The 255th Cubs and Sea Scouts enjoyed an action-packed weekend at the PGL activity centre in Liddington in September 2012. A dry and sometimes sunny autumn weekend saw the Cubs and Scouts trying out activities as diverse as climbing, raft building, zip wire, fencing, trapeze, quad biking and abseiling. The Cubs and Scouts also enjoyed a variety of evening activities – including a tense game of “Ambush” – and were well-fed and looked after by the PGL staff. The gallery and videos below provide only a taste of what the 24 intrepid Cubs and Scouts who came on the trip got up to experience over the course of an excellent weekend that was enjoyed by all.
Arrival
Doing the Bungalow
Doing the Bungalow
Doing the Bungalow
Breakfast!
Geared up for climbing
Getting limbered up
Getting limbered up
Getting limbered up
Taking to the wall
Taking to the wall
Belaying the rope
Ringing the bell
Ringing the bell
Climbing
Climbing
Climbing
Climbing
Climbing
Climbing
Akela in harness
Akela makes his ascent
Mission accomplished!
Pile on!
Splat!
Splat!
Group 2 gearing up for rafting
Group 2 assess the raw materials
Group 2 take advice on knots
Group 2 building their raft
Group 2 building their raft
Group 2 building their raft
Group 2 try the raft on for size
Group 2 launches the raft
Group 3 plan their raft
Group 3 plan their raft
Group 3 plan their raft
Group 3 show off their model
Group 3 gearing up for rafting
Perfectly done!
Fail!
After the fail
Group 3 en route to the lake
Group 3 take advice on knots
Group 3 build their raft
Group 3 build their raft
Group 3 build their raft
Group 3 try their raft for size
Group 3 realise their model
Group 3 take to the water
Muddy faces
Groups 2 and 3 assess the competition
Groups 2 and 3 go to war
Group 2 finds a new means of propulsion!
Group 1 encounter some difficulties…
Picking up the pieces
Chilly Cubs and Scouts…
General larks: Pants on a stick…
Evening sports
Evening sports
Evening sports: Catch the rugby ball!
Evening sports: Kill Akela!
Serious matters
General larks: Glam Scouting!
Dressing discretely for Ambush!
The Conga line to the Ambush field
Pile on Akela!
Pile on Akela!
Pile on Akela!
Camo face paint for Ambush
Evening larks
Late night feast: Playing cards for sweets
Late night feast: Playing cards for sweets
Zip Wire
Zip Wire
Zip Wire
Zip Wire
Dropping the rope
Dropping the rope
Undoing the flip-flops
Letting out the rope
Learning fencing techniques
Dressed to impress in the fencing “boob suits”
Masked and ready to go
Masked and ready to go
“I challenge you to a duel!”
“On guard!”
Fencing
Armed and dangerous
Fencing
Size doesn’t matter…
Fencing
The grudge match
Fencing
Geared up for the trapeze
Geared up for the trapeze
Atop the pole
Missed!
Missed!
Success!
Success!
Success!
A full-on circus swing
Akela’s trapeze adventure
Akela’s trapeze adventure
Akela’s trapeze adventure
Akela’s trapeze adventure
Akela’s trapeze adventure
Quad biking
Quad biking
Quad biking
Fail!
Quad biking
Quad biking
Quad biking
Pit lane antics
Pit lane antics
Pit lane antics
Abseiling
Abseiling
Pit crew to the rescue!
Abseiling
Abseiling
Abseiling
Abseiling
A neat and tidy landing
The last jump of PGL 2012!
Packed to leave
Videos from PGL 2012
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