Sean Hubbard's Trip Report

Report of Kandersteg camp.

Day 1

We started off on the plane journey and as we had a long coach journey afterwards I thought the driving would never end. When we finally got there we had to start setting up the tents and putting our stuff in which took ages. After that we could finally relax and after a while we had dinner. We had some fun for a bit afterwards then went on parade and after that we went to bed.

Day 2

We woke up. Then we went to breakfast, ate it and made lunch. Then we went back to our tents and Chris sent us on a hike through Kandersteg village. My group got lost, browsed through the shops and purchased a Swiss army knife. We went back to the site, had lunch and just used some of the things there. After lunch we had an international sports tournament, our team got to the quarter final of the tournament and got knocked out on penalties (just like a usual English football game). In the evening after dinner we had a light trail which meant we went along a trail coming to people holding torches and telling us stuff. After that we had a campfire and then went back to the site.

Day 3

First of all I had the zip wire which was really fun and instead of it slowing down you had a glove on because you had to hold the wire to stop it. After that we had lunch. Then it was a service project which meant you had to do stuff for the site and we had to hoard up fire wood. In the middle of it, it started raining but luckily I had one of the jobs that meant you had (some) shelter. In the evening we had a BBQ (in the rain) which was nice and then we had international evening. On our stall we had Pimms for the adults and English sweets for everyone. We also had some games on our stall.

Day 4

I had the Choc and Cheese tour which was a tour (with free samples and a shop) of a chocolate factory and then there was a tour of a cheese factory. It was really nice and I may have brought too much chocolate (but it was nice eating it) in the evening we had race with the world which was a few races up and down a field.

Day 5

First of all I had some free time which I spent relaxing by the fire. My big activity was my rock climbing workshop. We hiked up to a hut on the top of the mountain (and we had goats following us a bit of the way). It was nice and had cows with bells on all around. But it was hard work getting up there. The toilet stunk really badly but the rest of it was nice.

Day 6

I woke up and packed my stuff away then had breakfast. We hiked up to a rock and did some bouldering and then did the same thing on another rock. Then we had our first rock. It was 10 metres high. First of all I did the harder course up then I did the easier one and then I finished lunch. After that we moved to the 15m rock. I was the first person up it and it was really hard. After that I relaxed on one of the boulders and watched the others climb. Then we hiked down to the camp and had the international campfire in which I think every group there did a performance in front of the fire.

Day 7

It was Swiss National day. In the morning we did different activities, I did pioneering, making a see-saw for an assault course and after we finished, everyone had a go on the course. In the afternoon we put on milk maid plaits and there was a fair. Our stall was doing prawn crackers. There were other stalls, one doing sweets another was a water dunker. I was the last person to go on the dunker and I got soaked. Afterwards we had a BBQ and then in the evening there was a parade through the town to a ceremony.

Day 8

I had team building which involved a lot of different activities building you as a team. After lunch I had world scouting workshop where you had a quiz and had to do lots of different things on each turn. Then in the evening we had mass which was mainly in German.

Day 9

We had the boat trip on the Aare which was in a blow up dinghy down the river along the current. We could get out and drift beside the boat if we wanted to. It was probably one of the most fun things on the camp. In the evening we had our own campfire where we sang songs.

Day 10

We had the Oechinese which was a cable car trip up a mountain, a toboggan ride and a swim in a glacier lake. The toboggan ride was really fast and really fun. The glacier lake was freezing cold but also fun. In the evening we had a fondue.

Day 11

We packed up all our things, got on the coach and flew home to England.

It was great!!!