We arrived at Welwyn Garden City an hour early so we were able to lay out our kit, and the leaders gave us all a reflective coat. Someone asked if we had our permission slips. Then we were taken in the minibus to Stanborough Lakes and we all had to give our permission slips to the organisers of the hike. As usual I did not have my permission slip but it turned up in the end and we left for the hike.

We walked from Stanborough Lakes for about a mile to reach our first base. The first base was measuring and weighing different objects eg brick, peg, rope, cone.

We walked about another 2 miles, almost getting run over by a landrover, to get to the second base. At this base we had to identify different substances by smelling them.

We walked quite a bit to the next base. I must have been tired because I cannot remember what we did there.

We walked to the next base but we must have gone wrong because we came from the wrong direction. Here we had to identify different badges.

We had a long walk to the last base where we met the 10th Harpenden leaders. We had to move a warhead to a different place with weird rules.

We got back to Stanborough Lakes at about 12.00 o'clock and the leaders took us back to the scout hut where we were sleeping. That night was very very good.