Scouts Hag Dyke June 2023 By Callum D on 11 June 2023 (updated 12 June 2023) In parent Light Blue Troop, public Light Blue Troop / An absolutely fantastic weekend up at Hag Dyke! Weather was hot but a good breeze on the summit made it good for walking. Arrived up late on Friday for a supper and bed. Saturday was a great walk up to the summit over into the edge of Nidderdale and back round. The Scouts managed to use all their navigation skills throughout the day to both stay on track and use bearings, pacings, and triangulation to locate four WW2 plane crashes on the side of Great Whernside. On return to the hostel there was some napping after a long day, some games, and a BBQ in the evening. Sunday was some games in the morning, and the patrol leaders tracked down some geocaches the cubs lost a few weeks earlier. Finally everyone mucked in and cleaned the hostel top to bottom ready for the next lucky guests up there before heading down the hill for icecream and home. Overall a cracking weekend, everyone enjoyed it, and we really got the opportunity to reinforce and practice some tricky navigation. If you’re a Scout parent, click here to login and see more photos Fantastic weather for the walk up Nearly at Hag Dyke Morning Flag Break in the sun and the warmth Briefing for todays walk. “Don’t forget hat, suncream, and lots of water!” The route for one patrol. Each patrol had the checkpoints in a different order. Wolf patrol leader passing on their navigation knowledge to one of our younger Scouts A view of the old lead mines, still visible over 100 years after closing Lion patrol just above HagDyke. What a view! Lion patrol at the summit of Great Whernside Lion patrol leader teaching and passing on knowledge of navigation. Wolf patrol at their first crash site of a Halifax Bomber Wolf patrol quickly find their second crash of a Mosquitto from 1948 A curlew chick we nearly stood on! Almost invisible in the grass. Wolf Patrol reach the summit! The view over the top and into Nidderdale Lunch for Lion patrol at a crash site. A little bit of a history lesson Trying to stay cool at the crash site of a Wellington from 1942 Wolf patrol at the crash site of the Wellington Falcon patrol with the wing section of a Wellington Bomber from 1942 Falcon patrol with the tail section of a Wellington Bomber from 1942 Back onto the ridge line, Wharfedale back in sight Hag Dyke just within site for the first time since the morning Pacings and bearings; Wolf patrol hone in on the next crash site Falcon patrol nearly home after a long day on the hill Lion patrol find the crash site of the Mosquito from 1948 Feeling close to the end of the walk now. One more crash site and a ravine to get through before Wolf patrol get home! Trying to stay cool and hydrated, Wolf patrol find the Boeing B-17G Finally Hag Dyke is close! It really does feel like a safe haven after a long day on the tops. Starting the BBQ Not often we get good enough weather for a BBQ Salad an extras, all the trimmings Hungry after a long day on the hills Outside dining is a rarity at Hag Dyke Evening at Hag Dyke Sunday Lunch, a break from cleaning the hostel top to bottom Patrol Leaders finding the cub’s lost geocaches Walking home down the hill Icecream in the heat Even the dog needed cooling off with an icecream Another fantastic weekend completed at our very own hostel in the Dales!
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