Manannan Cubs Ramsey Camp

Over the weekend of 27. – 29. May 2011, twenty one Cubs & five Leaders went to Ramsey for a weekend of fun and adventure. On Friday Night after a short briefing we set off from Ramsey Grammar School and hiked up towards Albert Tower, once we have reached the top, all Cubs went through the Promise & the Law and they all did very well as they remembered it  word for word. 

We then set off down towards the hairpin and the heavens opened, we all got pretty wet. We played a few Wide Games before the final descent into Ramsey, we made it back at the Scout Hall at approx 9.30pm and decided to show a film on the big screen.  It was then time for bed, after a couple of hours all the Cubs were settled, and the Leaders could finally get to sleep too. 

It was a very early start the next morning with all the Cubs awake at 6.30am and consequently the Leaders were up a minute later, after breakfast and inspection we walked to Mooragh Park where we all played in the park.  The main activity for the day was the Venture Centre which all the Cubs were looking forward too, once at the Venture Centre we split into two groups, where activities included abseiling, archery and air rifle shooting.   For lunch it was hot dogs and soup which was engulfed down by the Cubs as they were all starving.  After lunch it was time to go on the Assault Course, all the Cubs had a fantastic time and managed to get very wet with the help of Akela and also very muddy too.  Luckily enough most of the Leaders managed to stay dry which we were very pleased about.  It was then time to leave the Venture Centre and after saying a big thank you to the Instructors, we headed back to the Scout Hall in Ramsey.  After dropping all kit and bags off we walked to the Rugby pitch and played football and cricket, soon after this, dinner arrived and we all sat down to have our chippy tea.  After dinner it was time for bowling at the Sure strike in Ramsey, all Cubs enjoyed the bowling and some of the Cubs scores were very impressive, we were due to go and play Danish Longball after bowling but unfortunately it was raining so we all headed back to the Scout Hall and watched a couple of films, where all Cubs fell asleep during the second film. 

The next morning all Leaders had planned a lie in but oh no, the Cubs were awake again at 6.30am so Leaders didn’t manage to have much of a lie in.  It was time for Breakfast and Inspection, shortly after this all the Cubs packed all their gear away and then got themselves ready for Raft Building on the Mooragh Park Lake, the Cubs split into two groups and made great rafts, after completion of the rafts it was time to race them on the lake.  The winning team were the Cubs that managed to get their raft all the way around the boats and then back to the side and then de-assemble there rafts.  All Cubs managed to stay dry which didn’t go down well, so they were all allowed to jump into the lake afterwards, it was then back to the Scout Hall to get dry and warm again, it was time for lunch and a chat about how they thought the camp went, to the Leaders delight all the Cubs had a fantastic time.  After a quick tidy of the Scout Hall all the Cubs then walked to the bus station to catch the bus to Onchan to join the rest of the group in the 50th Birthday Celebrations.  On the bus a few of the Cubs slept while Akela and Mark travelled back to Onchan with all the gear from the weekend.  Once we arrived in Onchan we joined in with the celebrations and made use of the various attractions at Onchan Park including the motor boats, bumper boats, tennis and golf.  The weekend then finished with everyone having an Ice-Cream and going home with their parents with smiles on their faces.