Thursday 29th July
Today was the day of the 'big hike' - the much anticipated hike up to a mountain hut. The morning was to be spent doing the 'COPE' course - a sort of team building thing outside. But the weather was attrocious. The COPE course was postponed to a later date, and the Scouts…
Wednesday 28th July
After all the excitement of yesterday, everyone was ready for a quite day, which is exactly what we had. After breakfast and tent inspection (the leaders are so cruel!) the morning was basically leisure time. The sky was clear and people just hung around the campsite, making…
Day 3
The weather last night was pretty terrible. There was torrential rain for most of the time, and everyone found it hard to sleep. Some people were genuinely concerned that the river would burst its banks – we needn't have worried, it did rise a bit, and the flow increased greatly.
The…
Monday 26th July
We had a pretty quiet night - except for the occasional train rumbling past (did I mention the fact that the train line runs about 20 yds away from the camp?). It was dry for the most part, everyone was ready for breakfast at 8. There was a good spread, everyone seems satisfied.…
We made it!!
Despite the early start, and Finn's unsheduled dash home and back, we got to Heathrow in perfect time. Check in went smoothly, and we breezed through security. A short wait in the departure lounge, and we were off. We landed ahead of schedule in Zurich, easily found the train station.…
