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In 2005 our Summer Camp took place from Saturday 23 to
Saturday 30 July at Ferny Crofts camp site in the New
Forest.
Being near the port of
Southampton we decided on a nautical theme.
As you'll see, each of the sixes was named after cruise ships on the 2nd Bracknell World Cruise.
We hope that you enjoy our postcard from our World Cruise.
SATURDAY -
Southampton
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Nearly there
Just round the corner from the campsite |
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Our site
We camped on site 12 which was conveniently located close to the car park (picture taken on site visit in January) |
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Time for dinner
After all the hard work putting the tents up we were all ready for dinner |
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Black magic
There had been no time to sort out a camp fire so we had our evening entertainment in the mess tent. Chil and Hathi get the old black magic working |
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SUNDAY -
Mediterranean Cruise
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Wet morning
Saturday night was wet and windy and there was more heavy rain to come on Sunday morning |
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Bad boy
Luke discovers that messing around at the breakfast table is not something we encourage |
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Breakfast
Shere Khan made the scrambled egg - and very nice it was too. We had to serve the food in the mess tent due to the heavy rain outside. |
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T is for Tomasz
Akela was in one of his creative ketchup moods |
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It's raining, it's pouring
The rain just seemed to get heavier as the morning went on. The boys went back to their tents to read and play games |
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What's going on?
By lunchtime the rain was easing and the Caronia tent heard something going on outside |
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Rather damp
A rather soggy game of cricket took place in our camp site area |
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Lunchtime
Ben's mum had made some very nice cakes which we were pleased to sample |
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Tent Inspection
Once the weather dried up we could do our tent inspection - important as we needed to check that all the kit was dry in the tents |
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Oriana
We used signal flags to spell out the names of the ships. Oriana was part of the P&O team |
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Oceana
With Oriana this tent made up the "Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company" six |
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Uganda
With Nevasa this tent made up the "British India Steam Navigation Company" six |
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Nevasa
British India and Peninsular & Oriental merged together to form the P&O team |
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Carpathia
With Titanic this tent formed the "White Star Line" six |
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Titanic
Well somebody had to be in Titanic didn't they |
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Caronia
With QM2 this tent made up the "Cunard Steamship Company Limited" six |
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Queen Mary 2
White Star Line and Cunard Steamship Company merged together to form the Cunard team |
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More cake
Time for a drinks break and this time it was Sammy's cakes |
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Deer in the forest'
We went off site to Bolderwood and saw the deer |
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Flag raid
There was also time for a wide game while we were at Bolderwood. James is about to steal the flag |
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Dinner
After a cool, wet day it was nice to see a hearty chicken stew for tea |
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MONDAY - On
safari in Africa
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What a mess
Heavy rain and strong winds overnight had wiped out the tent flags |
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Card school
In Caronia the cards were out before breakfast |
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Breakfast time
Eggy bread and bacon. Yummy |
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Tent inspection
Mang and Chil add up the inspection scores to see which tent has won the pennant today |
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Flagbreak
Tomasz breaks the flag and another day gets underway |
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Pony trouble
The New Forest ponies haven't got very good road sense |
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Bridge over the River Nile'
Our hike from Whitefield Moor was to take us to the source of the Nile - in the footsteps of Dr Livingstone |
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Wild animals'
It isn't just ponies that run wild. Still, the cows didn't seem to mind the Cubs |
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I'm watching'
A New Forest pony is wary of approaching Cubs |
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On the trail'
The path was clearly marked |
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Archery
After lunch it was time for our target practice. Team Cunard went first |
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On target'
If you look carefully you can see Jack's arrow heading for the target |
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Rifle shooting
Meanwhile, team P&O were trying out rifle shooting |
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Loading°
The gun was almost as tall as Luke |
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Sharp shooter°
Shere Khan also had a go |
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More archery
We swapped over activities so that P&O had a go on the archery |
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Ready, aim, fire
Shere Khan had a go at archery too (in her new coat) |
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Adventure Course starts here
After the shooting and archery it was time to go on our safari trail - through these tyres |
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Balancing act'
Along these beams |
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Caught in the net
By the time the Cubs got through here they were quite muddy |
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Splash!'
The rope swing was a very popular obstacle but few crossed it in the dry. Chris splashes down |
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Through here
Chris and James emerge from the tunnel |
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Swinging tyres
We weren't really sure what to do with these so just ran through them |
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Meanwhile...
