1st June 2016 by Claire Shadbolt
What was the best thing about camp?
“Teamworking” “Food” “Activities” “Wide games”
Scafell camped at Pinewood Campsite from Friday 27 to Sunday 30 May.
The hike was challenging, not due to the terrain or length, the challenge was the geocaching. We found the first two, but the ones in Addington Hills alluded us.
We attended mass at Our Lady’s and the scouts were suitably behaved.
Then the scouts cooked a meal using the ingredients they bought earlier in the day – they all choose burgers.
Sunday saw us developing our knife skills. We whittled some boats and sailed them on the lake. Dave (owner Bobby), The Failure (Kieran) and Montana’s nameless boat seemed to sail the furthest.
Then for dinner we had roast chicken, roast potatoes and roast veg followed by steamed chocolate pudding. All cooked in Dutch ovens over an open fire.
We followed it with a huge campfire.
Monday saw us learning it takes a long time to clean a billy if they haven’t wiped it with washing up liquid before they started cooking.