Jubilee Explorers

Wednesday 6th - Friday 8th June 2012

Explore the Hamble valley on foot and by canoe with an expedition covering the entire tidal stretch of the Hamble River.  We'll be doing this twice during 2012, the first time during the week of the Diamond Jubilee in June.

Explorers will arrive on Wednesday evening and settle in, getting a good night’s rest before Expedition Day.  On Thursday morning we’ll set off on foot from the Centre, along the Strawberry Trail to Botley.  At Botley we’ll load up into canoes and paddle downstream all the way to Hamble, stopping en route for food. 

We’ll disembark at Hamble Quay and follow the Strawberry Trail again, through the historic villages of Hamble and Bursledon arriving back in the woods of Manor Farm Country Park.  We’ll set up camp and cook, eat and sleep under the stars.*

Friday morning will start with breakfast round the campfire, developing into a morning of bushcraft activities.  After lunch there will the option of taking part in some of the Centre’s wide range of activities.

*optional!  Anybody who really can’t manage to sleep under the stars will be able to return to the cabins.

Friday 31st August – Sunday 2nd September 2012
 

And we'll do it all over again at the end of August - but this time just for Lads and Dads!

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