Lurrvely pancakes!

The Americans are a bit out of step when it comes to pancake day... they do it a week early and call pancake day "Fat Tuesday" (emotive sizist language there! maybe "large boned Tuesday"?), but anyway, last year they moved it because it happened on Valentines day and the restaurant lobby were worried that cheapskate american boyfriends would shortchange their gfs by taking them out for a romantic pancake stack instead of a romantic meal out (and put  the cash they saved towards superbowl tickets or some such...) 

But hey! your getting it all wrong yanks! Pancakes are great! The girls love them!

We will prove the yanks wrong by cooking and dedicating lurvely romantic (ie pink) pancakes to our valentine heartthrobs etc. Dress to impress and woo the target of your cupids arrows (if they are also an explorer) and pledge your undying lurve with a special pancake inscribed with your loved one's name!

 awwwh....

She definitely liked her valentine pancake!

(PS We're back at the hut these days!)

Get your skirts out guys!

Here's a form! (there's always a form!)
We are running a couple of workshops to talk about what we've been up to so a chance for the guys to wear their summer skirts in public! (???)

very smart - but will it catch on back home?

yes - it is quite shocking!

Here's the form - see you all there (I may be a bit late... but I will be there, and our GSL will be there with the band in case you need someone and I am not around)

Searching...

...but it found us!
There's no Scotland trip this year (not quite enough of us signed up... so they're not running it :( ) but we do get one last chance to slip and slide on the white stuff and wave our ice axes at the wild! Here's some pics from last time and a shiney new form for this Sunday! Let me know asap and by Weds at the latest! 

See you there!

Mud, mud, spattered with mud!

Good, muddy day at the mountain biking! 
A dusting of chocolate on the marshmallows and cream...

...a dusting of mud on the explorer!

The vid started off as a taste of what you missed, but half way, the phone slipped and you get treated to my face and bits of sky... See how scary it is in the fast group! Explorers got down the hill at least twice as fast as the scouts ! :)

Llandegla biking

Sorry its last minute, but in case you didn't listen, the details for our joint activity with the scouts tomorrow are on the scout blog here... 
http://boreattonscouts.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/llannnnnn-deg-laaaaaa.html

Don't forget to bring a form (on the scout blog), bike, helmet (!!!) and energy - all are required before you head up the hill!
Let us know if you have probs with transport etc and we'll see if we can help!