27th - 29th June saw 12 Scouts join the other 5000 Scouts at the Malvern Challenge.
On the Saturday the Scouts complete an 8 mile Activity Hike, with 8 bases to complete spread along the route. This year the bases were
- Water Slide
- Animal Quiz
- Giant Jigsaw
- Abseiling
- Mini Olympics
- T shirts and Rockets
- Wacky Wheels
- Shooting
The leaders don't get off lightly though. We spend 8 hours on one of the bases helping 5000 scouts complete the task and earn their points for their team. It is a fun day, but my feet are killing me!
In the evenings there is music, bands and other entertainments. On the Sunday, as a reward for working so hard on the Saturday, there is there a loads of activities and fair ground rides for the Scouts to enjoy.
Apart from 45 mins of torrential rain and thunder on Saturday we were very lucky with the weather and, as far as I can gather so far, they all loved it.
Unfortunately, due to the land owner wanting to use his farm for farming in the future, this was the last Malvern Challenge. However there are already plans for a similar event, in a different location, run by some of the same team, so as soon as we hear more about it we will let you all know.
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| Just a small area of the camp site |
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| PW in the action at a volley ball game |
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| Quiet night out with 5000 scouts |
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| Stavros Flatley came to entertain. |
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| Waiting for the fire act to start |
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| Fire torches |
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| Clever LED batons |
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| More fire dancing |
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| Really looked good in the dark |
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| The quiet of a Sunday morning |
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| Ruff Diamond street dance group |
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| The giant slide |
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| CMH and EL battle it out at land zorbing |
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| At the bottom of the Mega Dance |
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| At the top of the ride |
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| At the end of the ride - thankfully still smiling! |
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Panorama of the Sunday site. I think if you click this it will get bigger. I hope.
From left to right...
F1 simulator, pedal carts, mini quad bikes, climbing walls, giant slide, our camping field in the distance, The Sizzler, Mega Dance and then the dodgems. In the background all sorts of other inflatables, games etc. |
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