Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Expedition

On Saturday 2^nd May, twenty Eldmire students arrived in the Cundall bus park fully laden and raring to set off on their Bronze expedition.  After the promise of sun and warm weather the group were a little disappointed that on their arrival in Bainbridge they were greeted by cold, damp weather; however, in true Cundall style all of the students set off into the wild with huge smiles on their faces.
During Day 1, lots of exciting events occurred and one group even came to the rescue of a trapped lamb, much to the surprise of the assessor!  That night the rain set in and just as the staff began to fear that the smiles might fade, Tom cheered everyone up, including the teachers, with a fresh batch of popcorn!
As the morning of Day 2 dawned, the rain increased and the temperature remained unpleasantly low.  However, the students got their bags packed and on their backs without so much as a grumble and off they set once more with their smiles shining out.  All of the groups managed to surprise both the teachers and the assessor: Tom’s group arrived in Middleham in record time, and Ellie’s group were not far behind them.  Becky’s group though created utter panic for everyone, seemingly disappearing altogether! However it turned out that they were right under everyone’s noses, sticking religiously to their route card.
After an action packed weekend, all of the groups qualified and should be really proud of their achievements.  It was a tough weekend, with awful weather conditions but, to quote one of our parents, “we breed them tough at Cundall!”