Monday 30th May 2011
Day 1
What a shock to wake upto torrential rain today, left for Patteson Lodge about 1.30pm and on the journey the weather began to improve and the sun came out.
Arrived about 2.45pm and unpacked. The parents arrived about 4pm.
Patteson Lodge has Centenary Plaques on site below are just a few examples -
We had an introduction and all the brownies were given an activity book.
Sara gave all the Brownies a Circus Tent to put stickers on to earn a sticker they have to wash their face, brush their hair and clean their teeth and after they get 8 stickers they get a prize.
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| Activity Book and Circus Tent for Stickers |
The Brownies did a treasure hunt and were allowed in places they won't usually be allowed into to have a good explore.
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| Eve and Mandy getting tea ready |
Then we had Tea of Chicken Supreme, Rice, peas and sweetcorn, followed by Chocolate Pudding and Chocolate Sauce.
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| Washing Up |
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| Washing Up |
One Brownie had a Birthday and we had a some Birthday Cake provided by her Mum.
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| Birthday Cake |
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| Happy Birthday |
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| Happy Birthday |
After tea we made three juggling balls.
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| Armless |
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| Juggling Balls and Holder |
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| Juggling in Practice |
We then made towers of plastic cups for our Three Peaks Challenge
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| Tower of cups |
Sara did prizes for Tidiest Circus Animal, Tidiest Enclosure, and Best Behaved Circus Animal, and they put there selected a prize out of the Big Top Lucky Dip, Whoopi Cushion, Squirty Flower and Giggle Stick.
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| Big Top Prizes |
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| Horn and Giggle Box |
Then we got ready for bed and had a bedtime story and a bedtime drink.
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| Bedtime |
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| One Boot On One Shoe Off |
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| The Clowns |
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| Cleaning our Teeth
Tuesday 31st May 2011
Day 2
Not a bad first night, got to sleep at about 12 midnight, and woke up about 7am, i have known them go to sleep at 2am and wake at 5am, so it is quite satisfactory.
On getting up we had breakfast of Cereal, Croissants, toast and spreads.
Then they did their duties, they were split into 4 groups, Health, Waitresses, Cooks and Housekeepers.
Health
Cleaned the bathrooms and first aid room
Cooks
The cook went to help in the Kitchen
Waitresses
Lay the tables and clean Dining area
Housekeepers
Cleaned and tidied Seating area, do a weather chart on the days weather, clean cloakroom, and prepare and do Brownies Own, the theme was bullying and jealousy, and they read Cain and Abel.
 After our duties we had Freetime and some used Adventure Playground. 
One Browniw was headachy and i quietly sat with her and we read Secret Garden together, i cried but she didn't.
We then split into 2 groups 1 group went and did Zip Wire at Hautbois Lime Pits camp site with fully qualified instructors and the 2nd group did clown activities and in the afternoon we swapped over.
Great Hautbois Church
Zipwire
    
Then we got back for Lunch and had Chicken and Salad Wraps, Crisps and Fruit and after dinner made Clown Hats
   
Clown Activities
Then we had FREE time and some used the onsite Trampoline.
A Brownie gave me and Sue a card, 'Brownies are the Best', To Brown Owl Sue and Brown Owl Dawn, I love Brownie Pack Holiday, Love Hannah, ahhhh how nice makes it all worth it!
Then we had Tea, we had Pizza and Salad, followed by Ice Cream, Meringues, Sauce and Wafers,
After Tea we were invited to a camp fire by some guides we Know from Gayton
     We songs we sang included Campfires Burning Gin Gan Gooli The Little Green Frog If your Happy and You Know it Heads Shoulders Knees and Toes Bumble Bee Kippers for Tea Ate a Peanut Quartermasters Store Boom Shacka Shacka Kookaburra This little guiding light of mine My ship sailed to China Singing in the Rain Pizza Nut When we left the Guides gave the Brownies some sweets. Wednesday 1st June 2011 Day 3 Another good night, they went to sleep about 11pm and got up about 8am, not bad at all. For Breakfast, we had cereal and a Pack Holiday Must Eggy Bread, and Toast. We then did our duties  The Brownies own theme was Sharing. We then left to go on a walk during the walk we did a Circus Scavenger Hunt, they had to find things beginning with the letters of Circus Performer. We walked through Coltishall  Then went along the River Bure  We saw a nesting Swan  We saw Canoes  We saw Guides Playing Archery  We passed some of the Gayton Guides Kayaking 
We went back through the ground of Hautbois House
 We then had lunch of Sandwiches, Crisps and Fruit. This afternoon we did two crafts, the first we made clown pencil tops with air drying clay.   Then we made Shrink Plastic Key Rings    Then we had a lady Anna Lawson in to do a Circus Skills session, she works with Sara doing a Circus Skills club, she used to work in the Circus.           During FREETIME the play chute came out   Sue is taking her Brownie Holiday License and this afternoon the tester arrived, and we are pleases to say SHE PASSED, but really we had no doubt about the outcome. For tea we had Roast Pork, Roast Potatoes, Yorkshire Pudding, Stuffing, Vegetables and Gravy followed by Yoghurt. Then we Face Painted each other Clown Faces    And who said we had sensible leaders..................     I found out what a Teddy Bear Roll was  We did a Circus Performance using the skills we learnt earlier. Had a shower and bedtime story  Played a game of Uno  Then we went to bed. Thursday 2nd June Day 4 Not a bad night. Got up and for breakfast had Cereal and Sausage in a Roll. Then we did our duties  Theme for Brownies Own was Being Helpful  Then we made some things, First we put together some Pop Corn Boxes for the Brownies to take their makes home  Then we painted some Spinning tops     Then we made Weeble clown eggs      During Freetime one excellent Brownie hula hooped for 13 minutes  For Lunch we had Jacket Potato, Cheese, Beans, Salad and Coleslaw followed by Jelly and Squirty Cream. However, Our most responsible leaders had a Squirty Cream Fight    Then after lunch we did the most important part and that is shopping First we visited Patteson Lodge Honesty Shop   Then we went across the road to Hautbois House in Groups to look at their shop    Then we had a Sports Afternoon organised by our wonderful young leaders. First was who could Hula Hoop the longest.  Three Legged Race  Egg and Spoon Race  Skipping Race Water Relay Race  4th Place was Sea Lions  3rd Place was Monkeys 
2nd Place was Lions
 1st Place was Sea Lions  For Tea we had Pasta Bake followed by Toffee Cream Tart Then we played a Kims Game to complete our Three Peaks Challenge   Then we watched Dumbo before bed  And at half time we enjoyed Popcorn  Then went to bed. Friday 3rd June 2011 Day 5 Brownies had a good night and we got up this morning reasonably on time, however, there were some minor sore throats and sniffles including me, we had toast for breakfast as we had run out of cereal, some had yoghurt or fruit if they didn't like toast. Then time to get ready and packed, we had fun rolling up some sleeping bags, at 9am it was complete chaos in the dormitories, and i didn't think there was anyway we could be ready.   Then they collected their makes  When they had got there bags packed, they put them outside of the front door and went out the back door to play games and sing songs with the young leaders while the leaders cleaned the house.  We then had elevenses with a drink and cake.  We then had our last Brownies Own which focussed on the Environment  Then we had our Brownie Ring  Sara gave out prizes  Sue gave out Badges and a Bookmark to all participants that has become a Brownie Pack Holiday Tradition   All the leaders had a thank you present from Sue  Then we finished off by having a sing song   By now the parents were arriving so we got our belongings together and went out to greet our parents. Memorable Moments
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