Clare's Rebel Badge Blog

This month has been rather slower on the badge front due to end-of-school-year exhaustion for one thing. However, on the penultimate week of term I accompanied a school Duke of Edinburgh's Award trip to the Brecon Beacons in Wales, with fellow rebel Rachel and two D of E leaders. Obviously we had to take Fred the houseplant with us and he accompanied us on several walks, stayed in tents and minibuses and played in an adventure playground. He also came to a cafe. The weather was generally awful, but he coped magnificently (as did we and the kids). While there I finished my Camper Badge, and started my Advanced Camper Badge. I only had the menu planning and camp kitchen to do for camping, as I had camped lots the previous year but hadn't needed to cater. Advanced camping should be finished after a festival next month and Rebel Camp. I highly recommend camping in the rain, and hiking in the Welsh hills on damp days. The woods and waterfalls were magnificent. There are also lots of...

Well, it's been a while! I have had a busy couple of months with work so haven't had much chance to blog. Saying that, lots of Rebel shenanigans has been occurring so I will bring you up to date. I have finished off 9 badges that I have been working on slowly, so managed quite a haul of points for Team Nelson in the Rebel Cup! Mindfulness was finally finished by trying a third type of yoga; an aerial silks yoga class began round the corner from me, so I was convinced to go with a friend. I rather enjoyed it; aerial yoga is somewhat different to other types of yoga I have tried and involves being supported by silks suspended from the ceiling. My highlight was managing to do an inverted star after several attempts. For what seemed a relatively gentle class, I didn't half ache later in the week. Highly recommended! I have been foraging for years, mostly for blackberries, elderberries, sloes and wild garlic leaves so was interested to learn more. The part that surprised me most...