Posted by darran | Posted in Camp 2011 | Posted on 16-07-2011
Contrary to what our Glorious Group Leader said in the previous post, it did not all come to an end just because he left us! We woke up early this morning to a wet site. It has become tradition in Douglas to drop the tents in the rain and this year we were lucky that it rained the previous night and continued to drizzle. Tradition lives on for one more year!
One thing this morning highlighted was the real hard core Scouts among us, who despite packing their main bag yesterday in the roasting sunshine and heat still felt the need to keep their rain gear for their carry on bags! The Scout Motto: Be Prepared! It paid off this morning.
It was all hands on deck to drop the remaining tents and pack them into their bags. Not an easy task with the added challenge of packing the water along with the tents. But in about 1.5 hour everything was pretty much down and it was the final clean up of the site.
The Scouts headed off to look for a Scouts Own that was being run by Gilwell, but it seems the wet morning dampened their spirits as nobody showed up!
The gear was moved to the Car Park for collection and I began the task of ferrying people to the train station. Four trips later and I handed the keys back to the rental company and hopped in a taxi with 15 minutes to spare before the train arrived. After one quick change we were at the Airport. The usual security and shopping followed and most patrols managed to stay together.
The flight was quick for everyone, as I took a look around half way through and everyone was either asleep or catching up on some reading. It was a bumpy landing in Cork, and you know the rest.
As this is the last post for Camp 2011, we collected a few pictures during the two weeks of people asleep in various places. Enda will claim he just had his eyes closed.
