The
trailer was re packed a few times before
Steve, Jon, Chez and Ange left Kandersteg.
For the rest of us our train wasn't until the
evening so we had half a day to kill.
All our kit was stored for the day in a large
tent on the camp site.
Kandersteg have a large collection of Group
Neckerchiefs from all over the world.
They already have a 3rd Gidea Park one from
1987! But they hadn't got a Greater
London North East (GLNE) Scout Network neckerchief
so Lisa donated hers.
Our Explorers didn't have their own neckers at
the time of the camp so they will have to add theirs
to the collection next time.
COMFY?
LISA AND PURPLE NECKER
A POOL WITH A
VIEW
SURFING
We spent the
afternoon in the town swimming pool and picking up odd
last minute souvenirs for the journey home in the
shops.
Strangely on the
last day of camp the Scouts behaved better than at any
time in the previous two weeks. No arguing or
bickering. Did this have anything to do with the
Ghost truths told around the camp fire the night
before?
THE GIRLS
SWIMMING
WARM ENOUGH?
We cooked our evening meal in one of the camp site
kitchens before loading our kit into a van which drove
it to the station for us. As we walked down the
road from the camp site to the town for the last time
it started to rain. By the time we had got to
the station we were all soaked through. The
station had been struck by lightening and had no
power, the car park was rapidly flooding. We
were glad we weren't camping. The Swiss railways
are some of the most efficient in the world. The train
still arrived bang on time!
THE LAST MEAL
PLAYING CARDS IN BRUSSELS WAITING FOR THE
FIRST EUROSTAR BACK TO THE UK
TOO MUCH FOR SOME
Day 16
We were rudely awoken far too early for our liking and arrived in
Brussels an hour or so before the Eurostar departure lounge even
opened. When it finally did we sprawled ourselves on the
concourse and had a snooze.
After a cracking two weeks
we arrived back at Gidea Park station bang on time. A
troop circle was held in the car park where various badges
and awards were dispensed to the Scouts, Explorers and
Networkers.
