Winter Camping Fun

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BBC News 24 at Winter camp

While most of the United Kingdom had ground to halt due to severe winter weather 2500 hardy Scouts aged between ten and eighteen enjoyed a weekend of winter camping fun.

If you’re a warmth lover like me you will find it hard to understand why anyone would want to sleep outdoors in freezing weather.The old scout motto of ‘be prepared’ could never be more appropriate than when winter camping. This means having the right camping equipment and some good quality, warm outdoor clothing and plenty of layers.

There were no less than 70 adventurous activities available for the scouts to enjoy and keep warm. They were given the opportunity to do a little zorbing in the snow, climbing, abseiling, trampoling along with snowboarding and skiing.

Safety was, of course, a high priority for the event. Organisers carried out risk assessments regarding the journey to the Gilwell campsite in East London as well as the dangers of sleeping out in freezing conditions.

To keep warm at night, when temperatures plummeted to minus six degrees Celsius (21 degrees Fahrenheit), the hardy scouts doubled up on sleeping bags and squeezed together with fellow scouts to share body warmth.

When interviewed the scouts told me that the key to staying warm in these unusually cold conditions is wearing plenty of layers. They told me that they were padded out with no less than 7 layers, at least two pairs of gloves and very thick, warm winter socks. They also recommended wearing a very warm hat as a great deal of body heat can be lost from the head.

Although I could see that these scouts were clearly having a great time in the snowy winter conditions I was glad to get home to a hot cup of cocoa and my warm, comfortable bed.

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