So far no-one has come forward to write anything about their
scouting days, but they have shared some photographs with us.
Ben Nevis 1961
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Back (l-r): John Collins, Ted Moss, Clive Dobbs, Pete Maund, Ray Corby, Anthony Lake
Front: Mick Wheatley, Dick Thacker
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Everdon Camp
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l-r: Keith Jarvis, John Collins, Roger Miles, Richard Thacker and Pete Maund (seated)
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| Kandersteg 1963 - Pictures by Richard Thacker |
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Arriving by train
l-r: Roger Miles, John Collins, Bill Knott, Paul Wilkinson,
Anthony Goodfellow, Keiron Hammond, Ray Corby, Mick Anderson,
Paul Garrod, Roy Cox. Under the damaged section Robert Anker.
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The scenery
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Our camp - towels were permanently on the fence to dry after we found a pool close by where we could swim
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| The cost of the camp site was 23 francs, and each of us put £30 into the provisions fund, which converted to 360 francs. At the end we only had to pay in another 3 francs each. On our arrival we purchased some rations: porridge, 24 eggs, 4 tins beans, 50lb sack of potatoes, bread, cooking fat, pepper and salt, 3 tins of steak, 24 peaches, a tin condensed milk, 2lbs margarine, 3 packs of vegetable soup, a tin of tomato puree, a kilo of spaghetti, milk and 2lbs of tomatoes. Maps, and Gaz used for the week were 26 francs.
Each took between £8 and £12 for spending money, which John Collins doled out as and when..........
The highlight of the week was a ride on a single seat cable lift right up into the mountains.
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Some colour pictures
Lake Thun, on the seat John Collins left, and Paul Garrod, with Mick Anderson
in a red top.
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The tents
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The mess room!
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