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Christmas Camp Adventures at Hamlet Wood

The scout troops headed off the Hamlet Wood near Maidstone in December for their annual Christmas Camp.

It turned out to be a bit of an eventful weekend as winter storm Darragh made its way though Kent

As you would expect, pitching tents took a little bit longer than normal, and supper and bed was a bit late.

We did manage to do our usual Christmas Quiz before heading to bed.

On Saturday they did manage to use the climbing tower in the dry (well mostly dry), however they did concentrate on more indoor activities than normal at other times.

The scouts used their bushcraft skills to make reindeer and their crafty ones to make wreaths and baubles.

Once again the catering plan worked well. Highlights were obviously the spit-roast turkey and all the trimmings, and the pulled pork rolls. 💕

After dinner we held our usual Christmas Carol-fire, Christmas campfire skits and a silent(ish) disco!

We were lucky enough to stay dry while we packed away and believe it or not the tents were nearly dry.

Thank you as always to the leaders and helpers that made it all happen and the scouts for coming along to give us an excuse.

Thank you to the volunteers at Hamlet Wood campsite for hosting us.

If this looks like something you would like to do, then you can join scouting too! As an adult or a young person.

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Scouts Camp at Hamlet Wood

Our planned microlighting session during camp unfortunately had to be cancelled. After a quick reassessment of our weekend, we decided to relocate the camp to Hamlet Wood scout campsite near Maidstone.

The camp was a patrol camp, with scouts doing just about all the catering for the whole weekend, including cooking for leaders!

We tried a somewhat different menu for a change.

  • Supper: Sausage-in-a-bun, hot chocolate
  • Breakfast: Full English (choice of egg, beans, mushrooms, bacon, sausage, toast/eggy-bread)
  • Lunch: Chicken or haloumi fajitas followed by campfire doughnuts
  • Dinner: Spaghetti, tomato sauce and meatballs and pineapple fritters for desert
  • Sunday Breakfast: Breakfast burritos
  • Eleven o’clock snack: Smores

We did manage to squeeze some activities in-between the cooking and eating – we threw tomahawks, ran a catapult shooting gallery (only tin cans and chickpeas were hurt) and ran some wide games.

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Skills Camp at Hamlet Wood

Our scouts have been off camping at Hamlet Wood scout campsite near Maidstone.

The camp was aimed at giving young scouts a first taste of scouting and cooking for themselves.

Despite some fairly variable weather, the scouts did a good job, no-one starved and they went home mostly dry!

Believe it or not, we only managed to take one photo, and it actually looks quite nice