6th Lockerley visit to Climbing Wall

Last Thursday evening saw 6^th Lockerley Romsey Cubs and Scouts swarming all over the new Climbing Wall at the Dr Peter Centre.    Some Scouts had climbed before but for most of the young people this was their first taste of  scaling up a wall and then abseiling down.  But they soon got the hang of it!  For some it was particularly challenging as height isn’t everyone’s thing but with lots of encouragement from one another and shouted advice from the floor, all the Cubs and Scouts managed to make several climbs up of increasing difficulty and of course abseiling down.  

It was particularly memorable for three of our scouts, Callum Wright, Henry Baker and Josh Cole as two of them were invested into the Scout section, hanging from the ropes half way up the wall while one was sat on top of the wall. 

Leaders of course had to show their mettle with our Assistant Cub Leader dangling from a rope during the investitures and the rest of us sneaking in a cautious abseil – relying on our District Commissioner to let us down gently.  Even the GSL and the Group Chairman managed to put their life in the DC’s hands.

6^th Lockerley had an awesome evening and a big thank you to DC,John Papworth, Scout Leader,John Heagren and young Leader, James Manning for making that possible.               

Now can we possibly fit a traverse climbing wall somewhere outside our own HQ ....we wonder?