I had another Jambo camp this weekend past, and lets just say it wasn't quite what I had expected! When i heard that we were going to be going from one hut, into the centre of St Albans, and then back to a different hut, I though, well, its going to be some sort of orienteering challenge. I couldn't have been more wrong. We were put into groups, given a recipe, and then told that later one that day we would be cooking a Swedish Christmas dinner. My group got one part of the pudding, almond tarts, and then headed into St Albans. This was really good training for the Jamboree, because every day we will have to go and fetch our food. We don't know how far away it will be, or how much there will be of it. We will also have to cook without a recipe, just a pile of food, Ready Steady Cook style.
Once we started cooking, or preparing in our case, because ours didn't take very long at all to cook (One teams took 3 and a half hours!) we were told that we had some 'projects' to get on with. These were making some Christmas decorations. We made Reindeer out of clothes pegs, and although they took ages to dry, and a fair few fell apart, I think they worked really well! We also made Snowmen/Skiers, depending on how you looked at it. These were for our place names at the table, and some people managed to come up with some rather inventive ideas, including a pirate and a Snowman on a rampage. There was also crackers to make (possibly the most frustrating thing I have EVER done!) which I was VERY pleased with, and fabric hearts, which we hung on our small but very festive tree. There was also light to hang around the hut, along with the paper chains we spent ages make. Once it was all finished, I think its fair to say we were all very proud of our efforts, as well as pretty hungry!
Luckily for us, dinner was almost ready, and as we sat down, although there was a bit of waiting, we, with Sporks in hand, tucked into a mushroom starter, delicious main and a whole lot of pudding. It was very nice, and definitely something I would love to eat again. It was nice to do something that involved us in Swedish culture more. Once this was done, there was some clearing up to do, before the boys headed back to the hut where they would be sleeping, when us girls got to stay in the warmth of the original hut. We did have to finish cleaning up though, but it didn't really matter, because once we laid out our sleeping mats and bags, it was nice to just hang out, and chat and muck about. We listened to music and laughed and had a pretty good time. We did eventually settle down to bed.
The next day we woke pretty early (well, earlier than I normally would on a Sunday!) and we got to work. It was mainly about cleaning up the hut, and then the boys came back over and we had a massive discussion about a lot of really important things, like whether to do a flash dance as our unit entertainment (YES!) and some advice about the actual site. When it was time to go I think we were all pretty sad, because this was one of the best Jambo meetings yet. I got to know some people that I didn't really know before, I leant how insane and how much fun we can have together.
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