It was to be 25 hours of activity starting Friday night at 7pm. We all met up, along with another 80 scouts from the district, at the Greno Woods car park. Once again the weather was kind to us and it was a lovely spring evening. We entered 3 patrols in the night hike and they were all allocated a leader from one of the other groups.
We set off and along the way from the woods to Chapeltown the daylight turned to night. Patrols had to do various tasks along the way. These included minefields, finding cars, making a bivvy. All the patrols managed to navigate from start to finish, some taking in more sights than others 
. All too soon the walk was over and we were back at Chapeltown. It was then down to sleep (well into sleeping bags anyway). At 6.30 we were all wakened by a loud leader (not one of ours) and soon breakfast was being eaten.
The morning consitered of a trip to Hesley and then the Outdoor Cooking Competition. We competed with 17 other teams for the Outdoor Cooking Trophy. Our group served up a traditional breakfast with bacon, sausage, black pudding, egg, tomatoes and toast. The fires were brilliant, no problems starting and with the wood we'd cut no problems with fuel as well. Howver we just failed to get in the top three. This is a vast improvement from last years event and so a real plus point.
The afternoon saw the cubs and beavers joing us and a competition was held between all teams in the district. A good time was had by all as the scouts ran from one base to another trying out all that they could.
After Pie and Peas the formal part of the day was starting with the renewal of Promise followed by a fantastic campfire. After this we invested Liam into the scouts by the dying embers of the fire. All in all a great 25 hours adn then it was off to bed for a well earned sleep.
Check out the photos in our gallery and also the video of the campfire here.
