My older scouts really wanted to get out and camp one more time this year and two of the eldest ones hadn't yet used the hammocks I bought earlier in the year.
There's a small woodland site which is scout only (so no pinching the GPS data off the images and thinking you can hook up over there!)
As you can see, they had a fantastic time in the woods. I didn't once need to raise my voice, we arrived, hooked up the hammocks then said 'light a fire' which they did and then said 'shall we make a wood pile'. I could have had a heart attack. They actually went off and gathered a lot of wood! Food was low hassle ration packs, but it was also chestnut season so we roasted some early windfalls over the fire and the leaders drank a box of wine (classy eh?)
The eldest kids were in DD Camping Hammocks, the smallest was in a scout hammock and the leader was also in a DD Camping, I was in my HH Asym D.
Tidied up and made sure the site was better than we arrived. Some pics:
Sorry, haven't yet added hammock forums to the hotlinking system I have, I'll fix this when I get home. Meantime you can see the same pics (slightly different trip report!)
http://www.escouts.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=16301
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