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2nd Molesey Scout Group

Explorer Belt to Sweden

29th October 2024

Explorer Belt Expedition - Sweden

This summer I have taken part in the Explorer Belt to Sweden. This is one of the top Scouting Awards for Explorer Scouts between 16-25 years old, which involves walking a minimum of 150 km, in a small team without adults, for 10 days while completing various projects in a different country.

We weren’t told where we would be dropped off to start our walk but our team of 5 Scout Explorers started in Hoja and over the 10 days we walked 210 km. We camped overnight where we could and this was sometimes in a vindskydd (outdoor Swedish wooden shelter) or in our tents (we each carried our own tent) or in scout huts which I managed to organise while we were walking. We were given a small amount of money to cover our accommodation and food and were told to meet back at base camp at the end of 10 days so we needed to agree how to spend our budget. Every evening we planned our route for the next day. Most of my team didn’t know each other but I think we worked well together and met lots of different people and completed one major project and 10 minor projects. Lots of Swedish scout groups were very nice to us and gave us food or let us sleep in their scout huts. In 10 days walking we had two showers.

Overall, I really enjoyed Sweden and learnt lots about Sweden, the people and myself. 
Christopher – aged 16


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