Feb 03 2024
Day 1 This was the first day of the joint camp between Hout bay and 1st Claremont. For some they weren’t sure what it would be like having this camp as, for many, it was their first troop camp altogether or at least, their first joint troop camp. We were told to leave the hall …
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Dec 28 2021
When I arrived at Hawequas on the Thursday I was expecting a hot five days of pioneering and burnt food. However I was not expecting to be woken up on the first night at 1am next to Alex’s tent with him inside being blown off the edge of our campsite! Despite 90 km/h winds, as …
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Dec 28 2021
Troop camp was fun. Due to COVID this was my 2nd troop camp ever so going into it I didn’t exactly know what was going to happen and I expected it to run similarly to a scout competition like Gordon’s but just maybe be less harsh. I was relatively right with my guess. Like Gordon’s …
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Dec 28 2021
There is inevitably lost property on annual camp. The tradition has evolved among the scouts that to retrieve the more significant lost property, you have to apologise to it. The apologies this year were worthy of Oscars with some fine performances from willing scouts. The eagerness with which these apologies were made and the fine …
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Apr 08 2020
The scouts ended off 2019 positively with an annual camp lead by Rebecca Sparg and Thomas Roomes for their Springbok badges. The whole camp was a total of five days with Rebecca leading the first two and a half days and Thomas taking over half way through the third day. The first day the patrols …
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Jun 25 2019
Annual camp this year will be taking place at Hawequas. In order to make the calendar manageable, the annual camp will be run by two of our Springbok Scouts, Rebecca and Thomas. Hawequas is managed by a warden who lives on site. Annual camp is an important part of scouting and troop development and we …
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