This is something I had the pleasure of doing when I was ten planting one of many conker trees (Horse Chestnut if you want to be correct) in the village I lived in. It is now very mature and I have had the joy of taking my girls to collect conkers from it. <P>
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For this you need to know what you are doing or need to take someone who is qualified in mountain craft, if you are unsure then don’t do it. <P>
Sleeping under the stars is an amazing experience especially when away from the city. <P>
For the best experience sleep in a survival bag or Bevvy bag with a good quality sleeping bag. This will keep you perfectly warm for the night. <P>
It is good to have thermals incase it is a cold night. <P>
With a group all tucked up in the open air conversations seem to go quite deep and nearly always someone will ask why we are here. <P>
I recently did this for the first time and cannot wait to do it again although next time I would take some mozy repellant!
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An impact weekend is where you take a group of young people to give a weekend of practical work to put their faith into action. These work best if it involves taking them out of their comfort zones. < ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
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Arrange to take your group to a working Abbey or monastery preferably oÂne that has a vow of silence and spend the day there with your group. <P>
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Most of these will have several small chapels and beautiful grounds. <P>
For many this is a really daunting thought especially the silence but most come away changed. <P>
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