08/04/2026
Last week a handful of Bogeymen headed to Lochearnhead, Scotland to join in with Herts Scouts Mountain Experience.
Tessa was helping in the kitchen, arranging catering for the 58 people on site.
Beth was generally helping around site and taking Explorers out on day walks.
Jon was assisting with an older walking group for 6 days and was beasted each day š“.
The explorers were split across 4 walking teams based mainly on age, but also to encourage friendships with explorers from other parts of the country.
The course covered navigation and snow exercises - how to walk with an ice axe, and ice axe arrests.
Some summit bagging, when the weather allowed and Jon's team were able to put into practice a slow and careful ice axe descent off Stob Binnein in a white out.
We finished the week off with some wild camping in a sheltered valley, to make the most of the break in the weather.
All weathers experienced, from glorious sunshine at the end of the week, to rain, to snow with wind gusts up to 50mph making it difficult to stand with wind chill down to -20c
A fantastic experience for all!
