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Photo: A Chilly Night, Crewing at Crow Camp, April 2008 |
Welcome
to the literary ramblings of the eloquent Ellzerz, our current
unit diarist. Providing an insight into the world of Centurion, from an
explorer's point of view, everything you read forthwith has been penned
and collated by his own fair hand.
For archive entries from former unit diarist the elusive
von Grimm click
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| Monday
23td May 2011
It wouldn’t be Centurions
if it weren’t for the odd day or 2 out, away from the hut
in the open air/the scary outdoors. This week the leaders had decided
we should all go bouldering. No one had ever heard of this before
but when we saw what we were facing, we were overjoyed! Massive
rocks, some a storey high, that we could challenge ourselves on.
We were let loose and everyone found the activity to be good exercise
and great fun. It may not seem like much, but climbing up and over
a few boulders sure does make an hour or 2 fly past. Whilst some
puffed and panted others preferred to climb on to a boulder and
relax for the hour and watch the world pass by. One thing that did
shock us on the day though was the amount of midges and flies! The
look on Pinto’s face when he saw thousands of them was magical,
a mixture of shear shock and joy. All explorers agreed - it’s
a day that should happen again in the future.
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taken by Jane - click to enlarge! |
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| Monday
18th April 2011
Now this night was one that got
everyone excited (Although no one wanted to show it). It was the
ART ATTACK NIGHT! For one night in our lives we could relive our
childhood memories from the TV. Everyone thought that they were
Neil Buchanan and the chosen material for our big art attack was
salt. Everyone drafted out some rough ideas until we had 2 pictures
worthy of being blown up to half the size of the hall. We then smothered
both the floor and ourselves in chalk and salt to make the dream
into reality! We ended up with 2 marvellous pieces of floor art
– a cute duck in typical British weather *cough cough* and
a really posh looking owl dressed in a scout uniform. Well done
guys, well done.
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Fluffy ducks
basking in the sun and a slighty mangled owl...it's what Mr Buchanan
would have wanted |
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| Monday
28th February 2011
This night was truly a good ol’
gathering. 3 different explorer units all packed into the hut to
design monsters. Everyone felt 8 years old again and we all sat
in trepidation, waiting for the materials to be handed out. To everyone’s
shock, teams were given some string, plastic bags, bin-liners and
bits of old cardboard. Suddenly the teams didn’t seem as enthusiastic
anymore, but all ploughed on until every group had a poor explorer
coated in the sort of high end fashion accessories you might just
find at your local dump. Overall the evening was a success with
the winning team, from our own unit no less, having stood out to
the judges, and so win the inter unit "Thing Trophy" for
a very childish reason...
The fabled "Thing
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Monday
3rd January 2011
Well, it was business as usual
for the 1st session of the year. Everyone turned up half an hour
late and despite being told to dress for sports, we turned up done
up to the nines with jeans and hoodies. Glenn’s face didn’t
fill us with confidence. He looked far too happy to see us, and
so our fears were confirmed…EXERCISE!
We instantly poked fun at the
early 90s workout video that was shown to us and no one really knew
what the hell was going on, however at the end of the night I think
we all agreed, the exercise DVD was invented for women! |
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Centurion Explorer Scout Unit 2007, Registered Charity No. 303669 |
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