Beaver Family Camp 2015 Day 3

Our final day on the Beaver Summer camp and the day started as usual with a nice cooked breakfast in the mess tent. The boys didn't wake up until quite late, I think it was gone 8 o'clock and so I got up earlier and started packing some stuff away. Once the boys were up and we had finished breakfast we quickly got the tent packed away in time for our 10 o'clock activities. This worked out to be a great plan as we got all our gear packed and loaded into the car before the heavens opened (again). So at least we didn't have to unpack everything when we got home in order to dry it all out. 

 

Joshua queueing up for his breakfast.

Can you spot Joshua and Brandon in the mess tent?

So our first activity of the day was called Water Rollerz. These were basically giant inflatable hamster wheels that we set in a over sized paddling pool! Given how much the heavens had opened up they were probably the driest place to be!! The boys had about 4 or 5 goes on these rollerz and went on individually and as a pair. They seemed to really enjoy themselves.

Hamster Brandon.

Joshua falls over in a water rollerz.

Joshua climbs out to let someone else have a go.

Joshua and Brandon team up to try and get this thing spinning.

Let the battle commence.

Careful not to slip in.

Love this picture of the two boys having fun together.

So much for good team work, they both fall over.

Brandon trying to spin Joshua around.

I think Brandon is getting Joshua a bit dizzy.

Joshua risking hanging out of the opening and falling in some rather dirty water.

 

After the Water Rollerz the second activity of the day was a lot more my cup of tea - archery. The archery facility at Belchamps is indoor and therefore we got to get out of the rain for a while and dry out. The bows were sightless ones which is slightly different to my bow that I fire at home. So my first couple of rounds were pretty poor as I had to learn a new way of aiming. I was soon knocking in the golds though. Joshua did very well at the archery and clearly had the strength to use the children's bows on his own. He just needed to slow down a bit as he tended to rush his shots. Brandon struggled a bit as he had to work really hard to pull the bow string back.

 



Brandon getting some tuition on the archery.

Great form being demonstrated by Joshua, really nice high elbow position.

Brandon really struggling to pull the bow string back.

Joshua looking like a real pro.

Great shot as Joshua hits the target again.

Sharp shooter.........

Brandon checking out where his arrow landed.

Me and my boys after a really enjoyable archery session.

 

So after the archery we headed back to camp for the annual AGM and then a rather nice lunch of fish finger sandwiches followed by yet more cake. We then all helped take down the mess tents in the rain and then headed off to our cars for the journey home. Overall we had a really great weekend full of activities. The camping was fantastic even if the weather was lousy. This was a proper boys weekend away to remember.