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8th Sheppey at Winter Camp 2006
Three Scouts and two Leaders from 8th Sheppey went to winter camp at
Gilwell this year.
We missed the deadline to register for places but managed to get places
by talking to 31st Gravesend Scout group (thanks David) who we camped with
and
1st Farndon Scout group (thanks Owen), as all registered groups were
able to add 3 extra people on the day
The list of activities available was very long and the Scout had
fun trying to get round all of them in the time we had,
The list included
| Archery |
Shooting |
climbing (4 walls) |
| Inflatable quasar |
Robogeddon (robot wars) |
Simulator |
| Orienteering |
Pioneering |
Pedal Karts |
| High Ropes |
Challenge valley (assault course) |
Laser Clay Shooting |
| Cinema |
Outdoor Quasar |
Soccer Six (football coaching) |
| Quad bikes |
Zorbing |
Caving |
| Dodgems |
Lassourel (fairground ride) |
Disco (evenings) |
| Prussiking |
Abseiling |
Giant Games |
| Crafts |
Amateur radio |
Radio Fox Hunting |
As you will see from the photos below it was fun, all the Scouts
managed to withstand the cold and snow, some better than others, but all
asked if we could do it again next year, see Dennis's report below to see
how much fun everyone had
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Dennis's report from Gillwell park
Winter Camp 2006. I was very
excited, I had been for ages. The camp sounded fantastic, it had loads
of activities. It was hard to believe there was all those activities in
one camp.
In the car I found out we were teamed
up with 31st Gravesend. After teasing Andrea all through the journey we
finally got there.. We unloaded the trailer with the guys from 31st
Gravesend. It was hard work, but we did it eventually. Once we had got
the camp sorted, Peter started to heat up the macaroni cheese, (note to
self, do not let Peter re-heat macaroni cheese.The pot still has an inch
thick of burnt cheese at the bottom!).
In the morning (Saturday), Peter had
made us a nice Fry-up, (I had veggie options of course). Scout leaders,
other scouts, cub and beaver leaders came at about 9am, (all of Peter
and Andrea's scout link friends).
I went off with one of the scouts
from scout link. We went to the fair.
They had three rides from the fair
that you could go on for free, the dodgems, a simulator and a spin
around thingy. We waited in the queue for the spin around thingy but the
other scout chickened out, so, we went on the simulator. After that I
went around by myself for the rest of the day.On Sunday I went on the
rifles and I hit the black bit. I was with the rest of the group for
archery, which was very good. I went on the quad bikes on my own and I
did about 20 laps in 5 minutes. Quazer Lazer was great but my team lost!
I went on the lazer clay pigeon with Peter. I didn't get anything, but
neither did Peter, and I supose if a grown man can't get anything you
can't expect a 13 year old to! I also did the obstacle course with Dawn,
but she won!!!
It was a great camp. So to all you
fellow scouts don't be scared of the cold, and if you are just get
yourself to a camping shop and buy a good 3 to 4 season sleeping bag and
go to bed in a thick track suit!
Dennis |
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Our Camp on Thursday, before everyone arrive.
we went up to Gilwell on Thursday to get a good pitch
and save time Friday night
Note :- there is grass there, not mud |
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We arrived about 6PM Friday night,
the Scouts unpacked the trailer and sorted out their kit into their
tents then all headed off to the disco which went on until midnight.
Over the weekend as we had booked in
with other groups and a number of people who we knew from scoutlink were
camping, our site came to be a meeting point, we met , Roger-UK,
Theodwyn (a Malaysian rover), Leon (Owen), Emily, Matt1sttot, tractor,
Lizzie and many others from ScoutLink |
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This is what the Scouts woke up to on
Saturday morning, a light covering of snow.
A few managed to get a few handfuls of snow and throw a few snowballs |
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This is the Lassourel fairground ride, some who rode
it came off feeling a bit unwell, but as with all rides some rejoined the
queue for another go |
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The old favorite the dodgems, not a lot to say
about this one, apart from not much of a queue for this most of the time |
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Dodgy looking leader in a tea cozy making
challenge valley assault course look hard!!
A number of Scouts overtook him while he was on the way round |
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This is one of the mobile climbing walls (they
had 2 mobile and the main one in the background)
these had a steady stream of Scouts and waiting
times of only 5-10 minutes, but as the weekend progressed they got more
difficult to climb due to the mud on the grips |
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The robot wars arena, good fun and played by 4
teams at a time , The down side was it was
very noisy and situated not far from our camp, so we soon got fed up with
the music and wanted to pull the plug on it, the Scout enjoyed it |
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This was the radio fox hunting,
Teams had to use
a radio receiver with a directional Ariel to find a number of
transmitters hidden around the camp site |
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The simulator, a very popular ride with waiting
times up to an hour,
They apparently changed the program several times
so if you had more than one go you did not always get the same ride
Sneaky!! |
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Soccer 6 football coaching and skills training |
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This is the High Ropes course at Gilwell,
The only thing was that they did not tell people in
the info pack was that if the weather was bad they would need clean /
dry trainers to climb for safety reasons
but they still got a few insane people to climb
and a few even did the "leap of faith" |
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someone climbing the pole to their fellow Scout, |
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Both at the top, now the fun begins as they were
told things like, balance of one foot, lean back etc until they fell off
the platform and were then lowered back down to solid ground.
This group only had two people on the platform, we
did see 4 on there at one time, the last person had a job to get onto it |
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some of the outdoor quasar guns, all the Scouts who played said it was good fun |
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This was the laser Clay shooting, good fun and
not to long to wait, the only thing was it was over very quick, each
round was only 5 clays |
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Would you believe there WAS grass here 24 hours
earlier. This is what most of the site
looked like by the time we left.
You would be amazed at some of the places mud got |
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This is the condition some Scouts got in on
the mud slide,
Some even made Mud Angels instead of Snow
angels |
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The end of a cold, wet and muddy camp.
But we all had fun and everyone is looking forward to
next years winter camp |
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We got the places at winter camp due
to Scoutlink, where we chat to other leaders around the UK and even
worldwide.
All groups who registered were
allowed to add 3 extra people when they booked in on the Friday night.
We had planned to go jointly with
31st Gravesend and so asked it we could use there spare places, that
left 2 more needed, after chatting to Leon from Chester I managed to
secure the last 2 places, so we could all go.
This is the nature of Scouting,
groups mixing and helping fellow Scouts when they need it,
The internet is making it easier for
us to do this by making communication between groups a lot easier, not
only within the UK but also worldwide.
We would probably not have been able
to attend Winter camp unless we had been able to communicate with the
other groups and arrange the places as we did |
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Some of the Scouts from scoutlink and their
friends chatting to ours. Good to see the Scouts mixing and chatting with groups from all over the UK |
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Some of the Scoutlink members from around the
country, round our campfire. Wasn't there
grass there at the start? |
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