We got to the campsite very late on Friday evening, but still had some time to enjoy the campfire before returning to our tents. (Yes, we were camping and it was below freezing…brrrrrrr…)

Saturday morning was spent in our hat teams (we received different coloured hats on the Friday) and we went around the London Monopoly ‘board’ answering questions when we got there, it was lots of fun and a great chance to see more of London and meet members from other SSAGO clubs.

Then, the afternoon was spent on our chosen activities. I chose the Tower of London, but there was loads to do, including the London Dungeons, Museums, Pub Crawls and the London Eye.

At the Tower of London

There was the traditional Barn Dance in the evening where there was obviously, lots of dancing and the costume parade, where everyone who came with a silly hat got to show it off with the chance of winning a prize!

We returned from the Barn Dance venue to the campsite for another campfire with lots of songs and some alcohol. Good times! After another cold evening in our tents we spent a lazy Sunday morning doing some silly games. However, these were not just any silly games, they were a challenge to win the Gaddafy Plate. Read more about that here. We split into teams of 6 and challenged other SSAGO teams to various activities.

SCOGUI winning Tug of War

And…SCOGUI won the plate! Well done to the team that won! We must now try our best to keep hold of it.

It was an amazing weekend, I hope everyone who went enjoyed it, and for those of you who didn’t, make sure you get to Cardiff Rally in February 2011!

Here’s a quick recap -

Go Ape !   Many Scogui visited Go Ape! in Nottingham and had a fantastic time swinging around in trees and pretending to be monkeys!

Summer Camp! This is a massive one – Scogui jumped aboard trains and spent a fun long week in camping in London! Organised by Mark P with our kit van driven by Fe! It was a great week so thanks to everyone involved.

Summer Rally! – Hosted by Bristol, a whole bunch of Scogui went south to meet up with everyone else from SSAGO. A fun (though slightly tipsy) and very wet (as in water fights, not rain) weekend was had by all.

Seaside! – Though out of term time, and not strictly a Scogui event, a bunch of friends from Scogui went to Southend for a fun weekend of beach, sun, arcades and wetherspoons.

I’m sure there were even more things too!

Bring on the new year

XxX

Lisa
Scogui Publicity Officer 2009-2010

There was a small camp fire on the Friday evening (rumour was that there was no wood to burn!) and a sober Scogui started off the singing.

Despite the weather forecast, Saturday got off to a bright start. The camp site was woken up at 7:45 for breakfast and although the early birds had to wait a while before the food was served, we were glad we didn’t come down late and have to queue up for an hour! After breakfast the activities began and, unusual for me, there were two activities to choose for morning and afternoon. Scogui was well represented at the ‘Extreme Pub Quiz’ held in the afternoon in Brighouse (probably called extreme because the walking around was around 6km!). All of the pubs visited had character, be it the ‘Retro disco with Daz’, the Ukrainian satellite TV or the church organ in Weatherspoons and it was a really great afternoon out.

The evening meal and barn dance was held on site and members of staff from the camp site served us copious amounts of alcohol throughout the evening. The food was very nice: chicken of some sort followed by pie for desert. The barn dance band were good as always and the accordion players seemed to be enjoying themselves a lot. The highlight of the dance was when 3 members of Scogui started dancing Saturday Night to the barn dance music, only to find after a revolution that all 227 dancers had decided to copy them. Afterwards they proceeded to start a conga round the building which at one point emptied the dance floor.

Unfortunately the fancy dress competitons were not won by Scogui although many people commented that our miner’s strike costumes were excellent.

After the music stopped, everyone made their way down to an improved camp fire where much singing took place (often being run by Scogui and Medic Mike) and almost record breakingly long renditions of Chicago department store and a song about animals..

Sunday was showery which meant all our kit had to be packed away wet and covered in bits of forest. Many people did not make it to breakfast so everyone that did turn up got seconds, and thirds and the rest was served up as extra lunch. After an exciting EGM where the new SSAGO constitution was approved, silly games took place in which many people ended up getting very wet, very blue and very floury. The closing ceremony was held afterwards with many thankyous being said and modified mascots being returned before we all set off home. After an excellent weekend, it was nice to be able to have a nap on the bus home!

Written by Pete Everett