PEAK 2010 - WOW !!!!!!!!!!!
We didn't want to come home :(
A fantastic week was had by all - loads of stuff done! - making friends, dressing up, dancing, raving, general stupidity, glow stick waving, octopus wobbling, good food, GCS presentation, dining out, tea making, biking, hiking, badge swapping, cricket playing, parachute waving, crafts, canoeing, archery, music making, camp fire singing, circus skills, environment work, team building, football skills, tag rugby, rifle shooting, climbing, abseiling, bouncing on inflatables, bungee jumping, clock making, bell ringing, stone carving, line dancing, woggle making, well dressing, engraving, painting, table tennis, cyber surfing, ice cream eating, badge making, and much more!
We have made some great new friends - Lizzie and Jess- guides/rangers who wanted to join 1st Whittington and generally spent all their free time with us!, the two bush craft guys who always had a funny comment for us, Steph, Rog, Katie and Graham the wonderful subcamp team of Barrier Reef who kept everything running smoothly for us, and 131st Derby scouts who were great neighbours.
The weather wasn't too bad except for Fri evening when breaking camp - Skip got wet!!! so did Mark, Tony, Pete, Ash, and Jack organizing the kit and ferrying scouts to parents.
The scouts were fantastic and rose to the 1st Whittington silliness challenges everytime, you behaved brilliantly and were a pleasure to be around. Best of all I have realised just what good friends you all are. When giving out the end of camp certificates you all knew exactly who was who just by a few words, you all know each other so well!!!!
Sadly we say goodbye to Harvey and Ella as scouts but we hope they will not be strangers and look forward to welcoming them to our events and activities when they're not at explorers.
Parents you were great getting the scouts kit together and ensuring they had everything they needed. You brought them on time and collected when needed many many thanks.
My huge gratitude goes out to my amazing full time team - Mark, Tony and Jane. Your were so supportive, daft and hard working, I couldn't have managed without you!!! also massive thanks go out to Ali who went to work full time during the week and then drove up to Peak every evening with all the days shopping - you made things run soooo smoothly and nade sure we never went without - you are amazing! and finally thanks go out to sandwich makers/ helpers Claire, Marg, Ash and Jack who came, saw it needed doing and did it! What a super team 1st Whit leaders make!!!!!
Do we really have to wait another 5 years until the next Peak? Come on scouts start counting!