DofE Open Gold Qualifying Expeditions
2027 Bookings Available!
Find out more about our DofE Gold Qualifying Expedition, held over 5 days / 4 nights. Our Expeditions are held in beautiful locations in either the Lake District, Peak District or Yorkshire Dales.
Overview
Professionally planned and delivered DofE Gold Qualifying Expedition programmes with our friendly and qualified instructor team, your success is our focus. With our support, encouragement and experience, we'll make sure you have a safe, fun and rewarding expedition experience.
Explore incredible National Parks, have an adventure, build confidence, resilience, navigation skills and teamwork with our Open Gold DofE Qualifying Expeditions.
Itinerary - Day by Day
5-days includes:
1-day Route Planning/Kit Checks
4-days/3-nights Qualifying Expedition
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Dates 2027
Yorkshire Dales
Alternatives
Locations
Lake District
Start: Braithwaite, Keswick
Finish: Threlkeld, Keswick
Yorkshire Dales
Start: Austwick, Near Settle
Finish: Settle
Peak District
Start: Bamford, Hope
Finish: Bamford, Hope
- Full joining information will be emailed on booking.
- Locations are chosen for their ease of access by car and public transport.
- Practice and Qualifying Expeditions should ideally take place in different locations. i.e. Practice in the Peak District and a Qualifying in the Lake District.
Our Services
- Indoor training facility. Offering a great area for training and preparations, regardless of the weather.
- Comprehensive training. Covering all aspects of the DofE syllabus.
- Supervision by highly qualified staff. Ensuring your safety throughout the expedition.
- DofE Accredited Assessors. For the Qualifying Expedition only - helping you feel relaxed and encourage you towards completing your expedition.
- Personalised Report. Highlighting areas of improvement, recommendations and achievements during the expedition process.
You Will Need to Arrange
Our DofE Open Gold back-to-Back Expedition covers almost everything, however, we do require some input and organisation from yourself.
- Transport Our expedition locations are chosen for their ease of access via public transport. Personal vehicles can be left in a location close to the finish point of your expedition.
- Personal clothing and equipment. You will need to supply your own clothing, rucksack, boots and sleeping equipment. A full kit list will be sent at the time of booking. Extra clothing/food can be brought along in a 'spares bag', This will either be stored in a vehicle or at our stores, and you will have access to this in the evening of Day 3, allowing you to repack your main pack.
- Food Participants will need to bring enough food for the whole expedition. However, there will be an opportunity to restock between to the practice and qualifying expedition. We have teamed up with basecampfoods.com who have a large selection of meals to choose from. Basecamp Food are kindly offering a 10% discount to all participants.
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£360 inc. VAT
