Pre expedition expedition with weight 28/6/12

On Thursday 28 June 2012, we deicded to go on a short one day expedition from Crown Woods College in Eltham to the Thames barrier in Woolwich.

For this expedition it was a requirement for us to have at least 10kg of weight in our rucksacks, this is so we could be fully prepared for our two day expedition the following week. My bag weighed just over 14kg thanks to the help of BRICKS. :)

After waiting for the last arrivals to turn up with their kit, we set off.

After a fairly short walk we admired the view from the top of Shooters Hill..... I was mostly admiring the custard creams.
Also at this point certain people in the group were already knackered.

Mr. Wilson looking proud of himself!!!!!!
Custard Creams in the bottom right hand corner.

After a breif stop and after Mr. Toomey had taken some pictures we set off once again in to Oxleas Woods where due to David's inability to listen and read a map we got lost, so we ended up going back on ourselves.

But once we retraced our steps we continued through to Woolwich where we saw the Olympic Venues for the shooting and Archery, and after a short walk through Charlton Park and a  breif lunch stop we finally arrived at the Thames Barrier, just in time to see the fly past by the last Lancaster Bomber and in the distance we saw a few Tornados which were flying to meet up with the Lancaster where they were en route to Hyde Park for the unveiling of the Bomber Command Memorial.

A Great view of the last remaining Lancaster Bomber, which we were just in time to see.

Just before we were due to go our seperate ways "we" (Mr Toomey) decided it would be a great idea to have a group photo...


The members of the group: (L-R) Jamie, Shaun, Karl, David, Me, Mr Wilson.
Bottom row: Connor
Mr. Wilson should feel honoured standing next to one of God's great creations.

 Those who chose to go home via train drew the short straw as it has been recorded that Jamie Panter made it home to Eltham via bus just as we were waiting for a DLR to arrive at Greenwich.

Overall on this Pre - Expedition Expedition, I have discovered many things For example;

1) whining will get you nowhere

2) The Thames Barrier is not in Oxford Street (which apparently I thought it was)

3) I need to measure my bag appropriately incase it is too heavy and too light

4) Find a substitute for bricks

5) Take a lot more food and plenty to drink in case the weather suprises us

6) I need to take control and lead with the map, rather than taking a back seat

7) Whisling tunes can help the group through the worst but playing songs from 'Family Guy' just gets annoying.