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Description

An accompanied hike to practice navigational skills and hide a "geocache" aka a bear

Resources

Some cheap bears from a poundshop - with a label saying that they belong to your group. I suggest about six or eight.
Maps (including legend) - I would suggest photocopied one each Scout
Compasses

Instructions

Locate an area for the exercise. One with two large areas.
Hike to an obvious place at the center of the area - ours is a cross roads with an equestrian center at it.
Divide into two groups.

Instructions for Scouts:
• Hide three bears within the boundaries marked.
• Write down the accurate grid reference for each one.
• Write down instructions to help Scouts find each one.
• We do want to find the bears, so do not make it too difficult.
• We will meet up at _____ at ____
• Give the grid references and instructions to the other patrol.
• Find and retrieve the hidden Bears.
• We will meet up at _____ at _____

Have adults with each parties. Those adults swap over so they can help locate the bears, if the Scouts need the help.

Along the way, take time to get each of the Scouts:
- To find where they are
- Work out a grid reference
- Take a bearing and follow a bearing
- In summary - all of the requirements of navigator badge

Tags

• geocaching
• Hike
• map & Compass
• Navagation

Badge Links

• Geocaching - Create 2 caches
• Navigator - 4-figure reference
• Navigator - 5km walk
• Navigator - 6-figure reference
• Navigator - Contours
• Navigator - Draw route map
• Navigator - Equipment
• Navigator - Equipment
• Navigator - Key
• Navigator - Local walk
• Navigator - OS Maps
• Navigator - Use map
• Outdoors - Countryside Code
• Teamwork - Goal