Camp 2009
This year’s summer camp was again held in Plum Park, Oxted and we were very fortunate with the weather throughout the week .The boys gained lots of awards, including Camper, Emergency Aid and Naturalist badges. The sixes were named Koalas, Kangaroos, Dingos and Wombats. Many cubs also gained their Outdoor Challenge and Hikes and Nights Away awards. The boys’ first job on arrival was to pitch their tents, the leaders having set up the rest of the camp on Saturday.
SUNDAY
On Sunday afternoon we created Six signs for the tents and also made badges. In the evening, following Scouts’ Own, we went for a torchlit walk through the adjoining woods.
MONDAY
On Monday we visited the British Wildlife Centre at Lingfield, learning about otters, badgers and hedgehogs and then spent the rest of the day playing wide games and working on badges. In the evening we had our first practice camp fire.
TUESDAY
Tuesday was the day of our annual visit to Tor Hatch at Shere, a private house, to use the swimming pool in the back garden and the trampoline. After swimming, we had a picnic lunch and then back to camp for the cubs to cook their own food over open fires.
WEDNESDAY
We spent Wednesday on the site- the cubs constructed bivouacs made from natural materials in the woods and as usual they proved to be not quite 100% waterproof! They also enjoyed using the Aerial Runway put up by the leaders and doing some Archery.
THURSDAY
On Thursday we visited the Tandridge Leisure Centre for swimming. In the afternoon we had our camp sports which included further sessions on the aerial runway and archery, This was followed by their favourite activity- wide games.
FRIDAY
Our last day was Friday and we visited a neighbouring farm where we watched a demonstration of spinning and learnt about producing cloth After lunch the cubs went to Oxted to buy gifts with left-over pocket money. Friday evening came all too soon, and we welcomed the parents to our camp fire where we were able to present the cubs with their prizes
My grateful thanks to everyone who contributed in any way to making the camp so successful, in particular to the parents who helped us with transport and to the leaders at camp: Les, Alan, Sheila, Eric, Margret, Sally, Michael, Harry, Rhiannon, Alex, Nathan, Jack and Dave.