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Tent Restoration Project

Well done to all the Scouts and Scouters who have been helping out with the Icelandic II Tent Restoration project. Over 60 man hours of work has been undertaken and the first Icelandic II Tent has been restored. The restoration involved a lot of hard work by the Scouts and consisted of

  1. Pitch the tent
  2. Wash and scrub the tent both inside and out with Biological detergent to remove stains, kill the mildew etc.
  3. Leave the tent exposed to the elements in particular the rain for several days
  4. A second wash for the inside of the tent and stubborn external stains
  5. Replace all of the guy and brailing ropes. This involved
    1. cutting the old ropes
    2. cutting new lengths
    3. burning the ends
    4. rethread into the tent
    5. re-splicing the corner guys
    6. 60 ropes were replaced in this manner
  6. Damp down the canvas and water proof using a commercial water proofing product
  7. Allow to dry and pack up.

Now that the first tent has been restored, work will commence on the second tent.

Tent before Restoration

Tent before Restoration

Tent after Restoration

Tent after Restoration

A full set of photographs is available.

12th Clare Tulla Scouts Visit Athenry

On Sunday the 26th April 205 the people of Athenry woke up to find that the town had been invaded by the 12th Clare Tulla Scout Group. The Group consisted of 56 Beavers, 30 Cubs, 13 Scouts and 22 Scouters (Leaders). The Group enjoyed a range of activities including Orienteering, Treasure Hunt, a Visit to the Athenry Castle, Heritage Centre visit.

12th Clare Tulla visit

12th Clare Tulla visit

Beavers

Beavers

The day was rounded off with some hot dogs prepared by an eager Athenry Scout.

Hot Dogs

Hot Dogs

 

A big thanks to Tulla for visiting and to all of the Athenry Scouters who assisted on the day.

Mess Tent

Mess Tent

Pioneering Flag Pole

Pioneering Flag Pole

All of the photographs are available.

Cub Summer Camp 14th June – 16th June 2013

The cubs had a very successful first Summer Camp in Portlick, Athlone. Camp started on Friday 14th June with a 4:00pm departure from Athenry. All of the cubs and leaders travelled by coach.

Cub Coach

Cub Coach

It was a wet and windy arrival at Portlick with the camp setup occurring during some very heavy rain showers.

Once we had everything ready it was time for the Camp welcoming ceremony and Camp Disco where the Athenry cubs started a conga line.

Conga Line

Conga Line

An early 07:30am start on Saturday morning which some found hard as they had been awake talking until after 05:00am!

Saturday was filled with fun activities such as Kayaking, Assault course, Chariot racing, Backwoods, Crate Stacking and a Climbing Wall.

Archery

Archery

Canoeing

Canoeing

Chariot Racing

Chariot Racing

Crate Stacking

Crate Stacking

Create Stacking Falling Down

Create Stacking Falling Down

Saturday night was Movie Theme night which allowed the cubs the chance to visit with cubs from other groups followed by a Camp Fire.

Lord Of The Rings

Lord Of The Rings

Another early start on Sunday to allow time to take the camp down and pack away all the equipment. The cubs arrived back in Athenry at 01:00pm tired and exhausted but glad to have survived their first camp.

Have a look at all of the camp Photographs.