Sailing With Scouts

Sailing at Watermead Country Park

Collected Donna and Joshua at about 6.00pm and all 5 of us followed the directions on Donna's sat nat -even though I knew the way as I had driven there before and checked the way on the route finder.  The sat nav took us via the MI  (I would have gone on the A46).  Unfortunately the postcode that sat nav was programmed to find was too large, so I had to take over to get us took the lake site carkpark.

Horror of horrors the cost of parking has gone up to £2.50 - I had to scrabble around to find enough change as it was a £1 last time we went.

A good turn out approx 18 boys plus Hannah.  The leader also bought his friends daughter so she wasn't the only girl.

Nat went in the pink boat with Joshua and Hannah went with Brandon.  At first they all became becalmed so had to be towed out to deeper water in the middle of the lake.  The boats were tiny - just big enough for 2.

The boys and Hannah had to complete races, paddle the boats by lying on the front and they had to change partners (whilst in the middle of the lake) - this meant Nat came to shore with Jacob and Hannah came back with Liam who was complaining of being seasick!!!  Not a very manly boy according to Hannah.

When they got near to the shore they were allowed to capsize the boats - Hannah of course was the first in and they all quickly followed - all that is except Joel's boat much to the disgust of his sailing partner. So he was allowed to go back out into deeper water once Joel had alighted to capsize the boat.

It was than back to the huts to strip,dry and change clothing, a quick drink and back off home.  A full load of washing, a quick shower and a mug of cocoa with a muffin - then bed.