Survival Camp (OCTOBER 2012)

Eleanor Pettem

A.P.L of Eagles

We arrived at the scout hall at 9:00 am on Saturday 13^th October. We left about an hour later, to go to Frylands Wood. When we got there, we put up tents straight away, ate lunch, and then did some bivouac building. I was with Harry and Ava when we did our bivouac, so Harry had to instruct us as he had a broken arm. Pretty soon, it started to pour with rain, and our bivouac fell down (the small part of it that we had made fell down). I think the other groups bivouacs were a success, and I could tell Ewan’s was, as his was right next to ours.

After the bivouacs, Estelle, Ava, Matthew and I started to cook dinner, working towards our cooking badges. We made potato and meat stuff. While we were cooking dinner, some of the P.L.’s had a go at gutting and cooking a fish. After dinner (and fish), we set some traps, and then headed towards the crater in one of the fields to play some games.

We played German Spotlights, and also a new version of man hunt. This was where a few people had to go and hide, and everyone else had to search the whole field to find them. It took quite a while to find Subs, and a few people walked right past him! When we had finished playing games, we headed back to the campfire to sing some songs, and a leader from another troop joined us.

Next morning, we ate breakfast (cooked by the same people). During the night it was very cold, later on we took down the tent, it had rained overnight, so we lay them out on a sunnier campsite so they could dry out. Then we loaded the van, packed up the tents, then headed back to Streatham. Over all lots of fun was had by all.