel Closures, Monsal Trail ❄️

Due to a high number of large icicles and icy conditions on ground surfaces, tunnels on the Monsal Trail will be closed from today for safety reasons until further notice.

Please do not enter the tunnels until they are safely re-opened. Our rangers will review the conditions regularly, and will make routes available again as soon as we can 👍

Chilly conditions are just one of the challenges our teams have taking care of the 8.5 miles of the Monsal Trail - celebrating its 40th birthday this year - lend your support today: https://bit.ly/3743pr8

Stay warm and safe everyone, brrrr! 🙏

📷 Emily Irving-Witt

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This is being typed from our office while most of the team is out in our few available vehicles.
It’s been snowing most of the afternoon, just as forecast.

It’s the middle of winter, and Bleaklow and Kinder are the highest points in Derbyshire.

We are in the throes of a pandemic placing restrictions on all our recreational activities.

Upwards of 200 cars were parked on Snake Pass summit early this afternoon; busier than a summer bank holiday, but with the main difference being the large white things dropping out of the sky. Presumably, the occupants of these vehicles were out on the moors. It seems like many didn’t have the common sense to check the forecast, dress themselves suitably, check they had a capable vehicle and / or driving skills, never mind the fact that they perhaps shouldn’t have been stretching the advice given by the government so as not to overburden our NHS.

Never mind, though. Just ring the police and expect them to come along with their magical snowmobiles. Of course, with our superpowers we can simultaneously deal with similar situations in the Goyt Valley, Mam Nick, Curbar Gap and others. And we’re covid-proof, didn’t you know?

Joking aside, please don’t be stupid. It shouldn’t need a greater explanation than that.

Hopefully the evening won’t deteriorate into a mass of emergencies. We’ll deal with what we can, but our underpants aren’t on the outside and we can only knock so much common sense back into society.