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25-28th May
2007
Cost: £50
NA : 3
Who Went:
Lawrence
James W
George
Alexander
Eric
Tristan
Seb
Grace
Ben
Tom
Elspeth
Oli
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County Centenary Camp
This was one of the key events in the Centenary Year of Scouting. The camp was for all Cubs, Scouts and
Explorers in the County. It was a really good event with lots of activities - much better than the Millennium
camp.
Ben and Tom pitched nearly all the tents on Thursday evening, so that when the Cubs and Scouts arrived on Friday
evening the site was ready for them. After settling in to the site we headed over to the main stage for the
opening ceremony, where we saw a Beaver Scout from the oldest group in the County being invested. The oldest
Scouter at the camp, a 91 year old former leader, declared the camp open and we then enjoyed a firework display.
After breakfast on Saturday the Cubs and Scouts explored the camp and took part in the many activities that were
on offer. There was laser clay pigeon shooting, quad bikes, climbing, artificial caving, african drumming,
morris dancing, bouncy castles, and lots more.
The rain started on Saturday evening, and we all prepared for the bad weather set to come. The Scouts' Own on
Sunday morning, which Elspeth and Ben were running, was moved from the main stage to the Leaders' chill-out
tent. Lots of people crammed into the tent to sing and worship together. The weather got wetter, but the
activities continued. As the day went on more and more Cubs and Scouts decided to call it a day and left the
camp. The campfire at 8pm was again held in the chill-out tent, and was also very full. When we returned to
the site the wind was really blowing and several of the tents were looking rather unstable. We decided that
for the sake of the Cubs we should evacuate the camp, and so started packing our kit and taking down tents (with more help than we would have liked from the wind!).
We went to the Scout Hut, and had lots of warm drinks before sleeping there for the night. On Monday morning we
had breakfast and then the Cubs went home. The Scouts and leaders headed back to the camp site to collect all
the kit that had been left there. We removed everything except the four largest tents and the tables.
Everything went back to the hut to be cleaned and dried and we enjoyed eating some of the remaining food for
lunch.
On Tuesday afternoon a small group of Scouts and a some parents went on our last trip to the camp site to remove
the last four tents. The weather was much nicer and the tents all came back fairly dry. We had struck camp
with time to spare before our van arrived, so we swept a reasonable area of the site collecting any litter that
we found.
All in all, a very wet and windy camp. The temperature during the weekend was lower in the UK than in Sibera,
and the most rainfall to be recorded in the UK was in Naphill, not very far away. All who attended the camp
have thouroughly earned the "Centenary Camps" badge for their centenary scarf.
More details about the Bucks County Camp are on the
County Site.
There is also a dedicated Scouts site about the Centenary Camps around the UK.
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