Recently, unfazed by the blazing Karoo sun, seven Scouts from the ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ-๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฝ and two adult leaders gathered bright and early at the Chookie Geard Scout Hall – hats on, water bottles filled, spirits high and ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ.
With a troop full of new, eager faces, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น๐. From knot work and pioneering to building a mock campsite that looked straight out of a survival guide, the Scouts threw themselves into every task. Each activity became a lesson – not just about Scouting, but about teamwork, problem-solving and leadership.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ.
Of course, not everything went perfectly – a few wobbly lashings here, a tent that didnโt quite stand there – but thatโs what Scouting is all about. ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป, ๐๐ผ๐ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ด๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ.
After a morning of hard work, everyone gathered for a well-earned braai – boerie sizzling, laughter flowing and a true sense of camaraderie in the air. ๐ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ – ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฑ!
