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GO
Outdoors
THIS BOOK
WILL HELP YOU
EARN THIS
away
BADGE
ACTIVITY BOOK
for The Scout Association
WELCOME Services for your
SCOUT GROUP
GO Outdoors are very excited to be supporting the
Hikes Away Badge and we have decided to provide
a few activities that we feel give you some extra
knowledge so you can go and complete your badge.
We can help • Kit talks in store or at a more
convenient venue
you prepare for • Helpful videos available online
a Hike Away.
• Free rucksack and boot
fitting service
• Great value clothing,
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ACTIVITY
READ THIS!
PICK A RULE
FROM THE
COUNTRYSIDE
Talk to your Leader about
the Countryside Code.
CODE
Can you think of any
examples of where the
rules can be used in your
local area?
In groups or on your own choose
one of the rules and come up
RESPECT OTHER PEOPLE: with a sign to inform your group.
Please respect the local community and other people using the outdoors. When you have lots of different
Remember your actions can affect people’s lives and livelihoods. ones you can put these up in a
· consider the local community and other people enjoying the outdoors Take a look through the display in your meeting place.
· leave gates and property as you find them and follow paths unless
wider access is available
Countryside Code on the
opposite page and discuss
them with your Leader.
PROTECT THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT:
In small groups choose one and make
We all have a responsibility to protect the countryside now and for future
generations, so make sure you don’t harm animals, birds, plants or trees and
a big sign. You can then put this up
AND DESIGN
try to leave no trace of your visit. When out with your dog make sure it is not in your meeting place so everyone
a danger or nuisance to farm animals, horses, wildlife or other people. will know what is in the Countryside
· leave no trace of your visit and take your litter home
· keep dogs under effective control
Code. Make sure you don’t all do the
same one!
A SIGN...
ENJOY THE OUTDOORS:
Even when going out locally, it’s best to get the latest information about LEADER IDEA...
where and when you can go. For example, your rights to go onto some
Once all the signs are made, put them
areas of open access land and coastal land may be restricted in particular LEADER IDEA...
places at particular times. Find out as much as you can about where you around your meeting place and go on
an imaginary walk around your meeting Layout a grid on the floor using flour, string
are going, plan ahead and follow advice and local signs.
place and when you come across a sign, or tape depending on where you are. Add
· plan ahead and be prepared
get the Beavers to explain it to the rest in the signs the Cubs have made in random
· follow advice and local signs squares. The Cubs can now become pieces
of the group.
on a giant Snakes and Ladders game! As
get started
they navigate the board, a good rule, like
closing a gate can make them progress up
a ladder and a bad rule, like letting a dog off
a lead can make them drop down a snake.
4 COUNTRYSIDE CODE INFO PAGE COUNTRYSIDE CODE ACTIVITY PAGE 5
Think about your local area and see
ACTIVITY if there are any popular footpaths ACTIVITY
or public spaces.
Could you do anything in one of these spaces to highlight the
Countryside Code to others? You could plan a hike around a
local country park and do a litter pick. If you are a Young Leader
you could organise an activity for the section you support.
You could also do this as part of the community elements of
your top awards. Maybe take them on a short hike and point
out and discuss different parts of the Countryside Code.
TRY REVIEWING
ACCESSIBILITY
CREATE A POSTER
OR MAKE A
PRESENTATION
TO EXPLAIN THE take
COUNTRYSIDE CODE pictures
of your
local
Think about how it
areas
applies in your local Your challenge is to come up with a poster
area; have you been for the Countryside Code and present it to
on any local footpaths the rest of your group.
where there are gates You can make it as colourful and creative
as you like…
or had to follow
yellow footpath signs
across a farmers’ field? USE A LOLLIPOP Talk to your
local council
STICK AS A SIGNPOST!
If you have access to a computer, you could
and see if there is a
project you could do
for your local area based
around the Countryside
get
involved
make a presentation. Make sure you include Code. You could get
lots of pictures to make it interesting - you involved with making
could even take these yourselves. new signs for local parks.
6 COUNTRYSIDE CODE ACTIVITY PAGE 7
Using a local map,
READ THIS!
find your house and ACTIVITY
your meeting place.
route
Now see if you can find a
route between the two.
Your Leader can help you
Routes are split into stages with features on the map
or ‘legs’... like rivers and roads.
