Open Bronze (DofE) Duke of Edinburgh Expeditions
Open DofE Bronze Practise and Open DofE Qualifying Expeditions
If you have missed your DofE practice or DofE qualifying expedition, through illness, holiday, trip or exam clashes, then Badger Adventures DofE will be running OPEN DofE expeditions on the below dates.
Badger Adventures can cater for groups or individuals. If you are coming as a group for your Open DofE expedition, Badger Adventures can offer you bespoke dates.
Location
The practice and the qualifying expeditions will be delivered in the Bromsgrove Area (in-between the M42 and the M5), the Chiltern Hills and the New Forest.
Itinerary for Practice and Qualifying Expedition
| Day | Trek Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Training Day - Arrive at a designated destination in the afternoon, A few team games so the induvial can make friends, then a full food and kit check and plan routes and put tents up. We will also teach stoves session so the the students can cook dinner. |
| 2 | This day is designed to do a practice walk, delivering map skills, badger emergency late/lost procedures and then to be eventually walking as a group back to camp with the instructor remotely supervising them, all with lighter bags. Once back at camp, plan routes for day 3 and 4 which be the qualifying. |
| 3 | Qualifying: execute the routes to camp to practice the skills of campcraft and cooking. |
| 4 | Qualifying: execute the route to a designated finish point, hand group kit back in nice and clean, debrief and then leave for home. |
Reserve your place now!
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Whats included?
- Camping fees
- Group equipment (tents, group shelters, stoves, gas, maps, first-aid kits, wild No.2’s kit)
- Quality supervisors / accredited assessors (all have ML and exped first aid trained)
Not included
- Transport to the expedition area
- Your personal equipment
- Your food for the duration (before / during / after the expedition)
- Compasses
Bronze Practice & Qualifying DofE - £200 pp
2025 Bronze DofE Dates
- Wed 28th - Sat 31st May
- Wed 23rd - Sat 26th July
- Wed 27th - Sat 30th Aug
Practise takes place in either the Bromsgrove Area or Chiltern Hills
Our ethos is to be environmentally and culturally conscious at all times. The standards, principles and responsibilities of all our instructors are to respect, protect and preserve our planet. We expect all our adventurers to abide to the same rules allowing us to take lifelong memories away with us but leaving only our footsteps behind.