8th Letchworth Scout Group

Friday night - it was that time again! – two teams of adults (who should really know better – but think they’re younger than they actually are!) and a team of explorers, plus our support crew joined teams of ‘seniors’ and explorers from the rest of the county and headed off on seven coaches and a minibus to an unknown destination for the annual Peak Assault Competition.

The competition is now in it’s 42nd year but the basic format remains the same. Teams set up camp on the Friday night and on the Saturday morning, after a kit check are given co-ordinates of checkpoints located in the hills. Each checkpoint has a points value and teams have eight hours on the Saturday and four hours on the Sunday to reach as many as possible, mark their score card and return to base. (or in the case of the explorer teams, reach their overnight campsite in the hills)

This year we found ourselves in Glyntawe, Black Mountain in the western Brecons. It was a beautiful location and luckily for us the weather stayed fine and dry. We had a fantastic time walking, saw herds of wild horses on the hills and numerous red kites circling overhead. We had fantastic support from Hartley, Neil and Ruth who had come to cook and look after us. Ruth even swapped places with Lesley and came out walking on Sunday when Lesley was under the weather.

I wonder where we’ll be heading next year!