Wet games on a sunny evening

Well, it was the last meeting before the summer holidays.  The sun was shinning and it was hot.  How hot?  Very hot!  The patrol points were even so it was winner takes all.

On a hot night we thought we would warm them up with a wind the tent in game.  The cord is attached to a broom handle which must be wound up slowly dragging the tent closer.

After that it was mostly water games.  Fill the cup, over and under the poles, first team to fill the jug at the other end of the course is the winner.  "But the cups have got holes in!"  Well spotted.  Off you go.

Then the same with the water carried in sponges, even wetter Scouts, moving on to playing catch with either eggs or water filled balloons.  Finally, for the wet games, how much water can you get from one end of the line to another by pouring it from your cup into the next persons cup, almost forgot, the cup is on your head.

Dried off with a bit of French cricket and a nice calm game of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John so the parents didn't get 150% hyped up kids back home.

Top evening, much water was used, a spectacular egg catch with explosion all over chin and top, but sadly no photo, and Wolves topped the scores to win the summer term patrol points competition.  Congratulations.

Have a great summer everyone, see you in September.  Keep checking back because, once we get organised, the next terms program will be listed here.

Lets Make Burgers!

As it's American Independence day we thought we would make burgers.  Pork, onion, apple, herbs, chillies and cheese. They were yummy!  Even better as the weather was just lovely.

You know who you are!

Malvern Challenge

We took a team to the Malvern Challenge.  There was rain on the Friday evening and some low cloud on the Saturday morning but that burnt off very quickly and what a fantastic weekend it turned out to be.

On the Saturday there is an 8 mile hike for the Scouts in teams with challenges roughly each mile.  There were mapping, abseiling, rifle shooting, animal skills to name just a few.

The leaders help out on the bases on the Saturday.  Mine was the knotting challenge.  10 mins to do 10 knots.  My biggest challenge was undoing all the knots for the following teams to redo.  Roughly 600 teams came though but, as you can see below the location and the weather did make it a lovely place to be.  That and the guy who kept the coffee flowing.

My table and fellow knotters.  

The site was like a mini Glastonbury, about 4000 Scouts and leaders combined.

Food was provided, this was chicken curry on Saturday night.  The biggest queues of the weekend were for the cafe where you could buy chips.  All Scouts need chips it seems.

Entertainment in the Barn was a combination of A Scouts Talent Show and some professional acts.  All good shows.

Sunday morning was the presentation of the awards for best score on each base and the overall winners.

Then there was various entertainment.

Adams Axemen were incredible.

Just over 9 seconds to cut a 15 inch trunk!

Then there were loads of activities that could enjoyed.  

There were crafts and fairground rides

And Titan the robot 

It was a brilliant weekend, a little more sleep may have been desirable, but I believe we all, leaders and Scouts, had a great time.  There is another next year and I suspect we will all be going again, with a few more as well.