After our initial assessment weekend in April our First Training weekend Started At Chatsworth House in Derbyshire on Friday 13th -Sunday 15th May 2011.

When we arrived on Friday evening our first job was to set up our tents and cook a evening meal. We then planned a 12km walk the next day around the Chatsworth area ,making sure the walk would be interesting and take in some of the local history of the area. On returning from the walk we discussed the various types of tents available to buy and the pro's and the con's of the designs. We also discussed, budgets and transportation issues relating to organising a basic expedition.

Saturday eveninig we planned another 10-12km walk for Sunday this time taking in local sights of interest that we missed on Saturday

The weekend was a great learning curve for all of us and we went away with many new ideas.