Well we were ready, but things didn't quite go to plan! For a change not due to Covid but due to the weather instead, Dudley, Eunice and Franklin landed. The youth hostel on Dartmoor we were due to stay at had no power, no phone lines and no water. Camp start was postponed until Saturday morning to start with then when no utilities had been restored had to move to Zoom.
So we unpacked - put one of the cakes in the freezer and went with plan B, Covid world kids are good at adapting! A Saturday with three Zoom sessions where we chatted in our units, and started to unpack what "Devonness" means to us and how we are going to represent Devon with our unit names and badge designs. A chance to meet our leaders and get to know them and also watch the UK Contingent branding be unveiled. Being on Zoom meant some people who couldn't come on the camp could join in via the internet instead. Also the cake lasted for the whole week of half term (chocolate brownie at selection weekend disappeared on the first night after we had gone to bed) and Mum appeared with hot chocolate mountains to keep us alert!
So Sunday was an unexpected free day but the weather was so grim we decided to spend the day writing grant letter applications. We had already applied to the Dream Fund but had been given the name of some other charities who might support us - 17 letters later we were done. No idea if they will be successful but we have tried and having never written grant applications before we hope we have done a decent job!
Some more birthday money has gone in the pot from Mum and Dad and we have sold some more stuff, Cds, DVDs and books through Ziffit and Music Magpie made over £60 but our biggest win was some old tech magazines that Dad was about to put in the recycling - instead they went on Ebay and sold for nearly £50!