{"id":15505,"date":"2014-02-02T12:50:04","date_gmt":"2014-02-02T12:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15505"},"modified":"2014-02-02T12:50:33","modified_gmt":"2014-02-02T12:50:33","slug":"patrol-leader-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/02\/patrol-leader-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrol Leader Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hooray, we survived the\u00a0North Ceredigion Scouts\u00a0Patrol Leader Camp! The Welsh weather did it&#8217;s best to defeat us, but failed. In fact we were lucky whilst setting \u00a0up on Friday night as it wasn&#8217;t raining and we were treated to a glorious clear night with very little wind either.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday was quite wet all day mind you with some torrential downpours in the evening but we managed all of the activities we had planned and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. As well as camp fire cooking and other camping tasks there was shelter building, team-building skills, challenges, knife, axe and saw skills, camp chair construction and plenty of other things to keep the potential Patrol Leaders occupied.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-15505 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Camp-Chair-Construction.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Camp-Chair-Construction-120x90.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Camp Chair Construction\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Camp-Chair-Construction-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Camp-Chair-Construction-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Camp-Chair-Construction.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15506'>\n\t\t\t\tCamp Chair Construction\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Camp-Fire-Cooking.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Human-Pyramid-120x90.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Human Pyramid\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Human-Pyramid-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Human-Pyramid-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Human-Pyramid.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15510'>\n\t\t\t\tHuman Pyramid\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/In-the-Cabin.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/In-the-Cabin-120x90.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"In the Cabin\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/In-the-Cabin-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/In-the-Cabin-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/In-the-Cabin.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15511'>\n\t\t\t\tIn the Cabin\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Making-Camp-Chairs.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Making-Camp-Chairs-120x90.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Making Camp Chairs\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Making-Camp-Chairs-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Making-Camp-Chairs-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Making-Camp-Chairs.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15512'>\n\t\t\t\tMaking Camp Chairs\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Milling-Around.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Milling-Around-120x90.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Milling Around on the Campsite\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Milling-Around-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Milling-Around-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Milling-Around.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15513'>\n\t\t\t\tMilling Around on the Campsite\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Team-Building-Challenge.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Team-Building-Challenge-120x90.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Team Building Challenge\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Team-Building-Challenge-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Team-Building-Challenge-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Team-Building-Challenge.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15514'>\n\t\t\t\tTeam Building Challenge\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>A few Scouts got wetter than planned once they realised their tents and been flooded\u00a0but came to no harm and I don&#8217;t think we even used the First Aid kit all weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Now that I&#8217;m home, clean and showered and free of Scouts there were very few downsides, other than the fact that a few missed training sessions and far too many bacon baps and cakes mean that I gained 5.5kg in 48 hours. But then again, some of the best bits probably involved bacon baps and cakes! 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The Welsh weather did it&#8217;s best to defeat us, but failed. In fact we were lucky whilst setting \u00a0up on Friday night as it wasn&#8217;t raining and we were treated to a glorious clear night with very little wind either. 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