Sunday: We are running our own sporting event. First we had to hike there
Then the events began with a briefing
cycling
a cycling judge
rock paper scissors judges
bog quoits
backwards racy.g judges
dizzy races judges
welly wanging
welly judges
We assume the Thunder and lightning is on the way but for now it’s lovely.
Roast chicken for dinner.
The leaders arrived on the Friday to get camp set up
everything, including...
And we even watched the opening ceremony
Dreadful signal on campsite so not much blogging!
All arrived safely. Chicken and rice cooked and eaten. Washing up done!
Now we are watching the Olympic round up on telly.
We are very lucky at The Fifth to have a bunch of teenagers who give up their time to help with the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts.
Before we set off to camp, we got them together and we worked through the first module of their training.
Not many PLs but we still had fun
choosing recipes for the dutch ovens
chicken ready to roast
roasting
grace loves her mammock
we sorted out the tarps
roasted bird
baked pudding
yummy
followed by some whittling
and we even had time for a game of Kubb
We also put up a tent, played stoolball and more.
We took a minute from our busy day to play with a hammock
They are insanely comfortable
Sure there was work to do but the world looks good from a hammock
You can zip yourself up inside if it rains
And pop your head out to see the world. Tomorrow we sort out the tarps. The hammocks should have a tarpaulin on top like a mini tent.
Check these out. Delivery from Ronnie sunshines. 5 skillets and 5 dutch ovens arrived today.
Camp’s a comin’
Let’s keep the last post of the year simple.
Thank you to everybody who ran everyday adventure for our young people.
The leaders who turn out each week, who plan and who train to earn qualifications.
The people in the background who build, paint, drill, saw and help us grow.
The paperworkers who let the leaders do the fun stuff while the subs are collected, gift aid completed, accounts audited, finances recorded, waiting lists managed etc.
Thanks to the parents who trust us with their kids and who budget and save to send their kids away with us.
Finally a thank you to our beavers, cubs, scouts and explorers who make The Fifth one of the best groups in the district.
Sick of the rain. Sick sick sick of it! But we dug out the newly refurbished tilleys and had a,play with them.
Everybody now smells of paraffin. Highlights for some of the scouts seemed to be the leadercs use of the words ‘knob’ and ‘prick’. Both are perfect words in context… But they seemed to prompt giggles. Sigh.
The 8 who braved the rain made it back by 9.30. Nobody got lost and the incidents were all completed painlessly. Congratulations to Maddie, imy, jack and Sammy who were the winning team.
not winners
winners!
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