Back on the swing it is Ben's turn to take a dip |
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Very wet
At the start of the activity Luke was wearing a white shirt |
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That's how to do it
Not everybody got dirty. James didn't get his feet wet and his shirt was still white at the end of the activity! |
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Chil swings past
Just to prove that the leaders could do it too. No danger of wet feet here. The Cubs show their approval |
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Whoops
Hathi wasn't quite so lucky |
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Dirty little boys
William and Gareth show off their once white t-shirts. Sorry Mums |
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Dinner time
All the dirty Cubs had showers before tea. Even Gareth is clean again |
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One to one
Baloo and Eamon have a little chat |
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Monday night camp fire
Have you seen my funky crocodile? |
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Shere Khan leads her song
There was a crazy moose that liked to drink a lot of juice |
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Coca cola came to town
Ben, Harry, Luke and Edward teach us all a new song |
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Monday was a very busy day with a lot of activities. We have
pictures of most of the boys on the rope swing/in the puddle
but there were too many to show on here so they have been
put on our
Fotopic site instead.
TUESDAY -
South Sea Island
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Tuesday morning
First thing to do in the kitchen is to get the kettle on. Note the planks on the floor to help keep the mud out |
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Sleepy heads
The Nevasa tent is fast asleep even though it is 7.45am |
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Alarm call
Baloo decides that the camp alarm clock is required |
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One scoop or two?
Linda ladles out the cornflakes |
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Full kit inspection
As the mini-campers were going home it was time for full kit inspection to try and help them pack just their own gear |
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Happy Birthday to you
It was Eamon's birthday with cake and presents all provided by his Mum but hidden away by the leaders |
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Time off for the kitchen
With it being banquet day the kitchen gets a welcome chance to have some time off |
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Designing
At the team P&O table there is a lot of drawing going on |
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Bit damp
Unfortunately the damp weather has made fire lighting a bit tricky |
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Cunard designing
Over at team Cunard the menu is being drawn |
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That's more like it
The Cunard fire is burning nicely |
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Akela on water duties'
Banquet day turns everything on its head. With the Cubs busy cooking Akela fills the water barrel |
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Busy preparing
Back on the Cunard table the fruit salad is made |
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The meal - team Cunard'
Shere Khan and Akela judged the banquet this year. Tom the waiter runs through the menu |
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In the kitchen'
Tomasz is left to do the cooking |
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Starters'
The judges tuck into their greek salad |
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Another kitchen shot'
Ben gets ready to serve the meal |
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Entertainment'
The judges realised that there was a lot of song to come when they discovered that "Freddy the Zebra had 10 stripes" |
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Banquet - team P&O'
Unfortunately the rain had started by the time the judges got to P&O. Their starter was a prawn salad to share |
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Main course'
The waiter brings the main course to put on the personalised place mats |
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Raining hard'
The judges try to ignore the fact that the table is now awash while they enjoy their main course |
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Entertainment'
Despite the rain the Cubs sing on - "What shall we do with the drunken sailor" |
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Time for lunch'
Once judging is over the teams get to eat the rest of the food. P&O tuck into their meal |
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Cunard lunch
It is noodles for main course on the Cunard table |
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Table decorations
Rather soggy but the P&O table decorations say it all |
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The banquet is
always hard work and special mention must go to Team P&O for
continuing with it despite the rain. It started so suddenly
that there wasn't time to move everything into the mess
tent. At the end of the meal the scores were 138 points to
P&O and 141 to Cunard.
