What is wild country dofe Your expedition will be for four days and three nights (plus an acclimatisation day) and should take place in ‘wild country’. Each day should be at least eight hours long and at least four of those must be spent journeying. • The Expedition Lead Supervisor will determine the deployment of staff for a particular training event or expedition, based on the terrain and weather conditions in the wild country area, age, standard and experience of participants etc. Practice expeditions At Silver and Gold level, you need to complete a practice expedition of at least 2 days and 2 nights in a similar environment and by the same mode of travel as your planned qualifying expedition. A Silver DofE programme has 4 sections, Volunteering, Physical, Skills and Expedition. wild country. The big difference at Gold is you’ll also do a Residential section – staying away from home for five days and four nights doing a shared activity with people you don’t know. At Gold level, it is expected that your Expedition section should be through Wild Country which is defined as ‘an area remote from habitation’ and a qualifying expedition should be four days and three nights. . The Lakes, Pennines and Peak District of northern England, Exmoor and Dartmoor in Somerset and Devon. The DofE team has made a useful Expedition Training Pack. The award scheme has an exact definition of what counts as wild, but basically much of upland and lowland Scotland, including the Outer Hebrides. Our group equipment is supplied by Access Expeditions, the leaders in DofE equipment, it is checked and cleaned after every use before being issued to another group. • Responsibility for the supervision in wild country of a specific team of DofE Participants We know the best spots for wild camping where it is permitted and have unique agreements with local farmers that allow us to use sites that no other company has access to. The next step up from Bronze… you need to be at least 15 to start doing your Silver DofE programme. The Gold level award requires a four day and three night expedition in "Wild Country". If you’ve achieved your Bronze Award, your Licensed Organisation may allow you to start your Silver a month or two before your 15th birthday. hzfh ywnoiul tyebul rtbogc thz pdqjv inlvtt qeob mzsbl jez