Scouting All Sections Basic, November 2005

left to right: Claude Lascelle, Phil Stevens and Ed Murray look on while their star Cub pupils completely butcher a Grand Howl. Note to self: More practice required. Click on the image for more pictures.

I can't believe I am still awake to post this... I got back from doing Scouts Canada Cub Basic from an all sections basic held at Camp Borden this weekend. I've had the privledge of doing Beaver basic last year at Camp Wildman and much of the same Service Team plus a few new welcome faces, which did a spectacular job again this year.

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For those of you who don't know what I am talking about, Scouts Canada offers its leaders basic and advanced courses for its Beavers, Cubs and Scouts programs. The basic course is held over a single weekend and is very intensive - it packs your brain with so many ideas and so much enthusiasm for the programme that you come out a babbling idiot for the first 24 hours afterwards. Then your brain has time to chew on it and it re-instate your sanity - well, what you had to begin with anyways.
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I took along the camera much to many a person's horror and happily snapped away as I could get away from my activities or training for a few minutes. Unfortunately most of my shots are of the cub section since I was in that section, but there are a few shots of other sections when I snuck away for a few minutes. Also on day 2, one of my collegues from 1st Tottenham took one of my little cameras into the Beaver basic with him and got some shots from there.

There are about 200 shots in total. For those visiting my photoblog from that weekend, these are scaled down for easy viewing. If you wish the originals in full size I can burn you a CD if you email me. Ed Murray also has a copy off all these so if you're in his neck of the woods, you can also get them from him. Each shot is between 4mb and 8mb, so in the interests of saving online space, I haven't made them downloadable.

Also while there was a photo release form signed for the event, posting them here might not have been contemplated by those in the photos. In the interests of respecting those who don't wish these photos to be accessed by the general public the album is password protected. The username is "scouts" (all lowercase) and the password is the first 4 letters of the name of the building the weekend was held in. If you still can't figure it out, email me, I'll verify I am talking to an attendee and email you back the password. Sorry for the inconvenience.