February 2024
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The annual Explorer working camp happened last weekend. As usual, the young people and their leaders, directed by the Barnswood team, achieved an amazing amount including;
● Cleaning exterior walls and roofs of buildings
● Clearing out more of the old Low Ropes course
● Sanding and treating benches
● Tidying the compound including sorting out old chairs
● Clearing logs and brash from around campsites
● Prepping last years logs
● Clearing up leaves
● Pitching a permanent shelter by the main car park for rainy pick-ups & drop offs.
● Having fun
They were assisted by future Explorers (currently 6th Macc Beavers) who cleared leaves.
We also had a guest appearance of an ex-Explorer, Lawrence, who is working in forestry and he used his skills in felling some trees and making benches out of an oak trunk.