• Aims of this evening:

– Tell people who and what Brathay Exploration Group are

– Showcase our recent successes and future plans

– Networking opportunity

Welcome

Cairngorm plateau, Feb 2010

Who are Brathay Exploration Group?

Norway 2010 Expedition Team

Where are we based?

• On grounds of Brathay Hall estate

• Office in Old Brathay

• Accommodation for let and members use in the woods

• MAP

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Where have we come from?

• BEG began in 1947 from Brathay Hall leaders

• Initially started with the tarn survey project

• Recruited boys who had been on Brathay Halls 4 week courses, sixth forms and industry

• Ventured overseas in 1950

Foula 195?

Tarn Survey Project

• Easedale Tarn sounding was run in 1947 as part of ‘Holidays with a Purpose’ followed by Angle Tarn

• Teams had to work together to carry boat to site, establish high mountain base camps, come up with solutions to problems

Levers Water, Aug 09

Guiding Principles

• BEG would select tasks in the settings of mountains or wild country, at or beyond the limits of human settlement

• Such ventures would be expected to involve interesting travel, trekking to distant basecamps and opportunity to climb and explore new territory

Crinkle Crags, Aug 08

What do we do now?

• Run expeditons with a scientific purpose for all people age 16+, in the UK and worldwide

• Duke of Edinburgh Award

• Club meets

• Leader training courses

• Let out group accommodation near Ambleside

Brathay Exploration Group Trust

• Board of Trustees

• Action groups

• Leaders

• One permanent paid employee

• 120 members

Windermere Oct 07

Brathay Exploration Group Club

• For BEG Trust members, established 2009

• Affiliated to the BMC

• Facilitates peer lead expeditions

• Runs club meets

• Allows leaders and members to share skills on a regular basis

• Runs recce expeditions to inform future Trust ventures

Cairngorms, Feb 11

Expeditions 2012• Trust expeditions:

– Foula, Shetland

– Isle of Arran, Scotland

– Ennerdale valley, Lakes

• D of E Award - Lakes

• Club expeditions

– TunsbergGlacier, Jostedalen, Norway

– Mar Lodge, Cairngorms

– Belize, Central America

Norway Aug 11

Foula

Ghada Stack, Foula, July 11

• 2012 will be the 89th expedtion to the island• Projects have included

flora, fauna, invertebrates, freshwaters, intertidal shores, wells, and geology

Foula

Key information

Location: Foula, Shetland

Dates:

Group size: up to 12

Cost:

Leaders: David Scott-Langley

Foula, July 11

ArranIn partnership with National Trust for Scotland this will be BEGs first full expedition to Arran. Fieldwork will involve long term monitoring projects in upland areas and woodland

Arran, Sept ‘11Goatfell, Arran

Arran

Key information

Location: Isle of Arran, Scotland

Dates:

Group size: up to 12

Cost:

Leaders: Jonny Eldridge tbc

Arran, Sept 11

Ennerdale

Courtesy Wild Ennerdale Partnership

Working with the Wild Ennerdale Partnership this expedition will be working on woodland monitoring and conservation living in the remote Ennerdale valley

Ennerdale

Key information

Location: Ennerdalevalley, Lake District

Dates: 25th Aug – 1st Sept

Group size: up to 12

Cost: £300 tbc

Leaders: Heather Bowie, Gillian Tuddenham

Courtesy Wild Ennerdale Partnership

Tunsbergdalsbreen, Norway

• In partnership with Norwegian Glacier Museum, Field Studies Council and Newcastle University

• In its third year replicating some of the work of the 1950s using modern surveying techniques

Tunsbergdalsbreen, Aug 10

Tunsbergdalsbreen, Norway

Key information

Location: Josetedalen, Norway

Dates:

Group size: up to 12

Cost: £1600 tbc

Leaders: Morgan Gibson, Jamie Pattison

Smoky Col, Tunsberg, Aug 10

Mar Lodge, Cairngorms

• Club expedition

• The start of a long term project with NTS to survey water vole populations

Mar Lodge, Cairngorms

Key information

Location: South Cairngorms, Scotland

Dates:

Group size: up to 10

Cost:

Leaders: Anna Griffith, Andy Acton

Belize, Central America

• Recce expedition which will be peer lead

• Still very much in planning stage

• Register your interest today

Tikal, Guatemala, Aug 06

Open Gold D of E

• The expedition section of D of E has very similar principles to D of E advocating a ‘journey with a purpose’

• We are Approved Activity Providers for D of E and run an Open Gold expedition annually

• We take a maximum of 2-3 people who know each other

• This course also has leader development opportunities

Open Gold D of E

Key information

Location: Lake District

Dates: 21st July – 2nd Aug

Group size: 10-18

Cost: £550 tbc

Leaders: Miles Doughty, Gillian

Tuddenham

D of E, Aug 08

D of E, Aug 10

Leader Training

• A high calibre of leaders is essential to make BEG work – we value all our volunteer leaders

– Internal training and mentorship

– NGB awards including ML training and assessment

– RGS Off Site Safety Management Course

– RGS Explore Conference

– Respond to requests from members on training requirements

BEG Leader Training

Key information

Location: Lakes

Dates: 16-18 March

Group size: up to 30

Cost:

Leaders: Alyn Griffiths

Fieldwork Training Course

Key information

Location: Lakes

Dates: 20-22 April

Group size: up to 30

Cost:

Leaders: All 2012 expedleaders

2012 Club MeetsDate Meet

13-15 Jan Lakes Winter Meet & AGM

11-18 Feb Scotland Winter Meet

26 May – 2 June Knoydart & Cape Wrath Trail

22-24 June Lakes Summer Meet & BBQ

7-9 Sept Dartmoor Meet

26-28 Oct Reunion weekend & 2013 Programme Launch

7-9 Dec Lakes Xmas Meet

Shackleton Lodge

How to get involved?

• As a member?

• As a leader?

• In an organisational role?

Who to talk to?

Peter Derrick

Shackleton

GillianTuddenhamHeather BowieAbby Colombi

MarkTuddenham

Miles DoughtyJonny EldridgeAnna GriffithDavid

Scott-LangleyMorgan Gibson

EnnerdaleTrust SecretaryOffice

Norway Foula Mar Lodge Arran D of E

Training / Club