Hey Blog! This post is about the walking weekend I went on a couple of weekends ago!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every year, the Scouts do a walking weekend. I did one last year, which I also wrote about. However, this year it was quite different. For starters, one of the Scout leaders had broken his fibula unexpectedly a few days in advance, so we were a leader down. Then, it was a lot colder than last year, so extra warm clothes were required. The walking weekend is a 15-mile hike through the Peak District, from Bakewell to Baslow, via a night stop at the Curbar Scout Hut. With only two leaders to run it, this was possible, if<\/em> nothing went wrong. Nothing did, till the second day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The first half of the walk, from Bakewell to Curbar, went well; we had good views, fast walking, a frosty start and then nice sunshine. All the ponds were frozen over, and we couldn\u2019t break the ice using a large amount of stones and even a log. I found a horseshoe at one point – this is currently outside my bedroom door to ward off ill luck and look good. We passed through Eyam, the village where the 1666 plague carried off almost all inhabitants; we passed through what looked like Narnia, it was so frosty; we passed old mine shafts (the Peak District has been extensively worked for lead and stone); we found several icicles, hard and clear as glass, but wet in your hand; but there was no snow. We\u2019d have to wait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When we reached the hut, it was not yet dark, and we had a long time till dinner and even longer till bed. We were all sleeping in the hut, as we had one less leader \u2013 this was a blessing in the morning! Some of us played cards, some played D&D (I was DM for the first time \u2013 look for a former post on this subject), some helped cook the meal. We had a good time, but then, after dinner, it started snowing \u2013 not much, but snow. We went to bed early, for a Scout camp, and it was still snowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the morning, we woke up to about four inches of snow \u2013 a total, and most welcome, surprise! We had breakfast (the usual camp kind, bacon butties with scrambled egg); and then, after the leaders had planned a whole new risk assessment taking into account the snow, we set off on a shortened and circular version of the original walk. Of course, we had snowball fights on the way, but were promised a big one when we got back. Up the hill, we were just going along the road when there was a great big crunch, and a car went straight through a wall and into the neighbouring field. None of us saw it happen, but we did see the leaders take off like a rocket to help with the crash. This changed plans yet again, and we went back to the scout hut. We did get a massive snowball fight on the way, though!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The walking weekend is always fun, and I hope to do many more similar things in the future!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hey Blog! This post is about the walking weekend I went on a couple of weekends ago! Every year, the Scouts do a walking weekend. I did one last year, which I also wrote about. However, this year it was quite different. 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