Water Activity Day at Mote Park

Water Activity Day at Mote Park photo gallery

• Mote Park

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  A day on the lakes with Swanley Scouts

  

• Limbering up

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  Scouts do their warming up exercises prior to the start

  

• Raft making - Stage 1

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  Ever made your own boat? These Scouts from Swanley have. Stage One - preparation

  

• Hard at work

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  Concentrating on building their raft

  

• All ship shape

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  'May God bless her and all who sail in her'

  

• Setting sail

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  The initial launch and we're still afloat

  

• Still afloat

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  When you consider the size of the crew, it's a sturdy vessel

  

• Sea legs

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  We're well under way now

  

• 'We are sailing...';

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  ...if not exactly home again across the sea, we're still giving a good account of ourselves in Mote Park

  

• Kayaking

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  A Scout and Leader in one of our Kayaks

  

• Controlling your canoe

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  How's that for control? An instructor showing what real boat control is all about

  

• Anything you can do...

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  I can do almost as well...a Scout showing how it is done (well very nearly)

  

• Paddling your own canoe - 1

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  One of the younger Scouts picks it up really easily

  

• Paddling your own canoe - 2

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  Really good for a relative novice

  

• All good things...

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  The sun is setting on the Scouts canoe day

  

• Rations

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  What better way to end the day than a barbecue and a hot cuppa... what did you do today?