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Reports from around the Camp - 17th July.

Todays reporters were Evan and Sara from the Stewart sub camp, Waturi and Scott from the Robertson sub camp and another two who did not leave their names.

1) Evan and Sara's report.

This afternoon we visited some sub-camp Aunts and Uncles who are always hard at work even though we may not realise it. Before we go to our activities our Aunties and Uncles always make sure we know the activity we are doing and where we are meant to be meeting for that particular activity.

After leaving camp we always thought that our Aunties and Uncles just sat and didn't do any work, but after going round one of the campsites we realised that we were wrong, that camp staff actually worked hard.

Uncle Bruce - MacLean	Auntie Jackie - MacDonald	Uncle Dougie - Murray
Uncle Sharkey - Stewart	Uncle Fraser - Robertson	Uncle Robert - Morrison

The camp staff always have some type of work to do in their sub camp area. They figure out what you are doing next, where you are going to meet, and they also inform the people in charge of the activity who is coming from their sub camp.

We asked the staff how long the day was for them and you would not believe that they get up earlier than the Scouts and go to their beds a lot later than the Scouts as well. Uncle Snabber from Stewart sub camp told us he really had a long day of 25 hours because he works through his lunch break.

2) Waturi and Scott's report

We visited an number of activities today to see what was happening and to rake some pictures. a) The Atholl Experience - a course on the Estate, with a number of challenges to boggle the mind and involve scouting knowledge.

Here we see some Scouts attempting to overcome the water slide by placing as many coconuts in the tyres as possible.

Here we see one of our Scouts emerging from the black tunnel only to slip and slide down the polythene sheet.

We then went on to visit the Kross

In the crafts section you can do everything from making candles to carving plaques. In this picture we see our Scouts engraving his own plaque using different kinds of tools.

Also at the Kross there is a Health and Fitness session which is a test of aerobic and overall fitness. Here we see the Scouts pumping those leg muscles along with a few tunes in the aerobic section.

3)Unfortunately the two scouts who did these reports did not leave their names.

a) Martial Arts. Martial Arts is one of the many activities available on site, where you learn how to defend yourself (but you have to be careful when training as you can injure your partner) . If you are looking for an action packed activity session then this is the place for you.

b) The Bedrock BankThese two lovelies have the glamorous job of counting and sorting your spending money! They also exchange Euros at the bank in Pitlochry. You might not think it, but there was roughly £10,000 pounds worth of money taken in by the bank on the first day. But luckily, if you are worried about the safety of your dosh, the high tech anti-theft plywood will stop any thieves.

Diary

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