Now you may be wondering what does she have to talk about now? Well the weekend just gone was my units first ever complete Training Weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So here's how it went...
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| The BeKeHaBu Unit |
We all turned up on the Saturday morning, some nervous and some excited , including me. We gathered around our leaders and the parents were given some information on the Jamboree and our Training Weekend. After the brief intro we we and found a site to pitch our tents. My new friend Mimi decided to pitch our tents next to each other so we could help each other.
The tents went up fairly quickly and we soon gathered back around and the main area and sat down to eat our lunch as a unit.
Quickly the topic of a unit name appeared, mentioned by the leaders. Many ideas came about such as Besties Forevsies, Unit 76, Pick n Mix and BeKeHaBu. However one would rise above the rest on the Sunday.
We set off on a hike through the Ascot countryside. After reaching a clearing in a slightly wooded area we were given the task of using GPS's to locate Geocache's.
(A geochacing is an outdoor recreational activity, in which the participants use GPS device's or other navigational device's to seek and locate containers called Geocaches or caches.)
(A geochacing is an outdoor recreational activity, in which the participants use GPS device's or other navigational device's to seek and locate containers called Geocaches or caches.)
Expecting to find a small box with a signature pad in, my group and I were surprised to find this little fella hooked onto a tree.
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| Bear Geocache |
Once back at the camp site we wrote down some of the unit name ideas we had. When everyone was back at camp we sat around the main area and were split into 4 groups to cook our tea.
Our group leader Ed went and got our 6 ingredients from the table of food. We quickly decided to create porkchops in a cheese sauce with roast potatoes, fried mushrooms, corn on the cob and for desert we had rice pudding and banana's. Yum!
After eating our tea and cleaning upwe had some free time. Mimi, Rob, Ed and I sat around the camp fire together and practices some music together such as Pompeii, Radioactive, Mr Brightside and even Let It Go. We were asked to bring a musical instrument to camp so Mimi brought her voice as did I, Rob brought his guitar, and Ed brought his Cajon drum box thingy... it was very cool aha!
Everyone gathered around the camp fire and earlier we had been asked to create a small performance to perform at the camp fire. Most groups performed and then our little music grouped performed some songs for out unit.
We sang lots of scouting songs including Boom Chika Boom, The Quartermasters Store and Never Get To Heaven.
Some people stayed and talked around the fire and slowly we all went to bed.
The next morning we all woke up and the lovely leaders had cooked us all breakfast. Including a rather interesting Japanese drink. Yes... Miso Soup! Dun Dun Duuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!
The breakfast was lovely however I can not say I'm a fan of the Miso Soup> I found it tasted like extremely salty dough however I will find a way to like it as it is a very important part of refuelling your salt levels in Japan next year.
Once breakfast was over we helped tidy up the site, this consisted of removing leaves, weeds and blockages from the drainage ditches and cleaning the toilettes.
At the end of the day we were all sad to go home and in fact wanted to be on the jamboree now.
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The weekend was great and I had lots of fun and can not wait for the next one later this year!!!
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