Hi all, The meaning of this post's title is twofold. The obvious meaning is the fact that it's now been about a month since the Unit members (and leaders got back to their school routine). The new guys have just started their adventure in post-secondary school (jc, naxxar and the like), some others have started second year and will soon sit for their A-levels while the older guys have started out their university days in various courses at tal-Qroqq. I am no longer a student (unfortunately) but for how much longer did you think I could live the student life? Isn't it enough that I've got three postgraduate degrees and an honorary degree from Harvard??
The second meaning is that our last activity was done in conjunction with St Edward's College - we attended the College's Fair and set up various gadgets for the use of the visitors.
George, Alan, Zack, Chris and Andrew
The weekend of the 17th-19th October was one of those weekends when all three of the sections of the Sliema Group have activities. The Troop leaders set up a network of pcs at HQ so that the Troop could participate in the JOTI (jamboree on the internet) which is held once a year. The Pack also participated and our HQ was used as a Hub for the rest of the North District -- some other Scout Groups visited our HQ to use our facilities.
Although the Joti was a fantastic experience it's another story all together- my story involves the Unit at the St Edward's Day fair. On Friday evening we set off for the College grounds together with Skipper Timmy and QM/ASL Mark.
Cubs enjoying themselves on Sunday morning (trying to catch the wet sponges??)
Under the cover of darkness we set up an obstacle course and a catapult which were to be used the following morning. After an entertaining dinner party we used the college grounds for a night game -- Tango & Delta . Some of us bivvied amongst the trees while others sheltered close to the class rooms. The night was quite uneventful and the weather (which was forecast for thunderstorms) had kept except for the lightening which could be seen in the distance.
Corrieri & Peter trying to take a good photo for their MSN or Facebook profiles while Ellul foils their plan!
We awoke bright and early on sunday morning and were joined by Akela/AGSL David, ACSL/Riki tiki tavi Kirsten, ASL/QM Mark and a bunch of excited cubs who got to be the first people to try out the obstacle course. The course was quite challenging and although all of the ventures could finish it the best time was reached by our own llama with a time of 1min7secs.
Alan on the tyre swings
People soon started arriving at the school and after mass (which was held at 10:00) our stalls became crowded with interested kids and parents. The highlight of our corner of the fair must have been the catapult from which we fired soaking sponges--- we had some very energetic targets (the cubs!) that kept running around making it difficult to hit.
A cub firing the mighty catapult!
The Ventures taking part in Tug of War
The decent weather lasted until the early afternoon when a savage downpour commenced. We had to strike everything in the rain and leave ASAP.
Striking in the pouring rain
The activity was quite a success since our corner attracted quite a few kids who may interested in joining our ranks.
I've got more updates to make so keep your eye on the blog!
Dr Mo$es MBA MA MSc LLD PhD
Me enjoying the fresh air at Mosta Valley
Cubs & Ventures during the hike
Keith and a cub cooking burgers and simultaneously eating them with their eyes!
Rubei giving instructions to the cubs while Cremona touches his toes
Abela in possession during an exciting game of prisoners with the cubs
George doing the honours
Ellul, Cremona, Llama, Corrieri & George by the fire
