! The wood and water camp !
Hi,
I’m Lorcan and I’m going to talk to you about our experience as scouts at the
wood and water camp at Kiplin hall.
Friday-
Today was the day we all
arrived, eight of us in all, we got there and we set up camp. We trekked to the
flagpole to officially show we were there. Well, I say trekked, 50 yards
really. We put up our British flag after a bit of hassle and saluted
respectfully. Then we had yummy hot dogs for dinner. After a tiring and
stressful day, we all went to bed in our spacious tents.
Saturday-
Today we woke up nice and early
for our day on the water. Packing our bags took a while because some of us
didn’t exactly get it all right. For breakfast, we had delicious bacon
sandwiches cooked by ourselves. Then at 8.15am, we drove down to Ellerton water
to do kayaking, canoeing and sailing. I enjoyed canoeing and kayaking capsizing
because we were all together and I had a boat that didn’t make my feet and
knees ache. We got back after a tiring day and we played blocky in the dark
which was extremely fun and exciting.
Sunday,
the final day! –
Today was Sunday, our final day.
This day wasn’t all about packing up, this day was for axe-chopping, sawing and
whittling with our pen knives. The axe wielding was really satisfying and
dangerous because we were swinging them all about the place and the wood
chippings coming off were hard to avoid for the people nearby. Sawing was
excellent because when I finally broke through my second log, I felt a sense of
achievement. I made something called a bow and arrow but my dad of course
didn’t see that and decided to snap it in half. All in all we had a very
fabulous time.Lorcan
Patrol Leader
Badger Patrol
Disclaimer:
Axe and saw skills was conducted in a safe area under direct supervision of an adult - the description "swinging them all about the place" is used with artistic license. 😊😊
