Today was a special day for another reason, it was Tom’s 19th
Birthday. I have known Tom for 9 years and although he is only 18 months
younger than me, I have always thought of him as young. The thought of that
little 10 year old I met all that time ago being old enough to leave school
made me feel old. It shows how the significance of an age gap changes as you
get older.
At 7:22am we were off. First stop was the train station and
onto London Paddington and into the capital. We were the 2nd team to
set off but luckily it was judged on the time we took rather than the first
team back. In order to complete the challenge we needed to take a photograph
with at least one team member at each point on the monopoly board and every photograph
had to contain a laminated sign that we had been given by the organisers. This was
to prevent us splitting up or using a photograph taken on a previous day.
As we saw it there seemed to be two tactics for the day;
either find the nearest tube station to the road we wanted and simply hop on
and off the tube all day, or group the roads together and do some walking. This
is where our secret weapon came in. One member of our group, Andy, new London
very well, with that and the fact scouts had defiantly prepared us all for
walking we went for the not-as-many-tube-rides-more-walking method this would
save us time going up and down stairs, waiting at platforms and navigating the
tube network. I must admit though towards the end of the day as we got more and
more tired the tube became our preferred method of transport.
As well as the points of the monopoly board we also had
challenges to complete and a list of our things to find such as the counters
used to play with; dog, hat, boat etc, and free parking, jail etc. For the challenges
creativity was encouraged so our aim was to get pictures and videos which were
as unusual as possible. To provide more incentive for this there was a prize
for the best picture. The photograph we entered was one we took very early on
in the day. Lissy had bought us all traffic cone hats (don’t ask me why but
they were cool!) so when we found a row of traffic cones we knew what we had to
do.
The day started quite slowly as we did all the outer points
but this gave us the perfect chance to work on some of the challenges
Visiting
Platform 9 ¾
Visiting
Baden-Powell House
Free
Parking
By the end of the day though we were getting photographs
left right and centre. I have to say one of the highlights for me was visiting Buckingham
palace, Horse Guard’s Parade and the Houses of Parliament because they are all
incredibly beautiful.
Northumberland Avenue
Finding a Solider – House Guards Parade
After an incredibly tiring but enjoyable day we made it back
to the campsite in 13 hours and 29 minutes. The winning team was the team to
complete all the points on the monopoly board in the quickest time and there
was separate prize for the challenges. As we attempted all the challenges (the
only team to do so!) as well as the basic board we took twice the time of the
winners but we still managed to come third out of 8! We all so picked up the
prize for most points in the challenges and best picture, leaving few prizes
for the other teams, woops! I’m not sure we will be invited back….
I am incredibly proud of Scout Network Ellan Vannin, we worked very hard had an amazing day and most importantly won loads of medals! Well Done Team!
The Final day of my adventure in London will be posted
tomorrow. Be prepared for the traumatic story of our journey home! Also I will
be posting a video or two about this adventure to my YouTube channel so if you
want to watch that subscribe to my channel so you can be told when it is
unloaded by clicking the link below:
Izzy
xxx
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