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The 34th annual Father and
Son camp took place from Friday 14 until Sunday 16 September.
It was held at Earleywood Camp Site in South Ascot.
The theme this year was '2001 A Space Oddesey'. Thanks
to Michelle Dye we are now able to publish pictures of the
event.
This year 2nd Bracknell was by far the biggest group
at the camp. We had over 80 campers. However, with the
tents spread out under the trees it didn't look that
many. It looks lovely with the sun
shining through the trees but it was quite chilly at
night.
Catering for
80 people when you have no refrigeration facilities or running
water and your cooking is limited to 4 gas burners is no
mean feat. Unlike other groups which made the parents cater
for themselves we decided to call in our Summer Camp caterers
- the SMICCTSO team. Although
they didn't stay overnight they were there in time to cook
the bacon rolls for breakfast. Once the rush had died
down even Akela
couldn't manage another bacon roll. He was helping out
the SMICCTSO team - note his 'trainee' badge on his very
smart SMICCTSO T-shirt.
One of the
tasks put onto the caterers was the preparation of a theme
meal which is judged as part of the ongoing competition.
June and Lesley from the SMICCTSO team had done their homework
here and had watched the appropriate section of the Space
2001 film to see what they ate. The result was quite
a work of art, although some of the
12 lucky people who had to eat it didn't
seem quite so sure.
Of course there was more to the camp than just food.
One of the keenly fought competitions was go-karting. Although
the Cubs
seemed to fit into the go-karts nicely it was a bit
different when the parents
had a go and almost disaster when one
took the corner too fast. Another event involved flying
saucers. There was also an ongoing task to make various
space themed objects from everyday materials although insparation
seemed to have left some
of the people gathered around the craft table.
At the end of the camp it was Baloo
who collected our awards from the judges.
Thanks
to Michelle Dye for providing the photographs used on this
page.
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