For those coming to Wintercamp, this is what you need to know....
We'll be leaving PGL at 6pm on Friday night and travelling in Bayston Hill Scout's luxury minibus (joke). It has 17 seats and we have 17 people so it'll be cosy as well as noisy and slow. All our tents, camping gear and personal gear will be loaded into a trailer that has a waterproof cover. Please pack snacks / drinks and other stuff you need on the bus in your daysac. Have a good meal before you leave as it's a four hour journey and we won't have time for a long stop.
If you bring electronic gear, treat it as being disposable. The bus will be parked in a field, a shuttle bus ride away, our camp site may be left unmanned for some of the time and there will be thousands of people on site. I understand the major phone networks do not have coverage so have put an alternative Virgin mobile number on the info form which MAY have coverage??? If you get a weird answerphone message from Dobby the Elf, you've got the right number... that's another long story.
When we arrive on site hopefully our gear will be transfered to carts to move to site so if you can carry your rucksacs it may help?
On Sunday I understand activities finish at 1pm, then we've got to eat and break camp before being allocated a kit run to get our bus loaded. I'm really not sure how easy it will be to get off site, so treat the return time as a target. We'll have to ring on the way home to finalise it.
The weather is likely to be cold and wet so make sure you have good outdoor winter clothing and a warm sleeping bag etc. Some activities will be wet and muddy and once gear is wet it will not dry. Make sure you have enough clothing. You will also need swimming costumes and towels.
I'd recommend packing everything in carrier bags inside your rucksac to keep it together and dry, you can never have too many carriers!!!
Don't forget this is a big camp, you are expected to travel in uniform.
And finally, most of you still owe £30 so Phil will have to flex his credit card to buy food. Don't forget to pay him back!
You should be able to download these forms as pdf here:
Permission Forms
Kit List
I tried really hard to embed them but google isn't playing!
We'll be leaving PGL at 6pm on Friday night and travelling in Bayston Hill Scout's luxury minibus (joke). It has 17 seats and we have 17 people so it'll be cosy as well as noisy and slow. All our tents, camping gear and personal gear will be loaded into a trailer that has a waterproof cover. Please pack snacks / drinks and other stuff you need on the bus in your daysac. Have a good meal before you leave as it's a four hour journey and we won't have time for a long stop.
If you bring electronic gear, treat it as being disposable. The bus will be parked in a field, a shuttle bus ride away, our camp site may be left unmanned for some of the time and there will be thousands of people on site. I understand the major phone networks do not have coverage so have put an alternative Virgin mobile number on the info form which MAY have coverage??? If you get a weird answerphone message from Dobby the Elf, you've got the right number... that's another long story.
When we arrive on site hopefully our gear will be transfered to carts to move to site so if you can carry your rucksacs it may help?
On Sunday I understand activities finish at 1pm, then we've got to eat and break camp before being allocated a kit run to get our bus loaded. I'm really not sure how easy it will be to get off site, so treat the return time as a target. We'll have to ring on the way home to finalise it.
The weather is likely to be cold and wet so make sure you have good outdoor winter clothing and a warm sleeping bag etc. Some activities will be wet and muddy and once gear is wet it will not dry. Make sure you have enough clothing. You will also need swimming costumes and towels.
I'd recommend packing everything in carrier bags inside your rucksac to keep it together and dry, you can never have too many carriers!!!
Don't forget this is a big camp, you are expected to travel in uniform.
And finally, most of you still owe £30 so Phil will have to flex his credit card to buy food. Don't forget to pay him back!
You should be able to download these forms as pdf here:
Permission Forms
Kit List
I tried really hard to embed them but google isn't playing!
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