On Tuesday
evening the mini-campers came back to Bracknell
WEDNESDAY
- Chile for the Andes
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Blindfolds on
The string trail was to take us through the foothills of the Andes |
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Bit prickly
With blindfolds on the way through the bushes was a bit tricky |
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Chuck wagon
Meanwhile, back on the field the catering team were back from the shops with more provisions |
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Back on the trail
Then it was time for the other group to take their turn on the trail |
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Time to climb
After lunch it was time for climbing |
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All kitted up
Team Cunard wait for the instructor to let them into the compound |
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Going up'
On the team P&O wall it was climbing that was the name of the game |
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Where did you get that hat'
Allen and Akela had to wear helmets if they wanted to come into the compound |
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Ready to climb'
Jonathan waits for his harness to be checked before he starts climbing |
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Going down
Meanwhile on the Cunard wall it is all about coming down. Ross makes it look easy |
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Tasty treat for tea
Raksha visited camp and was put to work peeling apples for Marian's crumble |
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Wednesday dinner
Homemade apple crumble and custard. Delicious |
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The wrath of Raksha'
The Cubs are reminded that Raksha doesn't like messing about at the meal table |
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Campfire
Despite a wet end to the day we still managed to end with a campfire |
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Raksha and Allen
Davis visited us at camp on Wednesday and two new
mini-campers came to stay. We have pictures of most of team
P&O doing their abseiling but there were too many to put
them all online
THURSDAY -
Panama Canal
We spotted a
strange glowing orb in the sky - yes, the sun finally came
out. Just as well because we were off site
all day
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Off site
The Cubs arrive at a sunny and warm Bucklers Hard |
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Educational
At least some of the Cubs stopped throwing stones long enough to read about the river |
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Lunch
It was very pleasant having a picnic under the trees |
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Ahoy there
We had a boat trip down the Beaulieu River |
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Too much for some
The boat was pleasantly warm and the motion sent one or two of the boys off to sleep |
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Best foot forward
We decided to walk up the river to Beaulieu village |
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On the trail
The Cubs stop for a photo on the way |
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Reward
Ice creams for all from the shop in Beaulieu at the end of the walk |
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Akela's bananas'
Due to a shortage of kitchen staff Akela was pressed into service to help Marian |
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Too much excitement for one day
After the boys had gone to bed it wasn't long before Baloo's eyes closed too |
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FRIDAY -
Caribbean
We started
the day with the 2nd Bracknell one day series. Unfortunately
this cricket match in the Caribbean sun was not captured on
film.
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Perfect 10
It isn't often that we give 10/10 for tent inspection but Oriana did very well. They went on to win the pennant for being the best tent of the week |
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Orienteering
After the cricket match we did the on-site orienteering course. All of the bases have names of creatures that can be found on the site |
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There it is
Martin and Toby find base 3 deep in the woods |
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Dot, dot, dash
Meanwhile, Kaa was teaching the Cubs morse code |
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Naturalists at work
Then it was off to the beach at Calshot. When we got out of the minibus there was a fine crop of blackberries that just had to be sampled |
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Got to throw
It is no good taking the Cubs to stony beaches and expecting them to resist the urge to throw stones into the sea |
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Move up the beach
We were taking the Cubs away from the populated area of the beach when James fell off one of the logs in the photo and had to go to hospital. Luckily he wasn't too seriously injured but it rather cut short our beach trip. |
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Last night campfire
The campfire for the last night was a monster but was so hot that the Cubs had to keep moving back |
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SATURDAY -
Southampton
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More rain
Just what you don't need when taking down the tents. The Cubs took shelter in the kitchen tent which was all that was left standing by then |
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Leave nothing but footprints...
Suddenly camp is all over and all that is left on the field are a few squares of yellow grass |
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Wet tents
Because of the rain when we were taking the tents down they all had to be dried properly before they could be put away. This meant putting them up in the garden or in the hall |
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In January
the leaders went down to the site to have a look around.
Here are the pictures from their visit
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Welcome to Ferny Crofts
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Ours is Site 12
This is the view from the car park. Vehicles are not allowed on the site so we thought being close to the van would be a good idea |
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A closer view
Part of the site is under the trees and the rest stretches out into the field |
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Looking back
The fire beaters mark the boundary with site 13 |
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Woods
As well as the trees on our pitch, the site has extensive woodland |
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Camp fire circle
The official camp fire circle is located in the woods just off the main field |
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Orienteering
There is a fixed orienteering course on site |
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Activity Zone
Entry to the activity zone is not permitted without a leader |
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Assault course
Hopefully the assault course won't be quite so muddy in the summer |
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Archery
There is archery on site although the equipment has been put away for the winter |
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Small climbing tower
There is a small climbing tower at the corner of the main field |
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Large tower
If the small tower looks too easy there is always the large tower to try |
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Guest List
Luke Bartholomew, Tom Butler*, Alex Carter, Matthew Dye,
Chris Earle, Thomas Freeman, Toby Hawker^, William Hawkes,
Jack Jarvis*, Martin Lee, Sammy Lee*, Harry Littlehales,
Michael Matthews, James Morgan, Ben Osman, Eamon Rafferty,
Jonathan Rose, Edward Roworth, James Rusby, Gareth Slevin-Brown,
Tomasz Szymaniec, Luke Vassor, Ross Vincent^, Ben Wortley
All campers booked for the full week except * Sat to Tues
and ^ Wed to Sat
As usual the digital cameras were out in force. We took over
300 pictures which have been edited into the galleries on
this page. Most of the pictures were taken by Akela but
those marked ' are by Baloo and those marked ° are by Shere
Khan. Pictures on here are reduced in size and quality and
we can't show all those that we took. If you'd like to have
a higher resolution copy of any of the pictures that you see
on here please ask Akela.
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