Some waking (most sleeping) to a beautiful French sunrise. Balloon trip anyone!? Right on schedule. ETA Kandersteg 1300 Swiss time.
Kandersteg International Expedition (KIX)
Following the adventure of over 500 Surrey Scouts to Kandersteg. Our next visit will be during August 2026.
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The scouts have arrived in France safely after a smooth crossing across the English Channel.
Only another 11 hours to go.
The sun is rising and the scouts are sleeping. We push forwards and await the adventures to come.
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A few hours ago the coaches left Surrey and are now well on their way to France and the onward journey to Kandersteg!
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If you were driving along the M25 earlier you may have seen our coaches. They and our drivers for the week are safely in Surrey awaiting our arrival tomorrow evening. One more sleep!
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The 4 vans and advance party have now left the UK on their way to Kandersteg.
Safe travels to the team getting stuff ready for the arrival of 650 Scouts and their leaders!
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The team have been working hard at Bentley Copse starting to get the vans packed!
An advance party will be travelling to Kandersteg a few days before the Scouts in order to get everything set up and ready for the arrival of our young people and their leaders.
Don’t forget to leave us your messages using the form below!
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It’s just over a week until 670 Surrey Scouts depart for an amazing week in Kandersteg!
We’ll keep this blog updated with photos, news and copies of the daily newsletters the Scouts will be receiving in Switzerland.
Please leave messages on the posts and we’ll do our best to get them to the Scouts. You can also email kixplus@surrey-scouts.org.uk.
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Here’s a video we made of our 2018 adventure, we hope you enjoy it!
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The awesome photo from our campfire is on the Monopoly Board! One for the Christmas list!
https://shop.scouts.org.uk/gifting/scouts-monopoly-board-game
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Here’s the event video we’ve produced so you can relive the adventure! Probably the last post on this blog, see you in 2022!