PLANNING
This is all about getting from Point A to
Point B and making sure you know of all the
hazards and features along the way. It’s also
very important to let others know where
you are going for safety reasons, so have an
emergency plan too. Make sure you have
an objective for your route, it could be for a
.... the more stages, the more
accurate your route will be.
Each stage has its own 6 figure
finish
litter pick along a route or a DofE expedition grid reference, the bearing to
assessment. These are some tools you can use: the next point, the distance to
the next point and the height
gained. You will also need to
Route Cards add in a description which can Using a local map,
These are available from The Scout Association include points of reference and find your meeting place
website. Print as many as you need, you will need any hazards.
and a meeting place
HAVE A GO AT
one per day of your hike. Remember to write in
Once you have completed your
pencil, that way you can make changes easily. of a different Cub
FILLING OUT A
route you need to work out how
shop.scouts.org.uk/c-94-land-activities. long it is going to take. This is group in your District.
ROUTE CARD
aspx?pagenum=3 where Naismith’s Rule comes in!
Find a route between the two
and break it down into legs.
time for some maths Ask your Leader to help you take
some grid references for each
leg of your route. Have a go
at filling out a Route Card.
start
Naismiths Rule
It is a rule of thumb that lets you
calculate how long your route will 1h
/3
LEADER IDEA...
1hr / 2000ft
take including the extra time if you m
i(
go up a hill. Allow 1 hour for every =5
km Instead of using a local map, use one
3 mi (5 km) forward, plus 1 hour )
for a theme park and get the groups
for every 2000 ft (600 m) of ascent.
to plan routes from ride to ride. If the
Remember to walk at the pace of the
Cubs are capable, teach them about
slowest person in your group.
taking a bearing too!
8 ROUTE PLANNING INFO PAGE 1h / 3mi
ROUTE PLANNING ACTIVITY PAGE 9
ACTIVITY ACTIVITY
PLAN A ROUTE IN FEATURE LISTS ARE
A GOOD WAY OF ROUGHLY
YOUR LOCAL AREA KNOWING WHERE YOU ARE AT
ALL TIMES ALONG YOUR ROUTE.
WITH THE HELP OF THEY ARE REALLY USEFUL IF
YOUR LEADER
YOU BECOME TEMPORARILY
MISPLACED; YOU CAN BACK
TRACK ALONG YOUR FEATURE
LIST UNTIL YOU KNOW
WHERE YOU ARE AGAIN.
THERE ARE VARIOUS
METHODS OF
RECORDING THESE:
TIME OF YEAR
FEATURE CHECKLIST • Put some sticky back plastic
on the outside of your map
In the summer you have case and mark them on here
longer days, but you also have Along your route, pick out some features against your map inside. At
increased heat, so you may that you should notice from your map. the end of the walk you can
have to slow down if you’re These could be close objects such as remove this.
carrying lots of gear. crossing a footbridge or travelling along • Carry a notebook with the
ESCAPE ROUTES a linear feature such as a wall or railway features written down in
line. Or they could be far off features, order. Tick them off as you
At various points on your route you may have an area of woodland that go by and note down the
you may need an escape to should be on the right hand side of the time too.
safety, this could be because direction of travel.
• As you get better at doing
ACCESS of bad weather or the group’s
ability to carry on with the hike.
this, you can do it mentally.
Make sure you stick to public Make sure you have an easier LOOK OUT FOR
rights of way. If you need to stray alternative route. LANDMARKS
off the path, make sure you have
the land owners’ permission.
USE OF THE LAND LEADER IDEA...
It may be easier to walk up a Make sure you plan an accessible route;
hill and then follow the contour it could just be through a local village.
When you come to walk your planned
line around before heading back route, the Scouts can point out all the
down. Make sure your route things on their Route Card such as
doesn’t go up and down hazards they may have identified, local
hills unnecessarily. landmarks and escape routes.
10 ROUTE PLANNING ACTIVITY PAGE ROUTE PLANNING ACTIVITY PAGE 11
ACTIVITY
READ THIS!
CHOOSING BOOTS
• Lowland areas - get a
footwear GUIDE
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lightweight boot. Mountains
areas - get something a bit B I P K F R K T R U
heavier as the fabrics will be
thicker and can take more knocks.
