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 the camp progressed the tensions started to drop along with the wind. Duct tape became a valuable resource as the tent poles snapped and the fly sheets tore.
The round robin volleyball tournament brought out the spirits of the many scouts with broken tents. Swims in the dam offered much needed relief from the Hawequas sun, and the dramatic tree stump apologies to lost property provided plenty of entertainment. On nights when it was too windy to cook on fires, the patrols cooked in a communal area and ice breaker games were played which caused a lot of frustration.
Of all the activities we did, one of the most enjoyable was cutting down the invasive species to help Hawequas’s environmental project. Through all the hardships, in true scout fashion, we were able to smile and whistle under these difficulties, and overall thoroughly enjoyed the camp.
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[…] the camp was run by Alex Clarke as part of his Springbok camp, some of our other senior scouts had the chance to experience what it was like to run a camp rather than just attend one. Other scouts had the chance to see what it was like to be a Patrol […]