Resizing the Pictures

I have resized the pictures in the panels below in the hope that they will load faster for those people with a slower internet connection. Each picture can be clicked on to give you a larger picture. I have all the original images used to make the panels so if you want one in particular, let me know.

SAR-203 RAF Valley

The Explorer Scouts visited 203 Squadron at RAF Valley to see the operations of the Search and Rescue unit. The mountain rescue team operate all over Snowdonia where we are searching for aircraft remains and it was great to see how they react and respond to emergencies in the hills. Many thanks to all at RAF Valley for the opportunity to visit, especially Paul.

Thanks to Andy for the group photo.

Finding Aircarft Remains in the Afon Anafon - Sunday 10th July 2011

On Sunday, ten of the Explorer Scouts parked near Aber Falls and walked into the Anafon Valley, a quiet hidden spot. We photographed several historic features and recorded their positions for the National Trust. We had lunch at the reservoir, found a couple of geocaches but only found one small piece of a Heinkel He-111 that crashed on the hillide during WWII.

Explorers help at the Beaver Yogi Bear Camp - 8th - 10th April 2011

Jenny the Beaver Leader and her team organised a Yogi Bear themed sleep over for the Menai Bridge Beavers and the Explorers went along "to help". We ran training activities for them on the Saturday and games on Sunday - water pistols were the order of the day! We took advantage of the great weather and Joe's fireworks to try our hand at sparkler writing - these are the ones that worked.

 

 

 

Aircraft Remains in Cwm Lloer - Sunday 20th March 2011

Our first expedition into the hills to find aircraft remains for the National Trust took us to Cwm Lloer. We could not find the remains of the Havoc that was posted as being here but we did find considerable fragments from an Anson that crashed near the summit. The weather prevented us from going too high that day but we did get some great views of Tryfan.

Dinas Air Museum - Saturday 5th March 2011

As part of our "education" regarding the type of aircraft that went down in Snowdonia, we visited Dinas Air Museum to see some of the fragments that have been recovered by others. We were also able to see some of the types of airplanes that came down and to sit in slightly more modern aircraft too. Many thanks to Terry for helping us.