TONGUE UPPER
E P D F L A C E S G
• Choose between fabric or a
leather boot. LACES
• Do the bend test and the twist
U L S S J V B H E N
test to determine the strength of
your boot. EYELETS O M O H O R Y T Y O
O U T S O L E N E T
FITTING V U K S N C E Y L R
• Try them on and make sure your
foot matches the shape of the boot
and is comfortable. All boots are N L B H I I K S E A
made differently so try lots on.
Make sure you lace them up with RAND C A X H A Y V H T N
the tongue centred! OUTSOLE
• Find a slope and walk up it
balancing on your toes, does your
C R E H T A E L S D
heel lift out of the boot? Too much SHOCK ABSORBER
heel lift could mean blisters but a
little bit is fine.
• Walk back down the slope and try
OUTSOLE ABSORBER RAND
and push your toes to the front of CARE MIDSOLE EYELETS CUFF
INSOLE TONGUE
SPOT THE
the boot, do your toes hit the end of
the boot? If they don’t that’s good, • Make sure you clean your boots after
UPPER LEATHER
FOOTWEAR
if they do…try a smaller size or each use by washing them in water.
different boot. • Don’t dry your boots too quickly; let
them dry naturally. If you need to put
LACES SYNTHETIC
SHOCK
RELATED
• Walk back up the slope, do you
notice a crease on your toes where newspaper in, don’t over fill the boot
the boot flexes? If it’s painful, try otherwise it will become misshapen.
WORDS
another size or a different boot. • Leather boots need to be waxed if
they look dry, this keeps them supple. STORE ACTIVITY...
• Make sure you wear the boot
indoors for a while to test them, • Fabric boots need to be treated every Interactive kit talk about
you may notice something different now and again with some sort of footwear and boot fitting
to when you tried them on first waterproofing, like you would do with
time round. your jacket.
12 FOOTWEAR INFO PAGE FOOTWEAR ACTIVITY PAGE 13
ACTIVITY
TRY DIFFERENT
LACING
TECHNIQUES clothing GUIDE
READ THIS!
layer up
with our
TRY OUT THE DIFFERENT
guide
TYPES AT THE BOTTOM
OF THE PAGE ON BASE LAYERS:
YOUR SHOES... Designed to manage
moisture and regulate
your body temperature.
• Worn next to the skin, creating a thin
layer of warm air against the body
• Helps to wick moisture/sweat vapour
from the skin to regulate body temperature
• Ideal on its own for aerobic activity, or
warm days
• Avoid using cotton as a baselayer. Cotton
soaks up sweat and stays wet, drawing the
heat away from your body,
PERHAPS MAKE YOUR OWN leaving you cold.
UP & DRAW IT ON THIS MID LAYERS:
SHOE SO YOU WILL REMEMBER IT. Designed to insulate.
OUTER • Worn over the baselayer to help trap
LAYERS: in body heat
• Further wicks away sweat vapour
Designed • Popular midlayers include fleece,
to keep softshell or in extreme cold and wet
situations an insulated jacket.
out the
• If you’re out walking we’d
elements. recommend a thin fleece or midlayer for
• Protects you against wind and rain milder days, and a midweight fleece or
midlayer during cold weather
• This layer allows the sweat vapour
to pass through and away from the • For resting, or passive exercise (like a
body completely trip to the pub, or watching a game)
insulated jackets or down jackets are
• This layer is usually a lightweight, great to use in freezing weather.
packable and breathable waterproof jacket.
BEST FOR: BEST FOR: BEST FOR:
WIDE FOREFOOT BOOTS FEEL TIGHT TOE PAIN
14 FOOTWEAR ACTIVITY PAGE CLOTHING INFO PAGE 15
ACTIVITY ACTIVITY
HELPFUL VIDEO...
LOOK AT THE LIST
A quick 60 second video about
choosing a jacket can be found at: OF ITEMS AND WRITE
gooutdoors.co.uk/ DOWN WHETHER
YOU WOULD TAKE
duke-of-edinburgh
THEM ON A HIKE
AWAY & WHY...
ITEM: TAKE DON’T TAKE:
JEANS
FOOTBALL TOP
BASE LAYER
FLEECE
WALKING TROUSERS
HAT & GLOVES
WATERPROOF JACKET
SCHOOL TROUSERS
BLAZER
TRAINERS
fleeces are ideal WALKING BOOTS
for milder days! INSULATED JACKET
WATERPROOF TROUSERS
16 CLOTHING ACTIVITY PAGE CLOTHING ACTIVITY PAGE 17ACTIVITY WHAT WOULD
STORE ACTIVITY...
