Beech-wood fires burn bright and clear If the logs are kept a year; Store your beech for Christmastide With new-cut holly laid beside; Chestnut’s only good, they say, If for years ’tis stored away; Birch and fir-wood burn too fast Blaze too bright and do not last; Flames from larch will shoot up high, Dangerously…
Well it is over for another year, but what a year we had! The best weather for years on a camp. I think we had about 5 minutes of rain all week. The marquee was put away completely dry for once. We welcomed a few new children & staff this year which is great so we had…
So its all over for another year. We had one new staff volunteer, a previous child on camp, and four new kids who we hope will be back next year and bring their friends! The weather was great and the only serious rain was from 3am to 8am mid week. The sun was out most…
We are very excited that this is our 50th year taking kids camping. Watch this space for news on some of the stuff we will be doing to celebrate. The Flysheet Camps were established in 1973. We were originally part of the Forest School Camps (FSC) organisation, involved with the production of the associated magazine,…
We aim to build a community for a week where people camp together as a group, learn to take responsibility for themselves and grow and experiment in a safe and caring environment. Everyone is welcome to come and take part in creativity through music, arts and crafts and friendship. You will be expected to co-operate…
It feels like a distant memory already but I think it is safe to say that everyone had a good camp. We had the debut of the Clan Film Festival – thanks Will for that idea. I suspect that it will become a fixture of many a camp to come. The Pea Fair was a…
