Sea Scouting in “Laguna Veneto”

By lorry , crossing two seas and transiting the alps takes four and half days from Dublin to Venice.

Planning the Route

Planning the Route

This weekend the Friday Scout section of the Malahide Sea Scout group of 37 have planned their route by air and coach to make the 2000 kilometer trip. The Expedition is planned in two halves.

The first several days will be camping on a island  in “Laguna Veneto” near the city of Venice . Here the scouts will enjoy the planned programme of  water activities,and hosteling on the island.The second half will be in a cooler region of “Fruili-Venezia Guila” near Pordenone were the programme  will cover hill walking, cycling, and other outdoor leisures.

In between there will be a sightseeing visit of  the City of Venice with an overnight in a Monastery.

In the groups history this would be the furtherest a whole section have travelled for annual expedition. The planning for this trip started twenty four months ago and in the last nine months has been very hectic to organise the route, camping sites, accommodation, hostel’s, The Monastery, passports, E111′s, travel insurance, permission to camp forms,flights,connecting transport, local transport , menus , buying food, cooking arrangements, programme and brushing up on the phrase book.

Friday night scouts making last minutes plans of their trip to Northern Italy

Friday night scouts making last minutes plans for their trip to Northern Italy

It’s a credit to the volunteer leaders who take on all these tasks as part of their efforts to make the expedition run a smooth as possible. The ongoing training is the life skills that scouting gives to those leaders and scouts for the future. The leadership team is Skipper Brian Cobbe, Donagh Farrell, Shane Flaherty, Edel Murray, Ellis Witcher,  James Doyle and  Rory O’Farrell.

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