1st Bwlchgwyn Scout Troop

This camp was held at the Gladstone Campsite near Hawarden in very cold conditions living up to its name of  "Frosties Camp" especially as the temperature was recorded as -7. The camp was to enable the scouts/explorers to meet various challenges. To camp during the month of January as part of the Dragon Award, the correct use of a bow-saw, the collection of natural wood to both start and maintain an open fire for cooking on, to light the fire without the use of matches or lighters, and to build a flagpole that was free standing using a plan from a model previously  designed and built during a scout meeting. Everyone worked hard at the challenges and were successful in completing them.  No one even complained about how cold it was !!! Cooking Sunday mornings breakfast proved a challenge in its own right, as the gas cylinders felt the cold more than the scouts ! Sheila as usual had a novel solution. She calmly thawed them out under her sweater.(she's currently taking orders from the local farming community, hatching out eggs when their incubators fail ) Watch the full slideshow on YOUTUBE