Bike Expo

The bikers; Chris, Tom, George, Zack geared up and ready to go!

Since we have a new guy within our ranks, I thought it would be a cool idea to give him a bit of a limelight and involve him in this blog entry... to write up about the last activity (the Bike Expo)

"just passing through"... SVS cycle through B'Bugia

Chris and George take a View break at Bingemma Gap
Water break... but why does Chris have his hands up?


Chris, Tom and Zack overlooking the sea

Zooming into Mgarr

Group photo with Ian at Mgarr church

Tom and George grubbing down at Ghar il-Kbir

at the ruins of ta' bakkari church

Since we have a new guy within our ranks, I thought it would be a cool idea to give him a bit of a limelight and involve him in this blog entry... to write up about the last activity (the Bike Expo)

Mo$es: Tom, you decided to join the Sliema Scout Group at quite an old age (for a Scout) [Tom is 16]...what led you to take this decision?

Tom: I've known about the Sliema Scout Group for quite a while now and have several friends who are members and I've always been interested in the activities they do. I honestly have no clue as to why i never joined earlier, but some time ago my friend's told me about the Bike Expo (knowing that im a cycling enthusiast) and asked me if i wanted to tag along. So i suppose the idea of doing something with the scouts sort of sparked my decision to finally join...

Mo$es: Last weekend you took part in your first Unit Activity...what did you think of it?

Tom: I really enjoyed the Bike Expo and think it was a great activity. The weather on Saturday made cycling a bit more difficult but I enjoyed it nonetheless
Mo$es: Where there any differences between what you thought a Unit activity would be like before the expo and what it actually was like?

Tom: Not really. My expectations were about the same as what it was like, because since I already knew alot of the people who attend, they've often told me what it was like and told me about the stuff they do so I pretty much had a good idea of what we were going to do.

Mo$es: What was your favourite part of the Bike Expo?

Tom: Apart from the cycling, when we got to Ghar il-Kbir and lit a fire and ate....pretty much the whole expo to be honest =]

Mo$es: Mention something funny that happened at the Bike Expo?

Tom: Watching George powersliding on his leg. He didn't hurt so we can laugh at it now.

Mo$es: What was the Bike Expo Route like?

Tom: Challenging, but quite well balanced...if it wasnt for the strong winds it would have been easier.
Mo$es: Did anything go wrong?

Tom: nothing major...my bike chain got jammed (luckily just before we got to the cave) but i managed to fix it before we left the next morning...Chris's gears weren't working well and he therefore found it hard getting up hills..but he still managed to cycle well and didnt really hold up the group at all...

Mo$es: What is the Unit Motto???

Tom: SVS-Take the Challenge

Mo$es: Which is your favourite photo from the whole weekend?
Tom: This:


Mo$es: What's the next planned Unit Activity? Are you looking forward to it and why??

Tom: Next activity is the abseil camp..i can't wait for it cos its gonna be a first experience for me and ive always wanted to try abseiling..

That's right Tom! But before the abseil camp some of the Unit Members will be running the Malta Half Marathon (13.1miles) on the 1st of march while the rest of the Unit will be helping out the Marathon staff by handing out water or powerade along the route. We have quite a challenging March coming up... should be exciting!

Mo$es