Chilly Camp - December 2009

The 6th Brighton Scouts had planned for a nice chill out camp over the weekend of 18th -20th December, giving the Scout parents a children free weekend just before Christmas. Instead we ended up with a spectacular weekend in the snow at Parkwood. It was a challenge to even get the camp off the ground on the friday, with three leaders out in the snowy sticks of Woodingdean, a test run to Parkwood was carried out, once we knew that we could get out to site, camp was on and the message soon spread to our scouts and the parents managed to get them all out to Parkwood, despite the condition of some of the roads in Brighton. Jack took charge of the kitchen with 4 budding chefs to undertake their chef;s badge and the rest of us took the oppertunity to chill out and enjoy ourselves. Saturday morning was beautiful, gloriously sunny but cold. I had my camera and warm ski wear to hand and made my way out early into the quiet crisp woods. What a brilliant sight, its the first time in many years that I have been at Parkwood in the snow, it was great, seeing the animal tracks and lovely clean crisp snow, before the scouts decended on it after Pancakes for a snowman and snowball fight. We were joined by a plucky & cheeky Robin while we wandered through the woods. Snow Angels were created on the main and top field, it looked great. Saturday was finished off with a lovely christmas roast dinner prepared by our Scouts, a lovely occasion and a great way to spend the weekend before christmas. I have tons of photo's of Parkwood in the snow, a great treasure.