The Squirrel Trail

Before going out on the trail please ensure each group is thoroughly briefed and ready to go - 

1. You have briefed out the Risk Assessment information for this activity to the Young People plus the Leadership Team and Parent Helpers supporting the event.
2. Ensure appropriate clothing and footwear is worn.
3. Please remember the Squirrel trail covers most of the site. Glenny Wood is made up of rough and uneven ground, which when wet can be slippery, so please take care.
4. Each individual / group you send out on the course will need

• Copies of the Map
• List of points – Trail Users Form.
• 2 x Pencils to record points found and Clipboard is handy

Risk Assessment -

We have a draft to assist you in completing your assessment. This can be download at https://glennywood.org.uk/onewebmedia/RISK%20ASSESSMENT%20-%20Squirrel%20Trail.docx .

The Draft Risk Assessment (RA) has been created to make your life easier, so you just need to update to suit your section requirements along with the weather and ground conditions at the time.

This draft was developed using the experience of the Glenny team.

Please do make sure you read through in detail and amend as required.

Running the Squirrel Trail Activity -

The Squirrel Trail Activity - There are 26 numbered signs (1-26) - with letters A to Z on them placed within the site for you to find and make a note of the letter. 

To undertake this activity, you always need to use the map, although there are various ways you can run it – the most straight forward and popular way is to give the Young People a copy of the Map with the signs position marked, in red, and numbers and they are ready to go…..

Please note for the 3 options below you will need to print out master maps, for the young people to copy from. Don’t forget to collect the master maps in before they go sign hunting!!

A - Give the Young People a copy of the map with just the signs position marked, in red, and they have to number them

B- Give the Young People a copy of the map with just the signs position marked, in red, and in advance you have added the numbers to the signs position dots you wish them to find.

C - Give the Young People a blank copy of the map and they have to mark the positions and also number them

A couple of suggestions below on how to then run the evening….

1 - Explore and just collect the letters - set a target of say 10 letters in 40 minutes…..

2 - Similar to one, although this time collect all the letters and use them to complete the anagram which I am sure you can create which is relevant to the activity and your section.

Answers -

The link to the Answers sheet is provided with the booking confirmation which is via the OSM information you are sent when making the booking and 7 days prior to the event.

5 figure - Grid References 

• To get the 5 figure grid reference I use the GPS OS app on my iPhone. 
• The app is known as GPS OS Reference - Tomstrails.com
• Please note - this is for information and not a recommendation!

To book this Activity please go to OSM either direct or via our bookings page

Access information for the answers is provided with the booking confirmation.