Founder's Day

Sunday 29th March: One year since we arrived in Waimate. A very hot day, clear blue skies, still 24 degrees at tea-time, and 30 degrees in our lounge at 5pm! First thing we all drove to Attwill Park, the Scout camp on the outskirts of Waimate, surrounded by hills and silence (until a bunch of Cubs and Keas turned up!)
Today was Founder's Day and every year this day to celebrate Lord Baden-Powell is recognised in Waimate with an event. First the Cubs (plus Jonathan and Peter as Steve and I were helping out) went round the "confidence course" - a wooden assault course built in the woods 21 years ago. Then we walked round part of the park and learnt the history of the site and the people associated with it.
Lunch was a sausage sizzle - this is a pre-boiled sausage burnt slightly on a bbq and served with tomato sauce in a slice of cheap white bread. The sausage sizzle is a Kiwi icon and rarely a week goes by without us experiencing one for charity.
After lunch there was a service in the outdoor chapel for the Scouts, Cubs and Keas, followed by a mudslide. This actually involves a sheet of black polythene laid down a slope and a hose and bucket of washing-up-liquidy-water are poured down it while children side down on it for over an hour!
After ice-cream and cakes all was finished and we went to Gordon's house (one of the Cub leaders and a flying buddy of Steve) for tea. This is the family we have met up with at Lake Aviemore to go kayaking and sailing with.
A photo of each of the boys today, in three of the adventures they experienced.