I haven't written on here since Wednesday and a lot has happened since then.
On Thursday i did go and see Driftwood at the railway for the 3rd time (pics are on fb). It was all gd fun. They had a new bass player Jordan Tate who i hadn't seen properly for around 6 yrs. He was an awesome guitarist. Also Bass was there for the first time. I gave him my glow stick thing but he didn't even use it until after the gig. After driftwood were done we went to a play park where we messed around and played tag with my crazzy glow stick thing. Oh what fun we had.
Friday was average but i was completely shattered from the night before hence i wasn't really looking forward to the cub camp that evening as u have to be v awake to deal with some of these cubs. So i arrived at the campsite in the new forest at around 6.30. I then set up my tent and got to know some of the cubs i didn't know and i talked to Chris (another explorer scout) a lot. The theme for all of the camp was America. We split all the cubs and dads into groups. Related cubs and dads weren't allowed to be in the same group. Us leaders/helpers weren't allowed to be in groups instead are job was to observe and help all. The first mission we gave them was to make a sketch. They had to dive into two bags full of paper and choose and a stunt and a theme. We had some weird combinations like the Oscars with Al Capone. After that we sent the cubs to 'sleep'.
Saturday was much better and after a gd sleep i was wide awake and ready. The cubs were the complete opposite as they got no sleep and were all shattered. After breakfast they got in the same groups and were told to launch a rocket into space by using rope and wood. Most of the creations were leaver type systems which worked well but not as well as our design which took a second to build. Basically a see saw and we had a fat man jump on one end. Ours went the highest. All the cubs and dads were then told to change into their costumes. I also got changed into my cowboy costume. We had many different outfits shown to us. There were classics like statue of liberty and superman plus we had a few cowboys. Overall we had loads of Bart Simpsons. we had to vote on the best costume and we chose a dad and boy dressed up as Marge and Maggie Simpson. Next we took them on a hike then we had a camp fire where i had beer :).
Sunday came along and the cubs were a lot more awake. we gave them another pioneering project this time involving string and bamboo sticks. They mission was to make a replica scale down version of the Mayflower ship. We gave them a hr and then we raced them down a river. It was a close chase with the winner changing often. After that we packed up and ended the camp. I had fun over the 3 days but it was tiring. Annoyingly on Monday i had cubs meaning i had 4 days of these annoying children. One of the cubs, Russel, is about to move on to scouts. the group won't be the same without him. He's a role model to all the cubs. He brilliant at whatever sport, has nearly all the cub badges, well-behavedish and he has a heart of gold.
Anyway they isn't that much left to say.
Bye Bye
FATMAN POWER!!
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