By Hal Haywood.
Orange Watch.
"Operation X"
We arrived at the South London Scout Centre with a few Cubs already there, waiting for the cub leaders. Eventually they came and we were ready to start ‘Operation X’!
Firstly, we were led to a little hut where we put our bags and lunches. We were then escorted deep into the mysterious woods filled with logs, sticks and many more wooden resources to help us with our first activity of the day. Our first task was to create a trail with signs, made out of twigs and leaves. We made a variety of different signs such as; ‘Obstacle Ahead’, ‘Keep Going’, ‘Forwards Arrow’, ‘Backwards Arrow’, ‘Go Left’, ‘Go Right’ and ‘___ People went this way’ (Blank space means the number of people.)
Then, we went on trails created by other groups. Each trail had the basic signs and some had more complex signs.
After we did the trail-making, we had our lunch. I had some sweets, a sandwich and some crisps. We were then put back into our groups that we had for the trail-making. Our first challenge was to do an obstacle course…blindfolded. We had to follow a rope with our hand. We had to go around trees, over trees, under and round. Fortunately, we completed that challenge in a short matter of time.
Next, we set up a tent with loads of different parts that I can’t remember. It was a complex process but we eventually got the hang of it. Then it was announced that we were going to make bacon sandwiches!
We made the bacon sandwiches with white bread, streaky bacon and a good sense of cooking!
Unfortunately, I had to go after that. I had a great time at ‘Operation X’ and I hope to do more things like it in the future.
Orange Watch.
"Operation X"
We arrived at the South London Scout Centre with a few Cubs already there, waiting for the cub leaders. Eventually they came and we were ready to start ‘Operation X’!
Firstly, we were led to a little hut where we put our bags and lunches. We were then escorted deep into the mysterious woods filled with logs, sticks and many more wooden resources to help us with our first activity of the day. Our first task was to create a trail with signs, made out of twigs and leaves. We made a variety of different signs such as; ‘Obstacle Ahead’, ‘Keep Going’, ‘Forwards Arrow’, ‘Backwards Arrow’, ‘Go Left’, ‘Go Right’ and ‘___ People went this way’ (Blank space means the number of people.)
Then, we went on trails created by other groups. Each trail had the basic signs and some had more complex signs.
After we did the trail-making, we had our lunch. I had some sweets, a sandwich and some crisps. We were then put back into our groups that we had for the trail-making. Our first challenge was to do an obstacle course…blindfolded. We had to follow a rope with our hand. We had to go around trees, over trees, under and round. Fortunately, we completed that challenge in a short matter of time.
We made the bacon sandwiches with white bread, streaky bacon and a good sense of cooking!
Unfortunately, I had to go after that. I had a great time at ‘Operation X’ and I hope to do more things like it in the future.
