Summer Camp 2015 - Ashanti Troop 3rd Romsey (PART 2)

Final Thoughts – Scouts Own – for the Scouts, by the Scouts

 

SUMMER CAMP 2015

 

Summer camp was really nice

Useless Scouts annoyed Shona

My summer I had to sacrifice

My friends are on holiday so I would be too

Everybody’s had such fun

Richards’s tomato story made us laugh!

 

Caring Leaders saved us from the fun

Always following footpaths

More food for the greedy and the growing

Patrol meal went down well

 

2 times Sarah shouted

0 trips to A&E!

1 finger dripping with blood

5 irritating but caring Leaders

 

by Toby & James

 

 

We are thankful for Scouting.

We appreciate the hard work from Leaders.

We are grateful for the food and activities.

Sorry for annoying the Leaders.

Thank you for the lovely countryside and the beautiful views.

Thanks for the Leaders putting on Scout Camps every year.

by Anna & Sharnae

 

Kieran had to go home on Thursday night; he entertained our Patrol all week by singing and making up songs.  Our Scouts own is to remind us of him.  He made up this song himself – but we sang it at Scouts own for him!

 

I’m all about the bass, about the bass, about the bass – no salmon

I’m all about the bass, about the bass, about the bass – no salmon

I’m all about the bass, about the bass, about the bass – no salmon

I’m all about the bass, bass, bass.

I think it’s pretty clear, I am a fisherman.

I listen to music with my stupid i-pod.

This song has no musicality

It’s full of abnormality

‘cos I’m all about the bass!

 

Because you know I play the double bass, double bass not the violin.

I play the double bass, double bass not the cello.

I play the double bass, double bass not the harp.

I play thee double bass, double bass, bass, bass, bass.

Yeah it’s pretty clear I’m a string player.

I play in an orchestra with other instruments.

Cause you know because you know I play the double bass, double bass, bass, bass, bass.

 

He knows how to play!

 

by Eagles Patrol

Summer Camp 2015 - Ashanti Troop 3rd Romsey (PART 1)

CAMP DIARY

Saturday – Arrivals

When we first got to the hall we had to get everything we needed out of the loft then packed into the van to drive to site.  Once on site we sat down to eat lunch.  Van emptied, tents & dining shelters up we began to make dinner for our Patrol (Jack, Kathleen, Emily, Kieran & Lily).  We ate chicken Korma for main and banoffie meringue for pudding – YUM!  A quick look around the site then hot chocolate and some cake followed by games.  Now – sleep……..

 

Sunday

When we woke up today we had breakfast!!  Afterwards we did some pioneering; we made a monkey bridge, a camp crawl and a flying flagpole.  We had wraps with chicken & salad for lunch followed by camp doughnuts.  Once we had lunch we finished our pioneering and had a go on the assault course.  Then we had to go and revise our hike route :(  Afterwards we started to prepare dinner – it was tomato and vegetable pasta with apple pie and ice cream, with our special juice.  Then we had a wide game, it was fun; afterwards it was hot chocolate & cake.  Then we went to bed.

 

Monday

In the morning we had eggy bread for breakfast.  Then we had survival skills with axes & saws with Tris, first aid with Ruth and Countryside Code with Rosa.  We had pitta pizzas for lunch – the absolutely loved them!  We made bivvies in the sloping woods; we found it so much fun we wanted to sleep out in them, so we did!  After making bivvies we had stew and potatoes for tea, it was delicious.  After dinner we had a camp fire and sang songs..  Then we had cake & hot chocolate and went to bed.  The bivvies were on a hill so we kept sliding down – it was still fun and we learnt new skills.

 

Tuesday

In the morning after a sliding night in the bivvies we had breakfast then made our packed lunches.  Tony & Steve turned up to let us have a go at shooting.  It was great fun; we used the ordinary rifles and the air rifle.  We shot at targets – then had to try and shoot polo, I managed to clip it so it was edge on!  In the end Steve managed to shoot it – even though it was on its edge!  After lunch we (the older Scouts) were dropped off to start our Expedition Challenge walk – the view from the top of the ridge was stunning, we even saw the gallows!  We managed to get back to site without too much problems.  The younger Scouts went off to Andover to go swimming; they had lots of fun – and definitely more than Sarah who went shopping in Lidl (which was really busy!). We made Patrol dinners – which were very yummy.  Then as if we hadn’t done enough exercise we than had a wide game before hot chocolate & cake – then bed!

 

Wednesday

Packed lunches all round as today was a day of walking.  The older Scouts left site to do the long day of liking and the younger ones reviewed their routes before heading off up the hill with Shona & Rosa.  They all had fun, but I had a lovely time (Sarah) – no Scouts on site, the sun shining – what more could I want!!  So I tidied the site, had a shower, cleaned the bathroom, swept the hall then had half an hour reading my book!  The younger Scouts arrived back on site after setting the map, following their route card, doing bearings and NOT getting lost, so it was time to drive and collect the older Scouts.  Amazingly they had just arrived at the end point and were refuelling with ice-cream!  So back to the site for yummy fajitas followed by butterscotch crunch.  Time for a catch up all together round the campfire before off to the bivvies for a solid night’s sleep.

 

Thursday

After a very good night’s sleep we tucked into pancakes for lunch.  We then had the go-kart & assault course race.  It was difficult pushing the go-kart up-hill!  Steve visited site and did whittling with us, we could make a whistle or a mushroom – this was great fun, we all really enjoyed it. We made toasted sandwiches for lunch then the man from Oxenwood arrived to do archery with us.  We started off with simply using the bow & arrow, when we got used to it we had competitions to pop balloons then we started playing “garchery” which is a cross between golf & archery!  The point of the game is to shoot you arrow at a flag at the other end of the field!  There were competitions for closest to the flag and furthest past the flag.  We had great fun.  In the evening we had a wide game followed by a fun camp fire singing all our favourite songs.  Then off to the bivvie for our last night on site.

 

Friday

Up and packed away our stuff as Sarah cooked us bacon & eggs.  Then we took our bivvie down before 3^rd Romsey Cubs arrived on site, closely followed by arrival of 3^rd Romsey Beavers.  We had flag break then split up for activities, the older Cubs doing whittling and the older Scouts decorating t-shirts.  Packed lunches for everyone, then we went to learn circus skills with Juggling Jake, we tried diablos, devil sticks, tightrope walking, mini bikes, juggling clubs, hat tricks, stilts, unicycles – it was fantastic!  Before he left he gave us all a show – which we performed in and was brilliant!  Then we all sat round the flag for some quiet some at the Group’s Scouts Own.  The whole week was great; we all really enjoyed it – thankin’ you to the Leaders for giving up their time.