Kit talk on clothing. Try on the different ACTIVITY
YOU WEAR
layers and discuss what you would need in
different weathers. Pick clothes from a pile
FOR EACH OF
and explain why you would wear them.
Be careful, there may be some red herrings!
THESE WEATHER
CONDITIONS? CARE FOR YOUR
CLOTHING
RAINY AND WARM
CHOOSE FROM:
Make sure you clean your garment HOW TO WASH
BASE LAYER, MID regularly to keep it working properly. YOUR GARMENT:
LAYER OR OUTER LAYER Dirt or oils from your skin can affect
1. Wash your garment as per
the waterproof coating on the fabric. the instructions on the label.
If your garment is no longer beading Wash them using a non-
detergent or a specialised
water and is wetting out, you cleaner such as Nikwax
need to think about reproofing. Tech Wash or Grangers
You should be doing this every 4-6 Performance Wash.
months anyway depending on how 2. Let your garment dry
WINDY, FREEZING AND SNOWING much use it gets. naturally, hang it up outside
or over the bath/shower.
WINDY, COLD AND RAINY 3. If your garment will allow it,
tumble dry on a low heat or you
can cover the garment with a towel
and iron (no steam) on a low heat.
HOW TO REPROOF
YOUR GARMENT:
1. Make sure your garment
is clean. (See step 1 above).
LEADER IDEA...
Split the group into smaller
2. Wash the garment for a
second time with Nikwax
teams. Give them a bag of Tx-Direct or Grangers
COLD, SUNNY DRY, SUNNY clothing and get them to Clothing Repel.
AND CALM AND CALM pick out what they think they
might need. You could make 3. Let your garment dry
this harder by putting in naturally, hang it up outside
some red herrings like jeans, or over the bath/shower.
or by changing the weather
4. If your garment will allow
conditions. Get them to BEADING WATER it, tumble dry on a low heat or you
explain their choices.
LOOKS LIKE THIS can cover the garment with a towel
and iron (no steam) on a low heat.
18 CLOTHING ACTIVITY PAGE CLOTHING ACTIVITY PAGE 19LEADER IDEA...
ACTIVITY
READ THIS! Put quick to reach items
near the top. Things like
Make it easier... Give them a packing
list. Make it harder... Have a single
waterproofs and a mid pile that they have to compete for.
layer for rest stops.
rucksack GUIDE
Put smaller items
in the top. Head
torch, 1st aid kit,
map and compass.
1 start
SPLIT INTO
2
STORE ACTIVITY...
TWO TEAMS. Play this in your own
meeting place or in a store!
Any rubbish can
go in a sealed
bag in the pocket
under the lid.
PUT IDENTICAL
PILES OF
1 Roll mat can CLOTHING AND
RUCKSACK
be stowed
4
below the lid. EQUIPMENT ON
ONE SIDE OF
RELAY!
5
Place heavier items
THE ROOM.
!
near the middle to
2 maintain your centre
of gravity. Food,
cutlery, and cooking
equipment.
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3 6
Side pockets o
4
EACH TEAM
m
can be useful
for water
1. Load lifter strap bottles and IS GIVEN A
snacks. RUCKSACK THEY
2. Adjustable
back system Sleeping bag HAVE TO PACK
and spare
3. Lumbar support clothes at
the bottom.
4. Shoulder strap
3
5. Chest strap
6. Hip belt
ALL ITEMS IN YOUR
RUCKSACK SHOULD BE Tent items can be
finish
WATER PROOFED IN A DRY attached to the
FASTEST CORRECTLY
bottom of the bag.
BAG OR RUBBLE SACK.
PACKED BAG WINS
20 RUCKSACK INFO PAGE RUCKSACK ACTIVITY PAGE 21ACTIVITY ACTIVITY
LEARN HOW
TO FIT A
RUCKSACK
get a friend
to help you
1. Add some weight
to your rucksack.
2. Loosen all straps.
3. Adjust the back system
to fit you. The waist belt
should sit on the hips
leaving the shoulder
straps to sit comfortably
on the shoulders making
sure there are no gaps.
