Camp Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/camp/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Sun, 05 Jan 2025 16:49:44 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Camp Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/camp/ 32 32 2696646 Amber Warnings and Whiteout Nights: A Wild-Camp in the Dyfi Hills https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/01/amber-warnings-and-whiteout-nights-a-wild-camp-in-the-dyfi-hills/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/01/amber-warnings-and-whiteout-nights-a-wild-camp-in-the-dyfi-hills/#comments Sun, 05 Jan 2025 16:11:33 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=44501 I’d been meaning to get out for a wild camp for a while but hadn’t had the chance. So, when the forecast came in with amber warnings for snow and ice, it seemed like the perfect opportunity! Perfect, that is, with the relevant safety plans, backup strategies, equipment, and skills in place. I decided against...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/01/amber-warnings-and-whiteout-nights-a-wild-camp-in-the-dyfi-hills/feed/ 1 44501 Surf ‘n’ Turf https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/02/surf-n-turf/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/02/surf-n-turf/#comments Mon, 12 Feb 2024 09:45:54 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=41923 This may be showing my age, but the University tagline used to be ‘Where the Mountains Meet the Sea’. It’s always nice therefore to have a day where I manage to get in the sea and then head off into the hills. Things have been a little quiet here since we returned from holiday. Anna...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/02/surf-n-turf/feed/ 1 41923 Scout Day Camp https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/06/scout-day-camp/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/06/scout-day-camp/#respond Mon, 19 Jun 2017 05:18:23 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=24562 With Anna away it was left to me to run the Scout Day camp on Saturday. We had decided that the Scouts hadn’t been camping for a while but we didn’t have time for a proper camp so a ‘Day Camp’ was needed. The idea was to let the Scouts have a fun day on the...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/06/scout-day-camp/feed/ 0 24562 Boreaton Park Scout Camp – Day 2 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/04/boreaton-park-scout-camp-day-1-2/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/04/boreaton-park-scout-camp-day-1-2/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2016 07:55:45 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=21727 And we’re off – After Day 1 of our 2016 Scout Camp to PGL Boreaton Park, Day 2 started as usual with a huge breakfast and the usual trauma of making sure everyone had everything they needed for the days activities. Canoeing As the first of these activities was canoeing everyone had to be organised with clothes...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/04/boreaton-park-scout-camp-day-1-2/feed/ 3 21727 Boreaton Park Scout Camp – Day 1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/04/boreaton-park-scout-camp-day-1/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/04/boreaton-park-scout-camp-day-1/#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2016 09:20:21 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=21708 Before we could go on a Scout Camp to Boreaton Park I had to first do my MiDAS minibus driving test so that I could drive one of the Ystwyth Reach Out buses to get everyone there. This meant taking a day off work on Monday and a whole day driving around Ceredigion and completing...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/04/boreaton-park-scout-camp-day-1/feed/ 2 21708 Scout Camp at Boreaton Park https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/07/scout-camp-at-boreaton-park/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/07/scout-camp-at-boreaton-park/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2015 06:30:59 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=19610 After my mad cycle ride from Bangor to Aberystwyth with work, it was straight home to shower, feed the cat and the guinea pigs and then back into the car for a drive to Boreaton Park in Shropshire for a PGL Camp that we had organised for the Scouts. Anna, Morgan, the other leaders and all of...

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