Memories: Corsica Outlook Expeditions Trip
July/August 2015
This was my
first trip with Outlook Expeditions, as I was there as an assistant Expedition
leader. I was with the Verulam School for St Albans and we were a team of 16
including myself and the expedition leader.
The students
were doing their assessment for the Duke of Edinburgh gold award .
The planning
day was very good as the students all checked their gear and headed out to the local
supermarket to do all their food shopping that they would need on the Corsican
high level route across the mountains.
We flew from
Gatwick to Nice, before taking a ferry across to Corsica.
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| Our Ferry |
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| Islands off the Northern coast of Corsica |
The crossing was very calm and very hot in the middle of the
day. It was busy with lots of holiday makers on board, some also doing the high
level route.
After our arrival we quickly settled in at the hotel and
briefed all the groups on the coming days ahead. Each group was given an amount
of money to help them buy provisions for the coming days on the trail.
I manged to have a couple of hours to walk around the town and
take some photos in the lovely sunshine.
Streets in the centre of town
The lovely blue waters of Corsica
A lovely bay with the mountains behind
The next
morning I received some sad news that my mother of 99 years had passed away, so
I had to leave the expedition and return home to organise the funeral. But
Corsica had left me with a good impression and somewhere I will definitely
return to.
What a beautiful country and one that I will come back to and complete the high level route through the Corsican mountain range
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