NorJam 2010 Scout Camp

  

NorJam is a International Scout Jamboree held in Norwich every four years which the Scout section will be attending . A few Ventures will also be going, so I'm posting some info and dates and stuff for the Ventures that are going, and for any Scouts who are checking out the blog.

Dates-     -   31 July - 1st Aug                                  

NorJam 2010 Official Website  - http://www.norjam2010.org.uk/

Here is a comprehensive list of activities that will be available at NorJam 2010 -

Scuba	Kayaking	Stiff & Stilted
Sailing	Go-Karts	Bellboating
Inflatables	Wind-surfing	Water skiing
Archery	Power boating	Swimming
Hand chimes	Blood guts & gore	Abseiling
Aerobics	Climbing Wall	Dancing
It’s a Knockout (3rd time?)	Circus Skills

Pot painting	Kite making	Bead badges
Glass engraving	Fantasy Film	Tile Painting
Car Printing	Fabric painting	Glass painting
Pyrography	Woggle making	Dabbles
Puppet making	Book marks	Corn dollies
Bead dolls	Leather craft	T-shirt printing
Bead dragonflies	Barge painting

Corrán Tuathail Sat. 17th October

Again, a bit late, I know, but it was our first activity with new people. Said new people are in the picture on the right hand side, Darragh Nagle and David Lane, both from Choláiste Choilm


We were unbelievably lucky with the weather climbing Corrán Tuathail. We decided to climb the Devil's Ladder,  the more 'questionable route'. It's covered in scree which means that one false move can send dozens of rocks tumbling down the mountain, which isn't great if you're behind these rocks.Anyway, we summited relatively unscathed, and stayed up there for lunch. To be honest, it didn't feel like the highest mountain in Ireland. Maybe the OS people screwed up their measurements or something.

Ventact 4th-6th September

I know this was way back in September, but it's worth a mention. Ventact is a weekend activity held every September in Kilcully. It's a National Event, so there were Ventures from all over the country. We saw some familiar faces from WSJ 2007 actually! Only Frank, Iollann and myself actually went, which was alright, considering at the time there was only 5 Ventures at the time. The main, ticketed activities were on Saturday, which ranged from Archery to Caving to Windsurfing.  I went to a naval base in Haulbowline, and Frank and Iollann both went to ''Boot Camp'', run by the Army, which basically involved a lot of mud and push-ups. There was also a disco that night. Foam machines, and lasers and all that craic. Nothing much happened on the Sunday, people just sort of left,  regardless of the fact that there was meant to be a Closing Ceremony. Oh well. That seems to be the way Ventures works....

4th Cork Venture Blog Up and Running

Hello everyone! As you may or may not know, the Venture section of the 4th Cork Scout troop has re-opened after roughly seven or eight years, so we have decided to start this blog to let everybody know what we're up to, and keep our own members up to date with events and activities. We will also try to get pictures from every activity and post them here, so everyone can also see what kind of things we do in Ventures! Hopefully by the end of this year, we'll have a respectable collection of entries and photos that we can look back on.