Joint Activity with Dingli Ventures

As you may have realized, this summer the SVS have been up to a lot of sailing, and this we were joined by none other than the Dingli Venture Scouts! The activity was held as part of the respective Units’ leaders’ IHQ Basic Adult Leadership Training Programme.

We met on a windy enough afternoon in Mellieha bay, where we were briefed by the people renting us the dinghies. They reminded us what to do were we to capsize, and to be careful of the boom when we tacked (change direction), since it has quite a hard swing (just ask Chris!!).

View of Ghadira Bay from Torri Ahmar

Since there was about 12 knots of wind blowing, the sailing was good, and we went as far as the fish farms and even further. We sailed both on a reach at some points and on a run at others. After about 2 hours at sea it was time to head back to base as the sun was going down.

Preparing the BBQ for the night's feast!

We then walked up to the Red Tower and got the BBQ going. Whilst the flames turned to embers, we played a series of ice-breakers to get to know each other better.

As for food, some of us were more creative (and thus better fed!) than others. For many it was sausages or burgers, but a few enjoyed rib eye steaks!

"Breaking the ice"

A big prosit to the Ventures of the Dingli Scout Group, who helped make the activity a success. It’s always good to meet and take on new challenges with fellow Ventures from other groups!

More posts on our aquatic summer are on the way so keep an eye out!

Mo$es