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August 05, 2006
Bassenfell 2006
Well, the time has come again where Laraine and I pack pretty much everything we own and take it all up to the Lake District. I always forget how much of a good time it is until we arrive there and then it feels like we've never left.
We arrived late after it took us a massive 11 hours in total to get there. Last night we stayed at Alex Parson's house in Burnley and it was really nice to see her again. As soon as you arrive at the Manor it's pretty much all hands on deck. We only arrive 2 hours before the campers do and we have to get everything ready for registration.
It's always really nice to see those campers (and leaders) who have been to Bassenfell before but is also really nice to meet loads of new really cool people. I don’t think that I’ll wrote down everything that we did this week otherwise this could go on a couple of days!
My highlights were:
Mountain Biking through the Lake District....
You can't beat this. Some of the areas that we cycle through are spectacular. Sean and Esther always make the rides fun and enjoyable. I'm sure some of the kids would disagree... especially the ones who had 'offs' but that is all the fun of off-road biking!
Seeing the Kids Connecting with God
Each year, leaders at camp spend a lot of time trying to get the right balance at introducing God. I think this week most of the campers are connected with a church and so seemed to know an awful lot about who God was and how he related to their lives. Our discussion group (DG) was brilliant with some of the kids teaching me things I didn’t know or getting me thinking about things in different ways.
The evening meetings were great. Laraine did a brilliant job leading them and the people who spoke in the evenings were clear, straightforward and easy to listen to.
Watching the RAF Practice
Can you get better than watching an RAF Tornado practising low altitude flying about 500 metres above our heads whilst cycling through the hills. AWESOME!!!!
The Aqua Olympics
I don't think this will ever get boring. 
The only thing it was missing was Derek who had to go back to work but thankfully came back on the Friday to a rapturous applause!
The Talent Show
This really showed all the leaders how inspired some of the kids are. We had everything from stand-up comedy to puppets and all of them were absolutely brilliant.
Like I said above, I could keep on going but basically, camp this year was just as good if not better than the last 2 that I have done. On Sunday, Laraine and I were thoroughly depressed that fact it had to end and I am now back at work but roll on Bassenfell 2007 which will no doubt be amazing too! Thank you to everyone who was at camp this year and who made it so special.
I've put up all the photos from the week here:
http://www.daveszt.co.uk/bassenfell/photos.html
Posted by daveszt at August 5, 2006 12:22 PM
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