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 3rd Romsey Cubs arrived on site, closely followed by arrival of 3rd 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.
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