Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
Junior Peak Today’s
highlights
digs in for fun Glastonbury eat your heart out –
coming to you tonight from the
by Carol Hunt main stage is Peak 2010’s very own
battle of the bands.
FAR, far away on the outskirts
of the Arctic is a land called Head down to the main stage from
Junior Peak. 7pm – 8.30pm tonight to hear some
rocking tunes. Then stick around to
From now on this land will be boogie with the Beach Boys at our
invaded each day by swarms beach themed after-party.
of Cubs and Brownies, visiting
Peak 2010 to get a taste of Or groove along to the Twilight
what their older friends are Chill-Out zone at 6.45pm to take
up to. part in our open mic night.
Among the range of The Colonial Tea Rooms is staging a
activities is a chance to take Play Your Cards Right session tonight
part in an archaeological dig from 7pm-10pm.
and discover buried treasure. Young
Amazon sub camp has an illustrator
diggers will be able
Julia Thornley and her artist visiting today between 1-9pm
to explore the pools and uncover the
team have been busy (caricatures £3). There’s also a
treasures – and some ‘finds’ of a more
mixing plaster of paris Wii arena (open 9am-9pm, £2 per
grisly nature – using special tools.
into paddling pools 30-minute session).
and setting bones, Also included in the Junior Peak
coins and coloured experience is the opportunity to make Camp Cuppas Challenge
glass pebbles into your own flower-pot men using recycled
RECKON you make the best brew on
it, ready to be plantpots and plastic milk bottle tops
camp? Think that you can prove it to
discovered beneath – which have been collected by the
Georgina Halford from the Colonial
layers of sand, team over the last few months and
Tea Rooms? If so we want to hear
sawdust or compost. assembled into kits.
from you...
Anybody can make a cup of tea,
Have you seen this man?
so we want to know what makes
yours special. Entries will be judged
on taste and presentation – that’s
(or, to be precise, his specs!) presentation of you and your tea!
The competition will take place
Camp organiser Stuart Groom has mislaid his glasses – and he’s offering a prize at the Colonial Tea Rooms, next
for their safe return. He says they’re dark metal frames, but the Global team to Amazon sub camp, at 5pm on
thought they’d show him a few alternatives, in case the originals don’t turn up... Wednesday. But come down to
the Global office before 10.30am
TODAY to register.
Overheard at Peak
“I’ll hold it open while you go in!”
Steve Parker, our site manager,
to someone waiting in
the toilet queue.
We’re top of the tops! George Vandrill, 11, and cousins Jo
Big Bear’s memento and Libby Beach, 11 and 13, have
Souvenirs from Peak ’80 have found brought a 30 year old T-shirt back to
their way back to camp this year thanks where it originally came from.
to a bear who is currently living in 3rd
The Beach’s dad, Andy, bought the
Holmesfield Scouts’ mess tent in Kazakh
T-shirt when he camped here all those
Steppe.
years ago, showing what fantastic
mementos you can buy at Peak.
George owns the bear and has
added a Peak 2010 necker, proving
that this bear really is a multi-
generational creature!
Like father, like son
Leader for 1st Breaston Scouts,
Iain Edgar, has been involved in
the Scouting movement since he
was a Cub. His family came along
to visit him yesterday, bringing
with them a bag of souvenirs
from previous Peak camps that
he has been to.
Hidden in the bottom of the bag
Beaver
was Iain’s old cub jumper from
jumper or his dad’s, earned his
1983... and it turned out to be a
first badge this week for night hiking.
perfect fit for son Peter, 6, who
wore it for the rest of the day. He’s been challenged to beat his dad’s
record of 13 badges, so good luck to
Peter, who couldn’t decide
him!
whether he preferred his
Why I packed my
Peak promise camp bag in May…
My journey to Peak 2010 started
Kevin Mitton, a keen Scouter since 1986, of other Scouts and Guides at Peak 2005 in May! After a few months out
was a dedicated leader at 2nd Shirebrook and unbelievably no one was interested. of work I was offered a job for
(Holy Trinity) Scout troop and despite Kevin missed out on a fantastic the summer in Madrid, Spain.
facing many challenges, including the opportunity and swore that he wouldn’t Super – except I had already
threat of closure, he kept his group miss another Peak camp. applied to be on the staff at
going. Peak 2010 and had been telling
Luckily, the 1st Shirebrook (Holy Trinity)
everyone what an amazing
Five years ago Kevin approached his and 1st Langwith (St Lukes) Guide
experience it is.
troop with the idea of joining thousands companies stepped in. They were
involved in many outdoor activities with No worries, I booked my flights
Kevin and his Scouts and they gave Kevin to Spain, including a week’s
an offer he couldn’t refuse: the chance to holiday in Derbyshire – not the
camp with their two units at Peak 2010. usual way round!
Sadly, Kevin died in 2006. But, as I packed my bags, and one
Langwith and Shirebrook prepared once with shorts and suncream went
more for a Peak camp, they remembered to Spain, while the other –
their promise. complete with camp hat and
raincoat – sat in my friend’s
And Kevin Mitton has come to camp
garage ready to meet me here
after all – his memorial plaque is proudly
at camp.
displayed by 1st Langwith (St Lukes)
Girl Guides in their mess tent on Taiga Seven weeks, sunburn and one
sub camp. So despite passing on to that World Cup later, I made it!
“Great Scout camp in the sky”, Kevin
• ABOVE: The girls with Kevin Vicky Powers
didn’t miss another Peak.
Mitton’s memorial plaque 7th Ilkeston Guides &
special needs team
Making a splash
AQUILA Explorers have come up with a the trailer preparing for Spring Bank
Notice
great way to stay cool at camp: build a
swimming pool!
