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Goodrich as Queen Guinevere
May. 30th, 2022 06:45 pmLast Thursday was the last Brownies of the half term, and we did some activities to reflect on the queen's platinum jubilee. The Brownies enjoyed themselves, but the real excitement was Brownie pack holiday, which began on the Saturday.
I only went for one day - the Sunday - having no wish to sleep over. This was the day they were visiting Goodrich Castle, so having an extra leader was helpful. There were 14 Brownies and 6 leaders, which meant we could split into three small groups with two leaders each. This might seem like overkill, but going up a tower, with a spiral staircase and only a rope rail to hold onto isn't always easy. Especially when two of the four in the group decide they don't want to go up after all, and I ended up taking the other two. Who then decided they were not happy about going back down again. However, they rejected my suggestion that the only other way was if I threw them over the top, and we made our way slowly down, me distracting them as they went.
All the Brownies enjoyed looking round the castle, and I intend to go back another day when I can actually look properly, read the signs and don't have to keep track of four girls going in different directions. We had packed lunch on some picnic tables and then walked back down the hill to the village hall, which was where they were staying.
The girls then had a rest, some of them falling asleep, others reading, while the leaders had a very welcome cup of tea and prepared for the craft activity - covering a balloon with paper maché. I wasn't involved, instead helping with preparing the evening meal. This was a medieval banquet (the theme of the pack holiday was King Arthur), and they had finger food like sausages, chicken drumsticks, chopped up salad, plus loaves of bread which they could tear chunks off. This was followed by very unmedieval ice cream sundaes, but one needs to be realistic!
They then did another craft activity and I helped clear up from the banquet. Normally the Brownies do that, but as it had been a feast (and there wasn't too much to do) we did it. After which I drove home.
I've agreed to remain on the guiding list so that I can still help out at major activities, which suits me as I didn't want to lose all contact, but didn't want the regular commitment anymore.
Ironically, on the Saturday morning, the following badge arrived in the post. Sunday definitely didn't feel like a day off!
I only went for one day - the Sunday - having no wish to sleep over. This was the day they were visiting Goodrich Castle, so having an extra leader was helpful. There were 14 Brownies and 6 leaders, which meant we could split into three small groups with two leaders each. This might seem like overkill, but going up a tower, with a spiral staircase and only a rope rail to hold onto isn't always easy. Especially when two of the four in the group decide they don't want to go up after all, and I ended up taking the other two. Who then decided they were not happy about going back down again. However, they rejected my suggestion that the only other way was if I threw them over the top, and we made our way slowly down, me distracting them as they went.
All the Brownies enjoyed looking round the castle, and I intend to go back another day when I can actually look properly, read the signs and don't have to keep track of four girls going in different directions. We had packed lunch on some picnic tables and then walked back down the hill to the village hall, which was where they were staying.
The girls then had a rest, some of them falling asleep, others reading, while the leaders had a very welcome cup of tea and prepared for the craft activity - covering a balloon with paper maché. I wasn't involved, instead helping with preparing the evening meal. This was a medieval banquet (the theme of the pack holiday was King Arthur), and they had finger food like sausages, chicken drumsticks, chopped up salad, plus loaves of bread which they could tear chunks off. This was followed by very unmedieval ice cream sundaes, but one needs to be realistic!
They then did another craft activity and I helped clear up from the banquet. Normally the Brownies do that, but as it had been a feast (and there wasn't too much to do) we did it. After which I drove home.
I've agreed to remain on the guiding list so that I can still help out at major activities, which suits me as I didn't want to lose all contact, but didn't want the regular commitment anymore.
Ironically, on the Saturday morning, the following badge arrived in the post. Sunday definitely didn't feel like a day off!
