16th Bermondsey Scout Group

Since Sept the scouts have have been concentrating on training for our half term New Forest Hiking camp for older scouts and YLs. Friday nights have been spent cooking on lightweight stoves, menu planning, map reading, first aid and pitching hike tents. Everyone wanting to go on the New Forest camp had to undertake a training hike camp with full rucacs along the North Downs 2 weeks before.  The weeks of training paid-off as we found ourselves pitching tents late at night in the dark and pouring rain. ( Decathlon tents beat the Vango’s for speed every time!) We spent 2 days hiking through the forest in lovely weather and an even better day visiting Brownsea island. We took 4 YLs and 6 older scouts who all managed to hike about 22 miles with full camping kit during a 2 day hike, mostly through some very rough and boggy forest paths.