Saturday, August 05, 2006

Gone Camping

I've decided this year not to bore you with the details of our youth camp. If you're dissapointed about that, why not re-read the archives from last year and bore yourself. So here we go, one post and four photos to cover 8 days of open-air merriment

We camped in the same place as usual, and did many of the same things. However, the loss of long-standing Captain Tigger meant that Ref. Flaky was at the helm, so church parade took place in sportswear, and the tent competition was scrapped, to be replaced by a series of early morning netball competitions

Again we learnt that planning a trip to the beach is a sure-fire way of making it rain, as is taking a busload of kids to a remote field to play wide games. Needless to say, it didn't rain while we were bowling, ice skating or watching movies.

Official camp stuntman Super-Steve tried his best to aquire a full-body plaster cast, but failed even to break the record for the most injuries sustained in a week (as set during last year's infamous tat-hunting incident). The week ended with a Masquerade Ball in the local hall for the campers, and a lesson in transporting bouncy castles for the staff.
 
In Hilda's absence, Tel drives the van



Johnny struts his funky stuff



Dr. Gav demonstrates his spacious new tent

Most people make it back from the mountain biking in one piece