Camp number 2: Wet Wet Wet

Just arrived home from work having finally managed to get my car fixed at a cost to me of £310 which was my excess. The day was quite good, found out that two of my close friends have finally decided that they are going to get married and are due to get married next month (at last)

the weekend was spent on camp and it absolutely chucked it down with rain over the whole weekend. The rain was also well over due but did cause some havoc over the weekend, I was just glad that we were indoors rather than outdoors that wouldn't have been good at all. I heard reports of rivers running through peoples tents!!

As yet although the requests were raised not managed to get my hands on the photos of me from Brecon after I damaged my nose but I promise that they will be posted as soon as I have them. However I have attached some photos of me on the assault course on camp for your amusement in the mean time.

Spring Sun and Walking

Spring has finally sprung here with temperatures the last couple of days being in the mid 20's the Centigrade not Fahrenheit. The sun has been splitting the sky and there hasn’t been much rain although we are due to get some at the weekend. I must admit that not having much rain isn’t that new for the South East of England as it is dryer here than the like of Rome, South of Spain and also Texas. So whatever the rain at the weekend it will only dampen the surface of the shortages of water that we have here I’m quite sure.

Last weekend I went on my usual trip (with the Scouts) to the Brecon Beacons in Wales for some walking across the peaks. With the good weather it was a fantastic time, even though there was some rain on the last night causing all the tents to get wet. The worst things that happened were some of the older boys getting lost in a Forest that had been cut down and therefore taking a few hours longer than expected to get to there check point, meaning that we were close to calling out mountain Rescue to look for them as we had no idea where they were. The funniest thing that happened to me was the fact that whilst scrambling up a slope I slipped and a reed went straight up my nose and pierced the inside causing it to flow with blood. The other leaders and the kids that were with us had a good laugh at me when I got to the top with a chunk of tissue hanging out of my nose to stem the bleeding. I also got a good ribbing about it over a couple of drinks in the evening.

If I get hold of the photos over the weekend I will be sure to post them for you all to laugh at.