George and James were at Oxfordshire Scouting’s County Awards Day on Saturday 10th May to promote the upcoming expedition to climb the 5,817m Baden-Powell Peak in Nepal in April 2016 – We received a visit from Bear Grylls!

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During the day they spoke to leaders, parents and potential participants explaining about the expedition and showing maps and photos of the locations that they could be visiting.

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They also received a visit from Bear Grylls, UK Chief Scout, while he was on a tour of Scouting events in the South of England.

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Bear stopped to talk to George for a few minutes to find out where the group would be going on their adventure. He also signed a good luck note to the team.

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