Jul 28

I stopped in MacDonald sub-camp while some of the Cobble Hill patrols were lining up for lunch. Some of them took on the Global Development activity this morning.

http://www.jamborette.org.uk/activity.htm#c07 

 I was a bit surprised by their interest in that subject, but they also said it was fun so they must have done a good job with that particular activity for it to be educational and fun. Individual Sports was also participated in this morning, which I have heard of others doing. The Sumo suits were especially fun I here. http://www.jamborette.org.uk/activity.htm#d08

And as I was running some errands around camp I came across a few of them doing the circus activity in the Kastle.

I think I posted a link to the weather around here but apparently every web-site related to weather in Scotland is pure fiction. Two days ago the weather forecast for today was heavy rain. Yesterday they changed it to light rain. This morning it said it was raining here but it was beautiful and sunny. We had a very brief sprinkle. Hardly enough to get your hair wet. All this afternoon we have had sun and cloud, but decently warm. Good weather for the last day of activities.

The big event of the day was the Robbie Burns dinner. All the Scottish leaders were to wear a white shirt and kilt, while the international leaders were in full Scout uniform. We were led into the mess hall by a piper and seated at specially prepared tables. There were an address to the guests, followed by piping in the haggis. After the meal there was a non-traditional but very funny skit put on by one of the staff and two of the Network scouts (Rover equivalents).

There was a short burst of rain for a minute or two during our dinner in the mess tent, while the Scouts were all in their sub-camps preparing their dinners. It was a special meal for them as well. The sub-camps all ate together at tables and benches set up in rows or circles so they could all eat together. I think the rain had come and gone before they were ready to sit down and eat.

Up in MacDonald sub-camp after the Scouts had eaten their haggis they got into singing a bit at the table. It was quite entertaining as it appeared our two Cobble Hill patrols were trying to outdo each other.

A little later in the evening after all the tables had been cleaned up and put away the entire camp, leaders and Scouts, were invited to join in and do some ceilidh dancing. It really looked like great fun, and there was a lot of people dancing and a lot watching. It was too large of a crowd for me to see all who made it there from our group, but I did try to get a few pictures of some that I saw in the fading light outside.

After the dancing the Scouts had more than an hour to socialize before lights out. In the meantime the Duncan leaders went to the staff club for a coffee while the Cobble Hill leaders went down to the Roundhouse on the River Tilt for a beer. The bar was totally inundated with leaders in full uniform (as you have to be any time you go off-site) so they were pretty backed up at the bar. There were a couple traditional Scottish songs played which were sung to by the crowd, as well as the Loch Lomond song, which had everyone dancing and singing just before they booted us all out.