18 older Scouts taking part in a 16 mile hike in to the hills to the north of the camp, camping out in one of the Glens. Hikers require boots or strong shoes and sleeping bags. Other equipment will be provided. Hikes start on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.

Whether the comparative ease and security of the climbing tower or the thrill of a natural cliff, climbing and abseiling (rappelling) will certainly be an activity to remember. No previous experience is necessary, as the activity staff will teach you all you need to know (gravity will do the rest!)..

Learn basic hill access skills and safety before being called out to search for missing walkers. Is it an exercise or for real?

Five pairs of (younger) Scouts per sub camp - mornings of Friday and Monday. Places organised by Uncles. Assemble at 21.45 on the Thursday and Sunday evenings. Bring hiking clothes, sleeping bag, mug and personal groundsheet, if possible. Walk up the hill and see the sunrise before returning to camp for breakfast and a lie-in till around 10.00. Normal activity allocations will be offered the following day.

A hill walk to the top of one of the neighbouring mountains, such as Carn Liath or Ben Vrackie. Scouts should have chosen this activity only if they have hiking clothes and footwear, although the hike organisers may have a few boots and cagoules to lend.

Fed up of being told by your parents “stay away from the river, you’ll fall in”. This one’s for you. Wetsuit on, buoyancy aid on, helmet on, now get IN the water! Scramble up the gorge on the Banvie Burn. You will get wet, but it’s massive fun. Trainers must be worn.

They are not called Mountain Bikes for nothing! Off road cycling on the Blair Atholl Estate, seeing the things that other tours miss. Cycles are provided.

Certainly not for the unfit – a real biking challenge, but the views can be spectacular. Leaving the campsite at 7.30pm, cycle up into the hills above Blair Atholl, stay overnight in a bothy and return home (downhill!) for 10.00 am. Scouts selected for this event will not have a morning activity the day they return to camp.

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How good are your knots and lashings? Could you escape from being marooned on a desert island by building a raft? Well have a go at constructing your own raft from a few barrels, poles and lashings, then try it out sailing down the River Tilt. If your lashings are hopeless you will get wet, but at least you will have a chance to learn how to do it properly – just in case you ever need it! Trainers must be worn.

A days exploration of Loch Tummel by dinghy, single kayak and canoe and maybe learn to sail at the same time - depending on the wind. You must be able to swim 50 metres in shorts, shirt and trainers for this activity.

A short course in the Estate, with a series of incidents to be tackled en-route. The incidents will involve brainpower and Scouting skills. Come tackle the Wild Wild West Experience with the Cowboy Challenge and the dreaded snake pit. Lots of fun, water and mayhem.

If your only experience of backwoods cooking is stuffed apples, potatoes or bananas wrapped in foil then this activity is a must for you. Try Cordon Bleu cooking - without utensils. Chicken, fish, you can even have a go at boiled rice!

Old Scottish skills in a new setting. The Bodgers Lathe (The "Bodger" is an old word applied to a woodworker who turns wooden parts on a portable lathe powered by a treadle and a springy sapling) and Rope Making. Whilst waiting your turn, why not have a go at crate climbing - how high can you go?

Enjoy a walk around the Blair Estates discovering the wonders of nature and Scottish wildlife, from the majestic Red Deer to the malevolent midge! No need to miss a thing as binoculars will be provided, but you might want to bring your camera along too.

After some basic practice in the use of map and compass (just to make sure you can find your way back), try out the 2004 Orienteering competition on a course around the campsite. Bring your own compass.

12 (Scottish/overseas) pairs per night, leaving the site at 7.45pm on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday will walking about 3 miles to Glen Tilt, pitch camp, make supper and go to bed. After an early rise, walk back to camp for breakfast - don't worry the gear and tents will be taken by landrover.

Not just your run of the mill knots and lashings. Help build a large-scale centrepiece for the Country Fair on visitor's day and then in the second week, projects that you never quite manage to construct at normal troop meetings. Have you tried the long-range Bolt Shooter, a Swingboat, Towers or Roman Ballistae?

Like eating? Enjoy a challenge? Here is one where you get the best of both worlds. Working in your individual patrols you will each cook a main course dish from a bag of ingredients given too you (recipe card included!). International patrols will get a Scottish dish and Scottish patrols will get an International dish. The time is limited, the ingredients are limited, the cooking facilities are limited, the only thing without limits is your culinary expertise! Your meal will be eaten in place of your normal midday or evening meal and you will be joined by a couple of members of staff who will judge your skills. A much coveted award will be presented to the best of the two teams. Get your aprons on!!

You can assist the Blair Atholl Estate Rangers help wildlife by making bird and bat boxes or knocking into shape a local Nature Trail and Butterfly meadow. Then, after all that hard work, explore the forests of Blair with guided walks, environmental games and wild food forays. Nature is a feast of surprises, just waiting to be explored by Scouts!

Back to basics. You will be transported to a wilderness location where you will practice basic survival techniques. Building bivouacs, lighting fires who knows what else you will learn to do?

For the older Scouts, an opportunity to really face up to nature. Scavenge for wood for your campfire, clean and cook your own food, then build your own bivouac and camp out under the stars. Can you survive 24 hours in the wild?

An insight into the culture of the ancient Celtic nation. Make some of the Lewis Chess men in plaster, help layout the biggest Celtic Cross Blair Atholl has ever seen, design your own Celtic patterns on a camp stool, T shirt or Camp Blanket (bring your own shirt or blanket) to remind you of Blair 2004.

