Pioneering & Activity Camp (Mar 2011)

This year, we started our pioneering camp with a trip to Pirate’s Cove, Bluewater
where we had a round of Adventure Golf and then went on the High-Ropes.

The following day, we built a friction bridge - one that doesn't use any ropes (or nails).

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• Pirate&#039;s Cove

  Our adventures start here.

  

• Pirate&#039;s Cove 2

  There be Pirates about.

  

• Crazy Golf

  Watch out for the crocodile!

  

• Crazy Golf 2

  Did it just move?

  

• Crazy Golf 3

  Even Leaders can have fun.

  

• Crazy Golf 4

  An underground labyrinth.

  

• Crazy Golf 5

  On past the waterfall.

  

• Crazy Golf 6

  Aboard the Pirate ship.

  

• Crazy Golf 7

  The eighteenth.

  

• High Ropes

  Patiently queuing.

  

• High Ropes 2

  Harnesses on.

  

• High Ropes 3

  Helmets on.

  

• High Ropes 4

  Thumbs up from the balcony.

  

• High Ropes 5

  An Explorer Scout leads the way out…

  

• High Ropes 6

  Followed by another.

  

• High Ropes 7

  They make it look so easy.

  

• High Ropes 8

  The first Scout makes it out.

  

• High Ropes 9

  One of our girl Scouts.

  

• High Ropes 10

  One small step?

  

• High Ropes 11

  Another Scout sets off.

  

• High Ropes 12

  Getting confident.

  

• High Ropes 13

  Hanging around?

  

• High Ropes 14

  Getting too confident?

  

• High Ropes 15

  Nearly lost it.

  

• High Ropes 16

  Nicely recovered.

  

• On Site

  A home from home.

  

• On Site 2

  Staking out log benches around the Campfire Circle.

  

• On Site 3

  The Tripod &amp; Flag Pole.

  

• On Site 4

  Marshmallows at lunchtime.

  

• On Site 5

  Some more marshmallows.

  

• On Site 6

  Even more marshmallows – you can never have enough ;-)

  

• Pioneering

  Starting on the friction bridge

  

• Pioneering 2

  Nearly there.

  

• Pioneering 3

  All done !

  

• Pioneering 4

  The Explorer Scouts get on first, and it nearly collapses.

  

• Pioneering 5

  Amazingly, it stays intact long enough for everyone to get on.

  

• Pioneering 6

  As we didn’t get enough friction, we try again with pits for the legs.

  

• Pioneering 7

  But it doesn’t really help…

  

• Pioneering 8

  Surfs up !

  

• Pioneering 9

  Perhaps we should call it a sun lounger?

  

• Pioneering 10

  Yet it survives!

  

• The End

  Unloading back at the Cabin (our Scout Hut).