It was a very noisy evening but all who took part had a fantastic time.

Our team were please to achieve quite a few certificates:

Claire 2^nd in Freestlye

Bethan 2^nd in Breaststroke

Zoe 2^nd Freestyle

Sophia 3^rd Backstroke

Katharine & Ellie 1^st in Front Crawl in Pairs

1^st in Freestyle Relay

1^st in T-Shirt Relay

Overall we came 2^nd in the Gala

We would all like to thank Chris Turnbull and her team for organising such a fun event.

CLOTHING.

• Guide Uniform & Neckerchief - to be worn to and from camp and on day trips.
• Activity wear, eg. trousers, t-shirts, jumpers/sweatshirts, shorts etc - all clothing MUST BE BLUE you will not be allowed to wear clothing of any other colour. NO BACK LESS TOPS.
• Anorak
• Wet weather gear eg Cagoule. (this does not have to be blue)
• Wellington Boots & named wellie sticks. (sticks longer than your wellie when they are in the ground)
• Two pairs plus of footwear. (no open toed sandles or Crocks)
• Underwear & socks
• Nightwear - including extra sweater or tracksuit and socks to sleep in.
• Wool hat, scarf & gloves.
• Sun hat, sun protection creams, lip salve, sunglasses.
• Old clothes & trainers for water sport. (if activity is available)

ALL CLOTHING MUST BE NAMED AND PACKED IN A RUCKSACK OR STRONG HOLDALL.  SUITCASES ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR USE IN A TENT.

BEDDING.

• Groundsheet large enough to sleep on or survival bag.
• Sleeping bag .
• Small pillow and case.
• At least 2 blankets - camp blanket

BEDDING MUST BE CLEARLY LABELLED AND MADE INTO A BEDDING ROLL WITH THE GROUND SHEET FASTENED WITH STRONG CORD OR ELASTICS. (TO BE DONE DAILY).

SUNDRIES.

• Wash bag and contents (anti-bacterial soap, flannel, toothbrush, toothpaste etc)
• Towel - 2 small ones are better than one large one.
• Hairbrush or comb. Hair bands if appropriate.
• Tissues.
• Deep plate, bowl & mug (all unbreakable and not metal), knife, fork, dessert spoon, teaspoon (unbreakable) - in a named drawstring bag. (All items to be named with nail varnish or permanent ink).
• Tea towel
• Swimsuit & extra towel in a waterproof bag.
• Notebook & pencil case.
• Torch & spare batteries.
• String
• Day sack & plastic drinks bottle.
• Anti-bacterial wet wipes

PER TENT.

• Mirror (unbreakable)
• Whistle.
• Potato peeler.

NOTE - PERSONAL EQUIPMENT IS NOT INSURED BY THE GUIDE ASSOCIATION.

NO MOBILE PHONES OR ELECTRICAL GAMES/CD PLAYERS etc ARE TO BE TAKEN.

Histon Guides took part in the Giant Sleep Over - which is an event run by .

This is done in order to break a world record of children holding sleep over at the same time in order to get into , and also to raise money for .
The event is sponsored by lots of different organisations including;

At the end of the sleep over the girls were all given a goodie bag.
We invited our Guide friends form North Cambridge to join us and registered 33 people as taking part.

After blowing up our mattresses and making our beds (with a great deal of help form parents) we went outside to build fires in order to cook our tea. We then attempted to cook some bread rolls on the fire in our oven - 90 minutes later we did have something that resembled bread!

After tea we played a couple of games run by one of our Guides who is working for the Baden Powell Award then we moved back inside to begin to make our Turks Head Woggle (we make new woggles at all sleep over events).

To raise money for  This year we decided to have a sponsored sing, so we went out side to build a campfire and start our singing.

At about 10.30 we went back inside to get ready for bed - once in bed we learned about  MUAC bands (MUAC stands for Middle Upper Arm Circumference). This is used to measure the circumference of a child’s upper arm, to assess whether a child is malnourished

At 11.30 it was time to start our MIDNIGHT FEAST. After this the lights went out and the girls went to sleep (well some of them did others managed to talk and talk and talk - I believe the last girl was quiet at 3.45 and the first girl woke at 5.45!! - the rules say that you have to have the lights out for 7 hours - but luckily they don’t actually say that you have to be asleep :-).

In the morning we woke and after packing away our beds we had breakfast that was sponsored by .

At 8.30 we took part in another attempt to get in to .  This was the   Minty Mouth Challenge - simultaneous tooth brushing for two minutes.

Next we made cards to sent to the Prime Minister about outlining the work of .
We then moved outside and sang a few more action songs and handed out the goodie bags.

The girls were collected at 10.00am and most likely went home to sleep for the rest of the day.

On Saturday 20^th June 2009 the West Anglian Orienteering Club SMILE invited us to an orienteering trial session in Milton Country Park

10 Guides met in the car park at 10.30am and we went to register for the event.

We split into three group, two groups of four Guides who’s parents had said they could go around the park without an adult and the rest stayed with Alison.

After registration and a quick lesson we set of at 2 minute intervals (waiting for the beep)on the Orange course. All three groups managed to complete this course using their map reading skills (or perhaps they were looking out for the group in front - as the word it must be that way as Alison is over there where heard form one of the groups). Group three did manage to over take the second group and catch up with the first group - but group 2 say that they were just taking it gently and taking in the scenery.

We then registered for the Yellow trail which is slightly harder. Group 1 did manage to complete this after a few wrong turns, group 3 found the finish post but not all of the posts and group 2 got as far as the 5^th post and could not work out where the next one was so decided to turn around and go back the way they came (they did make a huge list of all the things that they say on the way back - it would be interesting to see their list).

As in previous years when Histon Guides have done orienteering it rained - but that does not stop us as the sun soon came out again.

We have a fantastic time and would recommend orienteering to anyone who has not tried it.

We would like to that Anne and the West Anglian Orienteering Club SMILE for inviting us.