The Derby group used a trailer which
Holiday camp!”
Her friend, Jess Horton, added: “We
didn’t realise he meant it until we
board
they jacked up to make it level. Next started pouring water into the trailer!”
came waterproofing
in the form of plastic
tarpaulins and gaffer 4th Belper GSL, Roland Jakes, would
tape. Finally they like to apologise to Holbrook Scouts if
he woke them up on Monday morning.
filled up the trailer/
He is having trouble getting his own
pool with water and Scouts out of their sleeping bags in the
added inflatable palm mornings. (But do you really need to
trees, monkeys and bang a metal tray with a ladle?!)
sharks.
Congratulations to members of the
The pool was the brain ARCS team who won Sunday night’s
child of the leader quiz. Well done!
Dave Whelan who first Congratulations to Rob and Emma
suggested the idea a Simmons on the birth of Archie at
couple of months ago. 1.15am on Monday, weighing in at 8lb
2oz. Granny Sue Goodall doing well!
One of the explorers, Maddy
Churchhouse, said: “I didn’t think he Happy 15th birthday to Sofiya Efremova
was serious, we were just sitting in from Volgograd, Russia, camping on
Sahara.
Get well soon, Josh Beck. Hope your
Would you like to win a ride in Jam Roll, B-P’s Rolls Royce? knee is better soon, love Stockton on
the Forest Scout troop.
Just make a donation of £5 or more – to help preserve Jam Roll for the future
– and complete a donation form. All forms go into a daily draw and the winner East Yorkshire Girlguides wish it to be
will be given a ride around the site for themself and a friend. known that Quackers the duck belongs
Further details at the Jam Roll base on B-P Avenue. to them and not to Networkers from
the Peak District.
SPOTLIGHT
Canoeing and Coracle Building – Don’t
forget your change of kit as you will get
wet!!!
on our Korean friends Come and play Kubb on Nile sub camp.
149th Mickleover Scout Troop
celebrated its 50th anniversary
Chris Jones caught up with seven Girl Scouts from Seoul in Korea.
yesterday. Many happy returns!
a group of international So how did they get here? Well, a
20-hour flight took them from Seoul to Are you a 16-year-old Scout or Guide
campers ... and can beat the height of Oliver who
London Heathrow via Hong Kong and, is 6ft 5in tall? If so, call in to 16th
I called in at the Colonial Tea Rooms if that wasn’t enough, they then had Ilkeston Scouts on Sahara and see how
and bumped into four leaders of Girl a three-hour journey from London by you measure up to him.
Guides of Korea enjoying coffee and hired minibus to Chatsworth arriving at
Leaders, there is a drop-in Learning
cake. 1am on Saturday morning.
Zone on The Jitty where there is
Deokhee Han explained in excellent When asked what they thought of information about your Association’s
training programme on Wednesday and
English that she was camping on Pacific Chatsworth, Deokhee said: “It’s Friday. You can also refresh or learn
with leaders Ho-Jung Kim, Julie beautiful and the weather in the day is new traditional Scouting and Guiding
Namkoong, Eun-Jin Lee, Soo-Bin Jo and good, but at night it is very cold.” skills on Wednesday.
They then took me to the Please send your used Sainsbury’s bags
International tent to show to Margaret Hall on Taiga, they will
me their display of maps and make lovely pom-poms for the Lea
Green centenary event.
origami, bracelets symbolising
good health and long life and Check out the Coffee Shop in the
a beautiful costume which will Trading Marquee for sandwiches,
be worn at the talent show on home-made cakes and drinks with
Wednesday evening when they evening meals cooked to order.
perform the fan dance. Tiggette the bear is searching for
fellow four-pawed Facebook friend
After camp they will travel
Ranger Bear. The message is: come and
to London for four days of find me in woggle-making!
sightseeing.
Photo of
the day
Today’s winning photo has been
taken by Dan Laywood of 2nd
Swanwick. It shows assistant
leader Martyn Livey filling a
water boiler (honest)!
Runners-up:
Dave Keegan attempts the
Black Hole (by John Wasley)
Ryan O’Meara models the
latest in Irish headgear
Kate Gillibrand and Pauline
Barker from the tuck shop
Joke of the day
Where’s the Bear? Q: What’s the difference
between a stoat and a weasel?
Congratulations to Monday’s A: A weasel is weasily recognised
winner Alex Williamson from and a stoat is stoatily different.
35th Derby Scouts who found
Connor Starr, 1st Buxton Scouts
Jacob the Bear sunning himself
in Aquila Explorers’ swimming
pool in Everglade subcamp.
Do you recognise where
Jacob is hiding today? Bring
your answers to the Global
office, next to the hospitality
marquee. First correct answer
after 8am wins a prize! Q: How did the basketball
court get wet?
A: The players dribbled all
Tuesday Wordsearch over it! boom boom!
Know any good jokes?
Let us have yours in the Global
TODAY’S THEME:
T A R G S A H A R A Sub Camps
office by 11.30am – the best one
wins a prize.
S M Y E L R K Z G J Can you find the
E A B M E A A F T N
following words
hidden in the grid?
Riddle
What comes once in a minute,
R Z Y A Z F D A P C AMAZON twice in a moment, but never in
NILE a thousand years?
E O P A R T E E I I TAIGA
N N K E L R A F S T ARCTIC
PACIFIC
Anagram
G H V K G A I I V C EVER/GLADES
Unravel the following phrase to
make a bird:
E E P V F C M E G R SAHARA
ACTOR MORN
HIMALAYAS
T E R F A A R I R A SERENGETI
ANSWERS:
KAZAKH
Riddle - the letter M
I F E P E L I N H B GREAT/BARRIER/REEF
Anagram - Cormorant
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