A special message from Michael Kingscote, Managing Director, Outposts Ltd

Dear Parents and Guardians,

DD (my wife) and I set up Outposts Ltd 17 years ago; the aim for overseas expeditions was to:

·        Seek out overseas locations and projects, particularly in Africa and Nepal, that offer our clients an opportunity to know and understand the culture, ecology, history and true essence of the country.

·        Encourage the development of all who participate to learn about the wilderness environment in selected locations by providing a range of fascinating expeditions, courses and opportunities.

We wanted to enable young people to have the option to travel to far flung places to learn about others and themselves.

Thank you for allowing Outposts Ltd to take your children / wards away to South Africa and Nepal for the last three weeks. Since meeting the first of you at a parents presentation, nearly 22 months have passed and a long distance has been travelled.

Many of you heeded my advice and worked hard with your ‘Expeditioner’ (s) to raise the money for the expedition, getting them involved in the whole process of planning and earning; the reward of this process was the expedition, but the lessons learned have been witnessed by our leaders and will stay with your children forever.

You have read the Blogs from Nepal & South Africa and apart from some minor medical conditions, (parents have been advised when applicable), overall, both expeditions have been a success. The majority of Expeditioners have totally immersed themselves in the programmes, contributed with vigour and have learned a lot about themselves, other people, different cultures, environments and life. A few have struggled with their personal administration and hygiene, as a result they have had to be strongly guided; all will take away something worthwhile from the experience.

If all goes to plan, the expeditioners will arrive back at LHR on Monday, I shall be at Terminal 1 to greet the South Africa expeditioners and then, time allowing, will move to Terminal 4 for the Nepal arrival.

We would appreciate feedback, so please let us know what you and your expeditioner have to say …

Michael Kingscote

MJF Kingscote

Managing Director