All groups eventually reached the destination, some with more changes of direction and drier feet than others, and for some unluckier ones, their packed lunch disturbed by a hungry horse!
Chilli-Con Carne cooked on an altar fire followed and then "cherrio" to the day trippers.
The over-nighters (about 2/3 of the group) then had a peaceful singsong around the small
remains of a modest fire.
followed by cocoa "biccies"
The fire was still hot enough to be restarted or breakfast, with eggy bread, tinned spaghetti and bacon.
Next there came..............
Rifle shooting courtesy of Ferny Crofts,
we have some who are 'top gun' and some who might be safer if they were on the other side........
and then a Mini Olympics including a selection of, throwing, running and endurance events.
After lunch it was time for all the gear to be loaded back onto trailer - on loan, so many thanks for setting that up Tim.
Now a few first-timers have 'broken their duck', and a few more have learnt how to set a map, it rather begs the question -what's next?
"The limits of the possible are to be found by attempting to go beyond"
Mike Page-Jones
1st Romsey
A huge thanks to all who made this weekend possible to leaders, helpers and parents also a special mention to an Explorer Scout from the Romsey town ESU who made himself invaluable by assisting with the packing of the trailer, and also hiking part of the course with one of the groups, as well as generally getting stuck in with helping prepare food, organise wood for campfire and so on.
If you were one of the Scouts who enjoyed this weekend please comment on this blog, we would so like to hear what you thought about this Scouting activity (comments are moderated so will not appear straight away)
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