Last Saturday 10 Beavers visted the County Camporee held at Bisham Hall, Wigan, Scout Camp Site. We left Stretford in sunshine but as we neared Wigan the sky clouded over and soon after arriving at the camp site the rain started. Not only did it rain but it was cold and windy as well. Our base for the day was in an open sided barn where we left our bags. It kept the rain off but there was no shelter from the wind. We split into two groups and started to try some of the activities on offer such as icing biscuits, archery and shooting yellow ping pong balls off their stand using water pistols. There was also a display of birds of prey and the Beavers asked lots of questions. After lunch provided by the District on their camp site we tried more activities. By this time the rain at least had stopped even it was still cold in the wind. Some of the birds of prey were flowen and displayed their skills and speed in swooping down from trees to snatch pieces of flood. One also flew from its perch to land on the gloved hand of some of the onlookers. Two other activities which were better tried in the dry rather than in the rain were the inflatable slide and the inflatable obstacle course.