4. Use a friend to support
the bag and do up the
7. Lastly, do up your
chest strap. This can be
hip belt.
moved up and down
5.
the shoulder straps and
Tighten the should be in line with
shoulder straps. your armpit.
HELPFUL VIDEO...
A quick 60 second video about
fitting a rucksack can be found at:
gooutdoors.co.uk/ 6. Tighten the load adjusters
to balance the weight of
the bag. Angle should
8. Test the fit by asking a
friend to move the waist
belt, you should move
duke-of-edinburgh with it. There should
be between 30º and also be no major gaps
60º. You can also adjust between the shoulder
these on the move if your straps and your body.
shoulders feel tired.
22 RUCKSACK ACTIVITY PAGE RUCKSACK ACTIVITY PAGE 23ACTIVITY
READ THIS!
getpacking
IF YOU ARE LEADING
A WALK YOU WILL
food AND
HYDRATION
keep your
energy
levels up
NEED TO THINK ABOUT
CARRYING EXTRA ITEMS
FOR THE GROUP. FOOD
• Eat little and often. Even
if you take a pack lunch,
don’t have it all at once in
Spare map the middle of your hike.
This keeps your energy
Spare compass levels constant.
• Avoid purely sugary
Extra food and drink for emergencies snacks, include slow to
Extra warm clothing for emergencies release energy foods such
as fruit and nut bars,
(fleece, hat and gloves) bananas and trail mix.
(See the activity in the
Spare socks Nights Away resource.)
Spare boot laces • Remember to take away
all of your litter.
Emergency survival bag (Orange)
Extra head torch and batteries
Whistle
Mobile phone
Watch
DRINK
GPS • Drink between 1 - 3 litres of water a day depending on how far you go.
(Switched off and in waterproof bag) • Take a hot drink on cold days and drink more water on hot days.
Group first aid kit • Drink isotonic drinks as well as water on longer hikes this will replace
sugars and salts.
Group shelter • If you need to fill up from a natural water source, make sure you treat it
effectively before drinking. (Discuss this with your Leader).
Gaffa tape
Cable ties
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IN ONE OF OUR 61 STORES.
SOCKS 22 Scunthorpe
23 Sheffield
BOOTS 24 Hathersage
25 Lincoln
26 Hull
WALKING TROUSERS 27 Leeds
3 4 5
MIDLANDS
WATERPROOF TROUSERS 15 28 Wolverhampton
29 Loughborough
BASE LAYERS 30 Derby
31 Erdington – Birmingham
16 32 Kidderminster
MID LAYERS 33 Coventry
1 6 34 Shrewsbury
17 35 Nottingham
WATERPROOF JACKET
EAST
36 Peterborough
HAT 7 19 27
18
37 Norwich
26 38 Bedford
8 20
GLOVES 9 22
13 21 WALES
10 23
11
24 25
39 Swansea
12
40 Cardiff
FIRST AID KIT 14
28
SOUTH WEST
35 29
34 41 Gloucester
MAP 30
31
36 37 42 Swindon
32 33 43 Bristol
38
COMPASS 48 59
44 Taunton
45 Exeter
41 54 46 Plymouth
RUCKSACK 39
40 42
49 53
52 56
55 47 Poole
43 61
SOUTH EAST
RUCKSACK LINER
51 58 57 48 Milton Keynes
44 60 49 Oxford
50
50 Southampton
WATER BOTTLE
45 47
51 Basingstoke
46 52 Colindale
EMERGENCY FOOD 53 Harlow
54 Colchester
55 Basildon
HEAD TORCH NORTHERN IRELAND 6 Penrith
NORTH EAST
15 Berwick-upon-Tweed
56 Thurrock
1 Newtownabbey 7 Blackburn 57 Canterbury
16 Newcastle
8 Wigan 58 Chatham
SURVIVAL BAG SCOTLAND
9 Manchester
17 Stockton-on-Tees
59 Ipswich
2 Inverness
10 Warrington NORTH OPENS JUNE 2017
3 Clydebank
SUNCREAM 4 Coatbridge
11 Stockport 18 York 60 Tonbridge
12 Chester 19 Pudsey OPENS SEPTEMBER 2017
5 Edinburgh
13 Liverpool 20 Wakefield 61 Reading
NORTH WEST 14 Stoke 21 Doncaster OPENS AUTUMN 2017
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