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3rd Sudbury Sea Scouts |
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On Christmas Eve 3rd Sudbury Sea Scouts arrived at the Headquarters in Quay Lane, where the car park was like an ice skating ring, and the gas works cut was frozen over. The ice was over 30mm thick, which was set to make our trip all the more interesting.
21 Sea Scout dressed and then decorated their kayaks and canoes in festive decorations before setting out onto the River Stour. We had to smash our way through the ice which took an hour to get out on to the main river. Once on the main river we made good time paddling down river to the River Stour Trust’s Visitor and Educational Centre (VEC) at the site of the Millennium lock.
Leaders, helpers and parents helped with cooking all the food before transporting the food to the VEC. Sea Scouts were joined by family and friends to enjoy the food and drinks before having a group photo taken outside the VEC. We then headed back up the river to the Scout HQ.
This trip was so much fun it may well be back in 2010.
I would like to thank everyone who helped make this
event possible, and a special thanks to the helpers who helped raise the
money for the trip earlier in the year.