Posted by Admin | Posted in Camp 2014 | Posted on 13-07-2014
Special report by Venture Scout, Richard, on the last 24hrs
Yesterday (Saturday) the ventures and the scouts were tasked with making several small shelters to sleep in overnight, after a while toying around with a few ideas the venturers decided to build a islandic tent styled shelter by the riverside.
After deporting over 20 pallets from the pile of firewood pallets and doing some tasks based around survival we began to move into the newly built structure, now named “The Hedge”
That night all 7 of us got a bit cozy and shortly after having our usual midnight chats, leader Brian decided to come down and wake us up, with the classic “Mr Blue Sky” to tell us to get back to our tent as the rain was getting too bad.
As we headed back towards our tent we suddenly realised we were being pushed towards the waiting minibus in the darkness; and after what seemed like ages, or Enda getting lost, the ventures trying to remember where we came from, we arrived in a field and were told to get out and find a tunnel of some sorts and sleep!
The next morning after the traumas of the night before, after an unsuccessful attempt at getting Shaun to dance and a “Bird” squawking an unreasonable amount, we got up and began to walk. We asked a few of the locals where we were and bought a map and began walking back.
-skipping most of hike as not getting lost wasn’t interesting-
After butchering our legs and arriving back on site, (to a messy site because of the girls and “miss stanly” -revenge will come later:)- ) we began by telling the leaders about our abandonment and “The Bird”, when we found out the bad news that the leaders were going to be taking us out again!!!
At least this time it was for take out food and not other venture tourcher methods; now as I finish this account I hear that extra time has been called for the World Cup.
Richard