Poole Sea Cadet’s annual Summer Camp successfully concluded after a weekend under the stars on the glorious Isle of Purbeck.
In the beautiful Dorset countryside, so vividly described in the books of Enid Blyton, the cadets sang songs around their campfire having honed their cooking skills to yield a diet of both hot dogs and marshmallows washed down with hot chocolate. On arrival and after dusk the friends watched an enjoyable movie night.
On the day that Strictly Come Dancing had returned to the TV screens the cadets appropriately visited Dancing Ledge. They learned to abseil on the imposing Jurassic Coast cliffs and to put any thoughts of vertigo firmly behind them. Although there was some initial trepidation this soon evaporated thanks to the capable instructors.
Later the same day the cadets returned to the more familiar sea level aboard paddle boards and kayaks in Studland Bay in the lee of Old Harry Rocks.
The ambition of the Sea Cadets is to impart useful life skills whilst having fun and the broad grins throughout the weekend revealed that this had again been successfully achieved.
Thank you to our accompanying volunteers and to Alex for the excellent photographs.