What Flysheet is about

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…

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Camp May 2024

We are currently planning a camp next summer Saturday 24th May to Saturday 30th May. Watch this space for more detailed news. We will be back bigger and better than ever. We can’t wait to see you there. We accept children between the ages of over 8 and under 18. Please don’t hesitate to contact…

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2016 Camp

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…

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Suggested equipment list

Download the suggested equipment list Please ensure that your child comes to a camp fully prepared, bearing in mind the ‘essentials’ below are just that. It is important that you pack with your children present, so that they know what they have brought. A durable bag such as a holdall, large sports bag or ideally…

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Hotel Flysheet Camp

Sung to tune of ‘Hotel California’ In a dark shining cliff wood Some campers arrived Put their tents in a clearing And the lake they dived Up ahead in the distance Swang Tarzan and his friends A scary leopard and King Kong appeared They thought it was the end Living it up in the Hotel…

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The Firewood Poem

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…

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Flysheet is 50!

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,…

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