Category: Senior Update

Every year, our seniors complete a full service on our minibus Long John Silver. It includes replacing the air filter, performing a full oil change, changing the fuel filter, inspecting tyres and brakes, as well as looking for any other issues which may cause an MOT failure. Afterwards, they learn how to prime the engine to remove the airlock created when the fuel filter was installed.

Long John passed its MOT a week later, so they must have done a good job!

Our seniors put their baking skills to the test and made some bread. One of our leaders lent them a coalman’s oven which fits handily over one of our coalman’s cookers. They made some great loaves, which were delicious with butter and syrup!

This week our seniors undertook their Master Cooks badge. Their menu:

Starter – lamb sausage shakshuka
Main – beef and multi-bean chilli with pasta
Dessert – Camp doughnuts

Congratulations on a fantastic evening of food!

This weekend our seniors planned a survival hike as part of their Bushman’s thong award. It involved a four mile hike and very little in the way of kit! It was a fantastic weekend for all.

This week our seniors starting stacking our new wood store ready for the winter.

Second week back and our seniors are already pressing on with this term’s activities! For many years, we have wanted our own wood store so we can keep the firewood for the group nice and dry. Tonight, we have laid the foundations for something great. Check back for more updates as the project progresses!

This week our seniors made Hobo Stoves, these are small stoves which are often made from tin cans with legs attached. They have great ventilation meaning they burn really efficiently. 

This week our Seniors were surprised with a Ready Steady Cook style challenge where they were presented with a bunch of ingredients and told they have to come up with a main meal. They absolutely aced the challenge and concocted a fantastic pasta dish, maybe we have some new camp cooks?

The lead up to Christmas always seems to be a time of illness, never the less, the few Seniors we had left enjoyed an evening on the ice!

Tonight, the Seniors practiced their knife skills, prepping wood for a small fire which they built at the end of the evening. These skills are really important to repeat as often as possible and allow the Seniors to become confident with using blades. This then makes work on camp much easier. We also had a special visitor to share the evening with!