3rd C/F Scouts - Jersey Camp 2018

So, whilst I’m in Florida and the jet lag has worn off, I thought I’d update the blog.  Firstly, the reason why it was not updated all the time was because we had so many activities for the Scouts to participate in. Some nights we got in late from cycling and the water sports definitely worn them out. We also ended up having a fire on the beach, accompanied with marshmallows and sharing stories with other Scouts that they will remember for life.  Now the explanation is over, let’s just give you a little flavour of what they got up to.  In the short, the Scouts (and leaders when they got peer pressured into doing them) participated in vast amounts of cycling, coasteering (jumping off rocks into water), SUPing (like surfing but with a paddle), bushcraft with machette man (Kaz), the underground hospital and abseiling.  On one very hot day, with lots of water being consumed, we all cycled 35 miles around the island. From the leaders point of view, the scouts did exceptio...

Yesterday we went cycling and I crashed! Secondly I hated having to go up steep hills ,although I was really fun going down hills really fast! Josh D Yesterday, we decided to go up the hilliest part of the island which took a long time to get over . But we did get ice cream and cold drinks; me and my brother got stuck behind every single, possible red light there was in st hellier! We were on a really quiet road for AGES! When we were done we did approximately 35 Miles!  Adam C  Yesterday we cycled around jersey on our bikes.  Our leader wasn’t very good so we bought a dead £1 plant for him. He also luled us down a massive hill and at the bottom let us know it was the wrong way. I think he needs to learn how to read signs. Overall he made up for it by purchasing 7 ice creams from Grev De Leque. They were MEATY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Our final time was 5 hours 25 minuets and 3 seconds. As we had such an ‘amazing day’ us explorers were allowed to go to a restaurant for dinner. ...