{"id":4982,"date":"2012-01-16T22:33:37","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T21:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/?p=4982"},"modified":"2012-01-20T12:35:27","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T11:35:27","slug":"2012-01-06-wintercamp2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/?p=4982","title":{"rendered":"2012-01-06 &#8211; WinterCamp2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/wintercamp_header.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4983\" title=\"wintercamp_header\" src=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/wintercamp_header-300x73.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"73\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/wintercamp_header-300x73.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/wintercamp_header.jpg 427w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>All packed and ready to set off early on a sunny, dry day seemed just too good to be true and it was just that \u2013 The van wouldn\u2019t start with a coil fault.\u00a0 With most of the leaders having taken the day off to set camp, we had to unload and reload a hire van with all the camp provisions and set off for Gilwell at roughly the time we usually go, so perhaps Dave had a premonition when he suggested we start off early?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An easy journey to Gilwell and nobody queuing in front of us at the drop off point, but the usual wrangling ensued over where we wanted to camp vs where the organisers wanted to put us. However, a most agreeable compromise was made, with our allocated pitch being close to the car park, yet tucked away from the main thoroughfares and on firm and well drained ground, which was a bonus after last year\u2019s mud bath.\u00a0 Camp was set within a very short time and well in advance of the arrival of the Scouts and Explorers, who brought our party size to 37 all in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Events and activities were much the same as in each of the previous 4 years we\u2019ve attended, with the Segways, off-Road 4&#215;4\u2019s, amphibious vehicle, Laser Quest and Rave, with its infamous mosh-pits were the talk of the camp. \u00a0Everyone seemed to have\u00a0a great time and because of the warm and dry weather, parents will have been pleased with the minimal wash-loads too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thoughts and plans are already underway for WinterCamp2013, but more of the same or will we have a change for a new adventure?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/wc11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-5007\" title=\"wc1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/wc11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"573\" height=\"374\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/wintercamp_footer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4984\" title=\"wintercamp_footer\" src=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/wintercamp_footer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"573\" height=\"93\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>ngg_shortcode_0_placeholder<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All packed and ready to set off early on a sunny, dry day seemed just too good to be true and it was just that \u2013 The van wouldn\u2019t start with a coil fault.\u00a0 With most of the leaders having &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/?p=4982\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-explorer-blog","category-scoutnews","category-scout-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4982"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5027,"href":"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4982\/revisions\/5027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}