Obstacle Course Meeting
Obstacle courses are a prime example of why scouts is supreme. A hundred different things that could go wrong, and 6 scouts that are determined to make it go wrong. People like Peter, for example, are loophole-finders. When the PL is banned and the majority of APLs don’t feel like it, juniors step up and every patrol puts forward a junior. But not bats. Oh no, they had other plans. The absolute match of brains and brawn who is somehow also so small he can literally fit through the holes in the cargo net, Peter is the ultimate obstacle course super-athlete. He, respectfully, absolutely thrashed everyone else. Special mentions must however be given to James for nearly dying putting up the cargo net and for Big Tim for messing up the scoring system so much that it took a good few extra hours for everyone else to figure out how to use the mark sheet. Overall a solid disaster of a meeting ran solely by Caleb, as not a single other scouter was present.
James W
Battleships
Once in a while a meeting so confusing occurs that even the vast intelligence of our troop scouter Daniel cannot fathom how to operate given such absurd instructions. This time around the patrols had to play battleships with each other. To earn shots at the opponent board you had to perform special tasks such as write a poem about your patrol leader, which Laura Short Hair took to the extreme. However, it was practically pointless anyways as it was impossible to understand how you were actually meant to cash in all these shots. The means to play the game strayed far outside of human capabilities and obviously even our supreme scout intellect couldn’t handle it. Maybe next time remember to translate the instructions into… ape… first, Caleb.
James W
‘Masterchef’
Something got lost in translation here. Masterchef is all about perfection and class. Scouts, on the other hand, say “unga bunga fire”. So in this installation of the masterchef series, we did exactly that. Scouts were given a set of 3 courses to bake. The fan favourite wasn’t the roasted eggplant. However, in the face of adversity, many patrols triumphed. Bats dressed the part, Ethan provided us with some semi-decent tunes, and Caleb provided us with some absolutely fabulous meme templates. Caleb again saved the day with a golden quote, something along the lines of “Cooking?! Without safety glasses?!” An interesting factor of this Meating is that it was entirely vegetarian, which actually worked very well. The stuffed peppers some patrols made turned out great, and Daniel was even satisfied with the amount of spice in Kestrels’ food!
James W
Night Hike
Night hikes are always a fun way to explore the mountains. This time around the scouts crusaded up to eagle’s nest, Lord of the Rings style! Many a scout could be seen sporting a creative outfit, with some scouts (Peter) even hiking barefoot, like a hobbit! (because he’s the same size as one). At the top we did a parade next to the trig. beacon and gave an applause to everyone that the residents down below heard for sure. A bit of district campfire prep was even done on the way down led by Oliver H. Overall a very successful hike.
James W
From Peter’s Perspective
We arrived at Constantia Nek at about 9 and fell in and were given a paper telling us a bit about Lord Of The Rings and of what we would be doing.
After we fell in we started hiking immediately up the tar road and then up the foot path that was pretty steep. I took off my slops that I was hiking in to feel the incredibly fold earth beneath my feet and stayed barefoot for most of the hike.
We got to the other part of the jeep track and put some sticks down but I kept mine. We then hiked further up another foot path to “Eagle’s Nest” where we chilled for a bit checking out the view.
Then we did a fashion show sort of where everyone who had a costume got to show everyone else their costumes. I went as The Hobbit. Ngl it was a W costume which took quite a while to put together but was awesome in the end and came with a real pipe and bare feet — my own bare feet that is.
We then went back down to the jeep track and made stretchers which we chucked people from our patrol on and went running with them. Then we hiked down to the bottom, fell in again and ended. Bats won for the second week in a row which was real pog… (not sure where this was supposed to go – Ed)