Recently at Camas we welcomed a fantastic group from the
Provanmill/Blackhill area of Glasgow.
The group made their once a year journey to Camas, so many of the young people and leaders had been before and where very excited to be back, when they arrived at the top of the Camas track. As soon as the group arrived they changed straight into their impressive assortment of animal onesies.
As the group had been before they had already achieved the first
level of the John Muir Award. So this
time they aimed to progress and take on the Explorer part of the award. This is a more challenging award to achieve
but the group had already been working hard in Glasgow by organising litter
picks in their local park.
This award linked in with the nature walks done on their first day at Camas where the group walked to Trig Point on a damp and foggy day. The walk was really enjoyable but we nearly lost 2 of the group to the Bogness Monster!!! as they went waist deep into the bog. Another great moment was with one young person standing on the hill shouting famous lines from Braveheart!
We even camped on Iona and went to the Monday night ceilidh. The group arrived in their assortment of onesies
that included a zebra, tiger, monkey, giraffe and gorilla all dancing away to Strip the Willow in the Iona Village Hall.
Activities this week included wide games, with an epic
session of Capture the Flag and Sniper.
Each team had to design a flag and a chant that would strike fear in the
heart of the opposition!
Some of the group had heard horror stories of the food at Camas
and came armed and ready with hefty selection of pot noodles to keep hunger at
bay. However I’m pleased to say that the
group learned to love the food at Camas and for the American themed Camas challenge they cooked
Burgers and Chips. Mmmmm!
This 4thof July, for the Camas challenge we celebrated Independence Day which was very special for our American volunteer Kelly. One heart-warming moment was when the group closed the meal and one of the young lads stood up on his chair, at the dinner table and sang all verses of the American national anthem to Kelly.
