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We had two camps in 2004 -  two nights at our County Camp site at Egton in North Yorkshire and five nights with another unit, 3rd Yarm Guides, at Waddow in Lancashire. The weather wasn't great, but it didn't matter!
Most of the girls at Egton were new to camping, so we did lots of camp skills. Everyone went home with the Camper badge and the Traditions of Guiding badge. We had two campfires and ate a lot of marshmallows...
At Waddow, we worked on the Advanced Camper badge for six Guides and the rest did the Camper
badge. We learned a lot of very silly songs from the communal campfires and got used to dodging the drips in our very leaky shelter.

June 2003
We had a weekend  camp with 3rd Yarm at Egton, during which Karen was assessed for her Camp Licence. Despite an amazing torrential downpour on the Saturday evening which flooded out the lower level just as the assessors were inspecting camp, she passed! We managed to get rid of most of the water (several inches of which were in the spag bol we were due to eat for tea) and the rest of the weekend passed without incident. Our B-P Challenge Award Guides were having their adventure weekend next door at the Guide House at the same time - they kept warm and dry!

8-9 September 2001
11 Guides & 3 Guiders stayed in luxury at YHA York International! Full English breakfast, 3 course evening meal, a packed lunch on Sunday...
The purpose of the event was for Karen to gain her Overnight licence.
We played rounders in the fantastic park next to the hostel, visited Jorvik Viking Centre, and in the evening had some hilarious sketches and a wide game based on Viking treasure, in which TIme Team (Pippa, Rebecca, Emma B, Emma F, Jessica & Kate) won best longship from straws and stretcher from sticks and string) and TimeWatch (Sarah W, Ananya, Hannah, Sarah F & Lucy) were the first to discover the treasure. This all happened in the dark in the garden... Ananya's Promise ceremony took place by torchlight, and then we piled into the study room for a singsong and some hot chocolate.
Sunday was spent walking some of the city walls, including a stop at Micklegate Bar museum to have our photos taken as impaled heads on the city walls, and for Mrs Wren to indulge her penchant for ghostly tales. We ate our picnic lunch in a (stationary) railway carriage in the National Railway Museum, where we spent the afternoon before returning to Yarm appropriately enough by train. The biggest hit of the NMR apart from the Royal trains was the stamping machine which for the princely sum of 10p would stamp out any message you liked (within reason) on small sized 'engine name plates'.
A great time was had by all (although the leaders for various reasons didn't get much sleep - unlike the Guides in Micklegate Bar dorm who were out for the count by 10.30pm!)

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