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County Splash Camp 2007
Bellboating, Canoeing, Kayaking, Sailing, Snorkelling, Sub Aqua - our Scouts had a marvellous time at Splash Camp.  We won't say who capsized during sailing and had to be pulled into the Rescue Boat by Bis!!

The It's A Knockout was good and the fencing something different - see the movie on YouTube:-
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=A5fItI9uNlM
       
We were delighted to host two Guides, their fun and friendship made our camp even better and we will be very disappointed if they cannot join us next year. They are definitely zany enough to join our crazy gang.  The Scouts took turns to shop at Lidl, cook and wash up.  We will not disclose the identity of the Scout who chose the chocolate gateau to eat in 30 minutes, then back at camp read the instruction "defrost for 4-5 hours"!  After cutting it into pieces to help the defrosting process, one Scout described the gateau as "deliciously chilled".
 

County Splash Camp 2006
We went to the County Splash Camp at the Leicester Outdoor Pursuits Centre in September 2006.  We had a fabulous time there, many thanks to the organisers and instructors who worked so hard on our behalf. We pitched camp alongside the rest of the 120 Scouts.  We also cooked all our own meals, although we had to use gas stoves instead of the wood fires that we prefer.

Canoeing and kayaking on the river Soar was good - we suspect that the only reason the instructors make us play games is so that we fall in the water.  Being very environmentally friendly our girls decided to save on the need for showers by bathing in the river Soar!!!!!!!!
We started off by developing our paddling teamwork, which meant that we could easily outpace our rivals in their red boat. We were attacked by a hoard of mangy canoeists, but our supreme paddling soon put them to flight or capsized them, even if some dared to board us. Our battle hardened victorious bellboat warriors then taught the red boat a lesson as we out-splashed them so much that their instructor felt obliged to demonstrate our superiority by jumping into the river Soar.  The final activity was the bellboat tug of war - two boats tied together and paddling in opposite directions - we didn't win but it was great fun and afterwards some of our Scouts felt they were too dry so they jumped into the canal.
A minibus took us to Watermead Country Park so that we could sail on the lake.  After being launched on the Topper dinghys, a couple of our scouts decided to test both the water temperature and the effectiveness of the rescue boats.
While half the Scouts went to the swimming pool for snorkelling, the others tried out the shooting range.  In accordance with Scout regulations they are restricted to .177 air guns.  While waiting to have a go we had a lengthy discussion on safety and how the sport is spoilt by idiots who have air guns at home and take pot shots at lamp posts, cats etc.  For the full range photo the guns were double checked to ensure that they were empty.

 

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