We also had our first King Orry Camp at Dhoon Glen in July.  Following the lesson learnt at Island Camp we decided that one night was more than enough!  After setting up camp during our Thursday meeting we returned the next night to stay.  That evening we explored Dhoon Glen and had a campfire.  The next day we visited the Ayres Nature Reserve, guided round by the Warden and Kath Smith of Manx Wildlife Trust.  The cubs started out dragging their feet but by the end they were full of excitement and questions thanks to the fabulous enthusiasm of the staff there.  We returned to site for lunch and some games before striking camp and going home.

The Programme

The cubs experienced Camp here for the first time.  At Island Camp 9 Cubs enjoyed two full days of activities and earned their Outdoor Challenge Award, Campers badge and the first Nights Away badge.  They were not the highest scoring Pack but hopefully have learned some valuable lessons for this year, most notably 1) still talking in your tent at midnight loses points and 2) being caught up, dressed and playing football at 3.30am loses lots more points.  I have to say that Leaders finally gave up at 4.30am and football was played for 4 hours until breakfast, mostly to the cries of “Aussie – over here!” as all the Cubs from around the island picked up on Austen’s football prowess.  On Saturday night, after a day full of activities, several Cubs were pleading to go to bed!