Given a leader with an iffy knee, the planned hike wasn’t going to work, and we had a rethink. We challenged ourselves to the rolling rock, a kind of continuous climbing wall that moves down as fast as you climb up, and then tips to simulate an over-hang. Kanchenjunga here we come! What comes up must come down, so we then explored the underground tunnel system – the nearest thing to real caving in Hertfordshire.

For the morning of our second day, air rifles were the main activity. Later, the older Scouts tried their hands (and feet) with crampons on the artificial ice wall, while others played aeroball.

On our first day at Phasels Wood for summer camp, we pitched our tents and then tried two activities testing our reactions. In Batak, the player has to hit each button as it lights up in a random sequence. Human buzzwire is the usual game moving a ring along a wire, except that the ring is on a helmet attached to your head…