The Jambo Journey Continues...

So we had another camp on the weekend, this time at Lees Wood, which was actually the place where all of us met for the first time. It was nice going back there because it was a really nice camp site, and what made it especially nice was the fact that we got to sleep in huts, not tents, which was a nice change! When we got there on Friday we lounged around for a bit, then had a very nice home made pizza and were told what was in store for us this weekend.  We then played a wide game that was supposed to take us until 10:30, but it actually finished at quarter to midnight. We trudged back to our hut, only to find that as soon as we snuggled down into our sleeping bags, we were wide awake. After about an hour, Kirsty FINALLY admitted that she seems to never be able to stop talking, we went to sleep. Some of us got up at half 6 to make breakfast (ouch!). which was very nice for a breakfast cooked by people that were half asleep, we started on our day activities.

Patrol 2 (which was my patrol) went tree planting first. You see, on the Jamboree there will be at least one point in time when we will have to do some community service in Sweden, either on or off the site, and our leaders thought we needed some... practice. In Less Wood they have ordered about 500 trees to be planted in the wood, and we went to help. It was pretty cold, and we were all still tired, but it turned out to be a lot of fun. I'm quite proud of all the trees we planted, which I think turned out to be over 200 over the whole course of the weekend. We then moved onto planning an entertainment for people for when we get to the Jamboree, as well as trying out some Stomp, which was VERY interesting! We had lunch and did quite a bit of hanging about while things were getting sorted, and then we started working on some other projects. We had decided at the last camp that we wanted a unit cook book that could have all of the recipes on it that we could try and use with the food we are given. We also made a list of songs to learn, as well as another list of things we needed to take. Each unit gets half a shipping container that will go to the site early that can be filled with any extra things we might want, including footballs, twister boards, a Horse (?!?) and two birthday cakes, seeing it will be mine and Chloe's birthday when we are there!

That evening we had a talk from one of the people in our unit's Dad, who went to the 18th Jamboree in Holland. It was really interesting to get some info on what goes on day to day at the camp, instead of just the amazing activities we will be doing. He gave us loads of tips on how to talk to people and make friends, how to spend and manage our time, and just how to get the most out of the Jamboree in general. Because he had previously gone to one, he had so much.... stuff from it! He had all sorts of t shirts, scarves, badges, photos and things people had given him, including some 15 year old sweets which we were allowed to eat! That may sound disgusting, but they tasted a bit like fruity Mentos...

We had dinner cooked by one of the other patrols, and then headed off to bed again. Unfortunately, the next morning it was my patrols turn to get up and make breakfast, but after being crown Queen of Eggy Bread, I guess it wasn't too bad. We started the day with a bit of pioneering, as well as designing and being to make our life sized (not really, about a 10th of the size!) model of a spitfire. It was designed like one of those aeroplanes that can just be slotted together so it's easy to transport, and although at the moment its just bits of wood painted white, I think it looks really good! I'm very excited to see what it looks like at the end. We also designed the route card for our next meeting, which is a hike.

We got all our stuff packed up, said our farewells, and went home to a nice warm bath and a hot cup of tea... (as well as a whole lot of homework!)



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