Arrived safely at the campsite in Bassenthwaite. Weather’s been a bit of a mixed bag lovely and sunny this afternoon after a rainy journey over. Put all of or our tents up and have thoroughly moved in. Spent the evening in the lake with our water pistols...
Tonight – following the rules that the best pioneering projects are both dangerous and fun tonight we built a giant crossbow. Check out the footage at qik.com/lloydml The other half of the unit learned basic climbing skills as part of the climbers badge. Next...
Tonight we planted hanging baskets in the troop. Having bought some bedding plants from the wholesale fruit and veg Market and some baskets from Poundstretcher the Scouts enjoyed planting them out. We selected from petunias, pansys, bizzie lizzies, lobelia and...
In preparation for the McLaren competition we practiced putting up tents and cooking food on a hike stove. It was amazing that we were able to cook two courses in the same pan by putting one in a plastic boiling bag.
