District Scout Activity Camp May 2011

District Scout Activity Camp May 2011

Hi All,

During the weekend of 13/14/15th May 2011, 15 of our Scouts made their way to Blackwell Court near Bromsgrove to take part in this year’s District Scout activity camp.

We arrived in decent weather on the Friday evening and pitched all of the Scout sleeping tents, a Patrol tent and set-up all of the kitchen and dining equipment.
Jason and I had already gone over on the Thursday evening and pitched the garage tent plus another Patrol tent and moved in all of the camping equipment.
Emily also came over on the Friday evening to help us set-up camp.

Once again we had one of the largest numbers of Scouts on site!

In just a few hours the camp was complete and supper was soon on the go. We cooked burgers on baps and made hot drinks and biscuits available for everyone who wanted them before starting the long task of preparing for bed!
Some of the Troop also collected firewood ready for a camp fire on Saturday evening.
In between all of this, some of the Leaders were called to a meeting and briefed on the arrangements taking place over the next 2 days.

It was a cold night.

On Saturday morning we awoke to sunshine and many of the Troop were up & about very early in the morning, excited about the day ahead.

Some cereal, sausage/egg baps and drinks were welcomed by all for breakfast and it was soon time to begin the programme of activites organised for the day.

Note to Scouts, never let Christian cook sausages on camp, ha ha!

At 9.30am we had our first flag break before the Scouts were let loose on the site!

Our Troop was split into 2 teams and each team took part in 4 activities on Saturday and 2 more on Sunday.
Due to the number restrictions on activities, some of our Troop teamed up with Members from the 5th S/C East Scouts.

The activities included; tree trek, grass sledges, giant's ladder, high all aboard, indoor climbing, multi scramble & crate stacking.

Lunch was sandwiches with a choice of fillings, sausage rolls, hot or cold drinks plus crisps, biscuits and fruit.

The weather was a mix of sunshine & showers, but this did not prevent any of the activities from taking place.

At approximately 6.30pm, we entered a team into the District 6-a-side football competition.
We managed a draw in two of our games and only lost two of our other games by a very narrow margin.
We came 5th in the league.

For dinner we had a choice of spaghetti bolognese or chicken/cheese, with pasta. Pudding was fairy cakes & custard!

A wide game was organised for all of the Scouts & Leaders to take part in following dinner and afterwards, there was just enough time to get a camp fire going.

We had a supper of marshmallows, biscuits and hot or cold drinks before finally retiring to bed. Some of the Scouts roasted their marshmallows on the alter fire.

It was another cold night.

On Sunday morning we awoke to some more sunshine, which meant that the tents would hopefully be nice and dry by the time it came to pack away.
Good weather on the day you break camp is always number 1 on a Scout Leader’s wish list!

Breakfast consisted of lashings of bacon, sausage, beans, egg and bread plus hot/cold drinks.

At 9.30am we had our final flag break before starting the second day of activities.

At approximately 1.00pm we had lunch, similar to that what we had on Saturday (and anything else that was left), and then started the inaugural task of breaking camp.

At 3.30pm we had final flag down and parents began arriving to pick up their young ones. I would imagine that the first port of call for most Scouts would be a nice warm bath!

Please click on the image above to see more pictures taken during the weekend.

Many thanks to all those Scouts who took part and I hope you all had a good time.

I would also like to thank all those parents who gave up some of their time and assisted us with setting up & breaking camp and helped the Scouts pitch their tents. We know who you are and we are very grateful!

Going to camp is a major reason why young people join the Scouts, the fun of living in a tent can be unbeatable. You will hopefully appreciate how much effort goes into running a camp and we try to organise and attend as many as is feasibly possible, so that all Members of our Troop get the opportunity to attend at least one over the year.

Our next camp will be in June, which will be a family camp!

All the best,

The Scout Leaders