Posted by darran | Posted in Camp 2011 | Posted on 03-07-2011
We awoke at the crack of dawn as the Ventures all decided that they needed to be up early to have a shower. There was however only 2 showers available to use at one time, so were still not sure why they were waking up all up so early!
After breakfast and some work to finish a few other things on site we all headed off to do some of Gilwells activities. The Venturers did a “3G Swing” and the Scouts went Rock Climbing. The 3G swing involved two Scouts at a time sitting in little swings while the rest of the group had to pull them up. Once they reached the top the two in the seats pulled a little rope and free fell down. It resulted in quite a few girly screams!
Sarah wanted a “red day” and wanted beans on toast, so that’s what we had for lunch. It went down a treat.
In the afternoon the Scouts and Venturers swapped activities and after went swimming in the heated outdoor swimming pool on site! It was a nice and warm 32 degrees!
We had a BBQ for dinner to match the weather we were having. Long may it last. At the moment everyone is in bed as we are up early in the morning to head into London for the day sightseeing and the other touristy things you do there. So since everyone has left me along in the grub tent, I’m going to say good night!
P.S. Peter, we asked the instructor about the difficult wall during the rock climbing and he said they are all easy and there are no difficult ones. We are looking forward to the possibility of crate stacking higher than 3 crates.