Barnsley Scouts District Camp 2011 - The Big Adventure July 1st - 3rd

Over 100 Ardsley scouts, leaders, parents and their guests had a wonderful experience, whether they were camping for the weekend or just visiting for the day, at this year's District Camp.

The weather was terrific, just compare it to today! (July the 6th - Heavy Rain Showers... it could have all been so different!)

It's the first time since the formation of the Barnsley Scout District that an event on this scale has been attempted, and whilst there were some patience required for the queuing of food, we all appreciated the exceptional hard work and dedication of the volunteer crew who, cooked, cleaned, cleared and maintained the site in order that the Scouts and their guests would have a fantastic camping adventure for the 1300 people of all ages and backgrounds from across Barnsley.

I thought the activities were particularly good, with a wide range of craft, scouting and adventure skills that allowed everyone to get a taster of what Scouting is all about.

It was great to see so many parents of Scouts camping and helping the kids enjoy themselves, you can see some of this come through on their faces in the photo's that were taken, the link is below.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30263703@N04/sets/72157627129037152

If you have any photos that you would like to share from the weekend, you can email them to me via ed@ardsleyscouts.org.uk  and I'll add them to the collection.

An Ardsley Beaver making a Hama Bead mat

One of the parents helping the Beavers, making squidgy balls

An Ardsley Cub Scout, just hanging around as usual :-)

An Ardsley Scout makes the descent from the climbing tower

If you would like to help with Ardsley Scouts; in order to create experiences like this happen in the future, then please speak to one of the leaders to see how you can help.  It's not just all about camping and working directly with the kids, you could take up a support role to allow the leaders to spend more time doing Scouting activities and creating a fun packed programme of adventure.  So no matter how little spare time you think you could donate, we can help you find something to suit.