There’s no better way to cook fish than in foil over an open fire. The chicken, sausages, burgers and potatoes that various Scouts tried were pretty good too.

The weather was hot and the Scout Leader underprepared, so we all went out and played cricket. Sort of. The rules were a bit different from usual, but everyone had a good time. All excellently organised by our Young Leader.

Scouts parachuted into an unknown area (OK, we drove them there blindfolded), worked out their locations, planned a route to HQ, and hiked back there.

The Patrol points competition (see Scouts page) is wide open after the Kestrels won our soccer mini-league evening at a local camp site. Afterwards we finished off with hot dogs, and buns to celebrate a birthday.

The Scouts went to Fairlands Valley in Stevenage for an evening of high ropes and crate-stacking (more exciting than it sounds, when you’re standing on top of the stack…) and canoeing. Everyone got two activities, and we’ll no doubt go back another time to try the third.

The Scouts practised compass bearings by walking in circles (equilateral triangles, to be precise) – the nearer you finish to your start point, the better your bearings.