December Fejden (Feud)

Over the weekend we attended an anual scout camp they have here. It was run by Freja's group and it started on Friday after school.

FRIDAY 

We got home from school on Friday and we started to pack. I grabbed all the warm clothes I had, hoping it was enough and we headed off to the school to start setting up. The first part of the camp was a night run, which was in the forest. All 20 patrols had an identical map with the base locations marked on them, some bases were live, with 'staff' on them, others were dead, where it was just a piece of paper for the actvity instructions. The bases were activities that required the patrols to work in teams to score point. There were even bribe points we could give out if they gave us a bribe. That finished around 3am when we headed back to the school to sleep.

SATURDAY 

We then had to be up at 7 am for a briefing and breakfast before organising the course for the day. There were 20 bases and a HQ, which is where Gen (venturer from Victoria) and I were. This one was set through the town. It started with all the patrols heading to us to get the number of the first base they had to do. We would give them a base and they would go there and come back for another base number after completing that base. The point was that they couldnt finish all 20 bases but they had to do as many as possible. At around 11am Pia(Freja's mum) came to get me as a friend had called her to say that I had frozen during the night. She took me to get a warm jacket before heading back to HQ. Lunch came around fast with the spot for supplied lunch being at HQ. After the scouts all ate, we ate but then got some hot chips from the cafe across the road to warm us up. This activity ended around 5 when all the patrols had to head back to us at HQ to check-in and then walk back to the school. We had a wonderful Christmas style dinner with roast pork and a few of their traditional dishes. We then had rice pudding for dessert that had a game with it. If you found a whole almond, you won a prize. At the end, there was a prize left over so the leader in charge called Gen and I up to the stage where he gave us the gift, which was a mini version of connect 4. After that we told the scouts that they were going on another night run so they grabbed their gear and headed outside. They werent actually going on another walk but we blindfolded all 20 patrols and led them in a big congo line sort thing around the school to the room we had set up a party in. They took the blindfolds off and enjoyed the party. The staff as we were called took over one of the couches and played a drinking game with soda, since they can't drink on scout events. After 10 the scouts were sent to bed and we continued. We played foosball and pool until 11:30 when we went to bed.

HQ

 SUNDAY

 I woke at six, but we didnt have to be at briefing untill 7. After the briefing we had breakfast and started to set up for the morning. The only thing the scouts would be doing was cleaning up and something they called trial. At trial, scouts could sue the staff for points and viceversa, or patrols could sue each other. You could be sued for multiple things such as wearing shoes in the sleeping rooms or not wearing a scarf. The scouts could also sue the chasers, which were staff who could steeal half of their extra points, which were poker chips. The chasers could catch them anywhere except on a base. The chasers could search the scouts but only when they were of the same gender. The scouts could sue them if they thought they were unfair, but none did. After was the awarding of places. The teams that came in the top 2 had to drink a blended concoction of all the leftovers, it was liquid but looked and smelled disgusting. If every member didnt drink some, they weren't first place. We headed home after that, where I unpacked the rest of my bag, we had lunch then headed to the shop. We got eveything we needed then headed home where we showered before heading to dinner at Freja grandparents house. We had a great 3 course meal with wine. Around 8:30 I fell alsleep and we headed home around 9. I got home, got changed and went straight to sleep.

Streets around HQ