KANDERSTEG SUMMER CAMP

KANDERSTEG SUMMER CAMP

PHOTOS BY MARK, JON G, DAVE, JON W, SARAH ANGE & OTHERS

STEVE DRIVING

FRI
Steve and Jon kindly volunteered to drive the kit to Kandersteg. They departed late on Friday night with Andy's brand new Landrover and the 3GP trailer packed to the brim with tents and camping and activity kit. Chez and Ange also traveled on the Land Rover.

SAT 11:45 am
The camp started with a quick troop circle in Gidea Park Station Car Park. Family members and other well wishers looked on as details of our travel arrangements were explained and travel cards were issued.

TROOP CIRCLE AT GIDEA PARK

LUNCH ALREADY

OH GREAT

Most young people have been on holiday in a car, or on a plane. Long distance travel by train is something most of our Scouts and Explorers wont have experienced. We like to travel to Kandersteg by train because we get to see more of Europe. We see more cities and meet more people than we would by flying. We could sit on a coach for two days but on a train we have space to get up and walk around. And space to sleep.

Our Journey started at Gidea Park station. We changed at Stratford onto the Jubilee Line and got off at Waterloo.

TRAVELING AT 186mph

ARRIVING AT BRUSSELS STATION

From Waterloo International we took the Eurostar to Brussels. Once through the Channel Tunnel the train travel at 186mph on the French and Belgian High Speed Lines.

SAT EVENING
We unfortunately had a four hour stop over in Brussels between trains so we took the opportunity to do a bit if site seeing.

TOURISTS

We wondered off through a fun fair and found the town square where we soaked up some continental cafe culture.

We all stocked up on supplies for the overnight journey and returned to Brussels station to find our train.

THE CAFE CULTURE

THE EXPLORER ROOM

THE NIGHT TRAIN

From Brussels to the Swiss border we traveled on the night train. The Six Leaders slept on six bunks in the leaders room. The Six Explorers dosed on six bunks in the explorer room. The six scouts staged a riot for six hours on the six bunks in the scout room.

THE LEADERS ROOM

SUNDAY MORNING
At Basel we caught a Swiss train to Bern and from there into the Alps.

Meanwhile the Landrover had been met in Kandersteg by Dave a Networker from Gidea Park. Tired and weary from their journey the leaders unpacked all of our kit and carried it the length of the camp site to our small field.

Sunday morning was spent pitching tents on our very small camp site. Sunday afternoon and evening the Scouts and Explorers were able to wander around the camp site meeting foreign scouts for the first time and some of the leaders relaxed in the bar sporting our "Alfie Moon" shirts.

SETTING UP CAMP

THE INTERNATIONAL CHALET

THE LEADER NIGHT OUT


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