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Duke of Edinburgh’s Award – Gold Expedition

T he 'uNe of (dinburghÖs *old $ward inYolYes helping the community enYironment deYeloping new sNills planning training for and completing an expedition and, for Gold only worNing with a team on a residential actiYity. /ast summer 076 students undertooN their *old 4ualifying (xpedition in 6nowdonia.

“An opportunity to capture a moment to ourselYes alongside a stunning reserYoir

landscape in the isolated heart of Snowdonia lifted our spirits and helped us push on.Ù Elliot Gregg (U6th)

Ø1otable eYents include finding an armchair in the middle of a forest, getting lost next to a waterfall, and laughing at ourselYes as we made an arduous and mechanically assisted descent from the hills surrounding 0ount 6nowdon.Ù Alex Quarry (U6th)

“The quarries we saw, whilst breathtaking, demonstrate how humans are capable of great destruction in the name of progress. :hilst all the mining that took place at these locations has permanently scarred the landscape, we did notice some plant life poking through the gaps between pieces of Tuarried slate.Ù Ben Lakin (U6th)