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Purbeck Expedition Back to the old school July 2002 Over the middle weekend in July the south coast experienced a bit of a heatwave. Which was useful because we were camping there! We got the train down to Bournemouth on Friday evening where we met up with Colin (our leader who lives in Portsmouth) and headed to Butcher's Coppice campsite for the night. Saturday morning we got a boat to Brownsea Island and reinacted some of the original programme from Baden-Powell's first camp there in 1907. Semaphore, tracking, stalking wide games and a BBQ all played their part, and staying the night at the same campsite he used certainly added to the fun! The following morning we chartered a boat to Swanage where we spent the day on the beach before speedboating and ringoing along the seafront. An open top bus ride back to the station in the sun was a perfect end to a storming weekend.