Service crew again!

Bacon sandwiches were had by all (cooked by scouts over an open fire) curtosy of tescos cooking bacon which I don't really recommend for bacon sandwiches but they were vaguely edible.

The order of the day was to raise up the two railway sleepers which when damp were lethal for slips and falls (especially considering anyone who slipped landed on the pointy ends of the canoe trailer) and build a woodpile.

It took only a moments work to pull up the railway sleepers and we set straight to work building the woodpile. It was finished (as you can see below) with a slanting roof made of fence panels, the body from pallets and cross braced at every opportunity. We even made a small box on the roof, though we've no idea what that was for.

Our woodpile also keeps our altar fires dry, holds our ash & water buckets, spades and in our roof box a set of bread baskets which kids can load up with wood to carry off to their altar fire.

After the event I was on my way home when I went past a skip piled high with plastic crates - seeing the builder responsible for renovating the property I asked if I could pinch them to which I was told to help myself. Twenty crates later we've got lightweigh altar fire seating for 10 big kids or twenty small ones. Bargain!