SUMMER CAMP 1993 VENTURE UNIT SCRAP BOOK

SUMMER CAMP 1993 VENTURE UNIT SCRAP BOOK

PHOTOS BY THE UNIT - WORDS FROM THE UNIT DIARY

MONDAY - QUEEN'S SCOUT HIKE DAY 1

THE PROJECT SKETCH MAP

Craig has disappeared to see flush (so called because a lavatory chain is the only thing he could pull) because she is leaving tomorrow and he's not going to get to see her again. (Yesterday was very amusing with flush as Craig got dumped but that's an other story)

To the left you can see a shrunken sketch map of our entire hike and below is a photo of the map from our first days hiking.

Just about to leave ½ hour late - Never mind Craig’s back now, he never got a kiss ho-ho ho no-no no no no luck no no-no luck no no he's got no luck - etc.

Leave camp site 1 hour late - Stop at bank, Mark leaves passport in tent, What a cheesy plonker, Mark has no money HA, HA Reach Co-op - Meet Gail and Rowan again. Craig cant buy shoe laces in co-op, so Craig goes to shoe shop to buy laces, as he returns across bridge over the river Kander.

WE ARE LAUGHING

THE BOOT SANK IN THE DISTANCE

He kicks his boot into the air and points to us and laughs - What a plonker! The boot jumps over the barrier and into the water!

Jem and Lannin chase boot down river for about 30 miles. Lannin stops because he feels like chundering. Jackson over takes boot and attempts a heroic rescue when boot shouts, "You’ll never take me alive" and promptly sinks! Jem and Lannin shout profanities, Craig is a prat, and other friendly phrases, then piss our pants. On his way back Jem twisted his ankle. This hike is doomed, doomed I tell you!

Craig’s Top 3 Films

1 A Bridge too far
2 Bridge over the river qui
3 A river runs through it

Top songs

1 Bridge over Troubled Waters - Simon & Garfunkle
2 Ride across the River - Dire Straits
3 Down to the water line - Dire Straits
4 Good Night Girl - Wet Wet Wet
5 River of dreams - Billy Joel

The illustration on the right is the original from the Log.

THE INCIDENT

SKETCH MAP - DAY 1

12:00 What a Plonker
Craig is a prat! If he hadn't lost his shoe a big Van would not have come along, nearly run us down and completely squashed the ink out of our little pen. I think I will teach him a lesson.

Still in Kandersteg 2 and a half-hours late. Jem and Mark are in the toilet, Craig is in love with a pasta shell or something like that. Weyhey we are off at last I still feel like a lump of old rubbish, probably look like it as well - AL

(Funny enough....... JJ)

1.00pm. Finally made it to cable Car and bought tickets. Tried to work out ticket machine and so wasted another 10 minutes. We are now on way up hanging on to this book for dear life. Now this is the way to travel - seats are a bit hard and bloke beside me is a bit of a bad conversationalist - I asked him how long he had been hear and ware he was going, but all he said was 'SAC' so I think he's going to the same place as us - Bloody cling on foreigner. I can see the pub from ere all ten - Its time to get off - and I'm not ready. - JJ

At top Blümlisalphütte is 4hrs away by sign post.

I still feel like a lump of Craig and that's Bad!!!! Ok - AL

2.45pm. Although we are having a good laugh I am feeling really depressed, I have left Rachelle (FLUSH!) in tears, clutching my necklace and my scarf (BARF BARF) She said that she was coming over to London before Christmas so I will definitely have to see her then. I am having lunch at the moment and am still thinking of Rachelle (Flush!) Jem's slices of bread a.k.a. bricks stand up on their own. I think I am very fond of Rachelle. - CD (With Jem's additions in brackets)

Madness It must be Love Love Love
Nothing more nothing less,
Love (FLUSH) is the best.....

Late start, said good bye to RF and GMH at camp + at Bank + at co-op (3 good byes!!) - MH
(Marks Knackered)