Our 2009 camp took place on Formosa Meadow from 23 to 25 May and, for the first time in years, we enjoyed glorious weather.
Our theme this year was Space in recognition of the 40th anniversary of the first lunar landings and the International Year of Astronomy.
We started with a game called Blast Off and had a Space Race on Saturday as well as Flying Saucers (Earthlings call them Frisbees), Space Hoppers and Stomp Rockets.
On Sunday we had a Moonwalk and Phaser Battle (Water Fight). As part of the Cubs' work towards the Astronomy badge, we made a model of the Solar System. Unlike most models which use different sized globes which are the correct relative sizes, we chose to use the correct relative positions on a scale of 1 metre to 20 million miles. On this scale, we had the Sun at one end of the Meadow and Pluto at the opposite corner. Sixers stood at the relative position of the planets but on this scale Earth would be 1.4 millimetres across and the Moon 1.4 centimetres away.
Leaders took the place of Earth and Uranus as these planets did not have sixes.
On Monday, we jettisoned our service modules (took down our tents) went through a hot re-entry (cooked over open fires) before Splashdown - the camp ended with another water fight!
Everybody seems to have had a great weekend and planning has already begun on the 2010 camp.