Come along and have a go at Dream catchers, bead badges, glass painting, fabric painting, tie dying, printing, wire sculpting, body painting, candle making, mask making, glass engraving, clay work, friendship bracelets, simple photography, pyrography, caricatures, memory matchboxes, tin can piercing, mod roc

A real mix of ideas here. Try your hand at some of the crafts, games and activities from the countries represented at camp. Every day is different, will it be Chinese ink painting, decorative knotting & ropework, Native Canadian Indian culture, American knecker slides or many more.

Amazing what a few resistors, a bulb a board, solder and a battery can do. Construct your own electronic gadget.

The world is a village which man has only inhabited for a fraction of time since the Big Bang, yet we have already nearly destroyed our most precious resource, our home. Global impact looks at how what we do affects our world and what we can do to protect it. This isn't theory though, this is a roll up your sleeves and get mucky kind of saving the world. Only superheroes need apply!

Star reporter, photojournalist, budding editor, compiler or tea boy, there is bound to be a job to suit you on Kross Kurrents the Kamp newspaper. With the readers of the daily publication eager to find out what has been happening around the camp you had better get typing.“COPY…..!!!”

Fancy snowboarding, but don't like the cold? Like skateboarding but concrete hurts? Surfing, in the Scottish waters, madness! Well mountainboarding could be your sport, as it takes elements from them all and mixes it with a bit of downhill mountainbiking for good measure. While a skateboard is restricted to smooth surfaces, a snowboard to snow (or artificial slopes), a surfboard to water, mountainboards can go anywhere, smooth streets, grassy hills, dirt tracks, mountainbike trails pretty much wherever you can think of.

An opportunity to test your skills on the camp archery ranges. Target archery is the most commonly practiced form of archery and one you will possibly be familiar with. The archers shoot from a line a distance from the target faces. Clout archery is a test of trajectory skill, the same talent used in the lighting of the flame at the 1992 Summer Olympic opening ceremonies. In clout archery, the target consists of circular scoring zones, which are outlined on the ground.

Spend a half-day in peace and quiet, fishing at a remote pond in the hills above Blair Atholl. We have stocked the pond with over 100 trout so together with the ones left over from previous camps, there is a good chance of you catching your own supper!

Whether its a game of table tennis, step aerobics in the sunshine or bouncing on the trampoline, this will test your personal fitness and individual skills - a chance to find out how fit you actually are.

A day trip to Perth for swim in the indoor swimming pool (much warmer than the river Tilt!) Then after lunch, have a go ice-skating on the nearby skating rink. Scouts must be ready for collection at the front gate by 8.45 a.m. PROMPT, in uniform and with a packed lunch. As well as swimming gear and a towel you also need to pack long trousers and thick socks for skating.

If the only team sport you have ever played is a game of soccer, then you really do need to check out this activity. Try your hand at Sepak takraw (a popular South Asian sport which involves a little bit of volleyball, gymnastics and soccer all rolled into one game), Kabadi (the national game of Bangladesh, where players have to dash into the opponent team's area and back home safely whilst holding their breath!) or Lacrosse (a Canadian Indian game using 3 feet long racquets with a net pocket at the end). International Sports at Blair Atholl.

Will your team find the Blair Atholl treasure? This activity takes you round the grounds of the castle in the hunt for clues to the hidden treasure.

This is an absolute first for the Blair Atholl Jamborette and certainly an experience you will NEVER forget. With a friend, climb inside the chamber of a 12 ft inflatable ball, strap yourself in and hold your breath as you tumble at great speed down the glorious Perthshire hillside! The bigger outer transparent ball absorbs all the violent bouncing while you spin down the hill. This activity is for those aged 16 years and over (for those under 16, sorry – you’ll just have to come back next camp!)

A visit, in uniform, to the castle. Scouts will form three or four parties, each of which will be taken round the Castle by guides from the Jamborette staff. Scouts get free entry to the castle to see the amazing collections of weapons and deer antlers, as well as the other fascinating attractions of this 13th Century Castle and ancestral home of the Duke of Atholl.

A new and very popular activity at last Blair Atholl Jamborette, for Scouts aged 15 years and older. 24 hours of fun and adventurous activities around the Atholl Estate with a BBQ and camp away from the main site.

This activity counts for two allocations towards the White Cockade,and in addition all those who complete the Trek will earn the special Blair Atholl Explorer Scout Trek badge as a reminder of their experience.

Trek leaves the site early in the afternoon on Wednesday, Thursday, Monday and Tuesday, returning the following morning. Assembly details will be confirmed by Uncles.

An opportunity to sightsee and shop in this delightful Victorian town and popular holiday resort, which nestles in the Perthshire Highlands. Whether you are looking for that essential present or memento to take home with you, or you want to sample the delights of that great Scottish delicacy Fish n Chips and a can of Irn Bru - you will enjoy your trip. Assemble at the main gate, in uniform, for your bus to Pitlochry.

What you do during this activity time depends on your Subcamp Uncle, but it will probably be something that helps the whole subcamp. This activity is available as a Patrol activity only, by arrangement with your Uncle.

Abseil on the tower, intended for those Scouts who do not get a chance to abseil during daytime activities.

An adventure playground especially designed for overgrown children!

The evening activity programme will change nightly. Keep your eyes on the noticeboard (at the activities office and subcamp) and Kross Kurrents for details. These will include various campfires, subcamp activities, International Night, Kinema night and many more.