Scouts Own – Sunday 12pm
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Radio Blair – 12.30pm Saturday and Sunday
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Blairing out across Target Park the World! Radio Blair is back for 2020 with some epic throwbacks!
On Sunday, at 12.30, we’ll have the greatest hits from 2016 and 2018 on the Facebook page!
Find the Best of Radio Blair 2012 and 2014 playlist on Spotify. Take a screenshot while you’re listing and share it with the hashtag #BlairEverywhere. And, if you tag @TeamRadioBlair, we might even reshare your post!
Listen to the podcast at 12.30pm on Saturday for some greatest hits segments from Blair Atholl Jamborette 2012 and 2014.
MacDonald Subcamp challenge
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Hi, I’m George from MacDonald subcamp and I hope you’re all having a great time. I’m here to show you how we build the dining shelter at Blair Atholl each year. So here’s one I prepared earlier, as you see, it’s not quite to scale. The challenge is we’re hoping that you can build it with canes. On this one I’ve used canes and rubber bands. Make sure you’re lashing them tight. Okay, so you don’t have to do it with canes. So if you just come this way a bit, you can try it with some straws, just give it a try or you’ve got some cocktail sticks. And if you’re really smart, you can try and put some plastic over the top of it as a tarpaulin. So there you go. You can try it with everything else. You can try it with a broom handles Scout staves if you can get access to them. However, when you do finish it all, and you take a video of it, or a photograph of it, you must finish it off with the Blair Atholl special, have a nice Gold Bar and enjoy the camp. Bye for now.
Post a picture or video of your model dining shelter on social media, and remember to use #BlairEverywhere so we can all see!
Stewart Subcamp challenge
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Hi, I’m Raff from Stewart Subcamp. My challenge for you is to get the funniest photo you can with items from the house. So for instance, I’ve got a golf club, a colander, I’ve got a wee hat, glasses, a hard hat, and and a telescope that I’ve found. If you can’t put your hands on anything, don’t worry you can download images, for instance, I’ve downloaded the Blair Atholl 2020 / Blair Everywhere logo. I’ve put a wee comment at the bottom for the other subcamps (it says “Stewart Subcamp #1”) And all you have to do is put some items on like, I’ll put my hat on. Put my glasses on. And I will use that telescope. And I’m going to do is have a big smile, enjoying myself, take a picture and send it. And so that’s my challenge to you. Good luck and keep it safe.
Post your silly selfie social media, and remember to use #BlairEverywhere so we can all see!
Murray Subcamp challenge
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Morrison Subcamp challenge
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Hi there. I’m Amy, the Morrison subcamp leader. My subcamp challenge to you is to make yourselves a meal from one of our international contingents. I’m just finishing off my Canadian pancakes here to go with breakfast. Now. Where did I put the maple syrup?
Post your pictures or videos of your internationally inspired cooking on social media, and remember to use #BlairEverywhere so we can all see!
MacLean Subcamp challenge
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Hi, my name is Linda and I’m a subcamp leader from MacLean subcamp. My challenge for you this weekend is to create a mascot out of a raw egg. Now you can use any materials you have lying around the house to decorate it, give it a name, and then have it with you doing whatever it is you’re going to be doing this weekend until the close of Blair Everywhere. And the challenge is to keep your egg in one piece. Now you can upload a photograph of it, if you want to. Just to give you some ideas, here’s my effort. So this is Blair. You can tell I thought about that name for a very long time. So Blair is going to be doing everything with me this weekend. Um, and I’m going to be trying to keep her in one piece. She’s become a bit attached to the egg cup because I accidentally superglued her in there, so maybe not try that one. So good luck everyone!
Post your pictures of your egg mascots on social media, and remember to use #BlairEverywhere so we can all see!
Robertson Subcamp challenge
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Hello everyone. My name is Colin and I’m the subcamp leader on Robertson subcamp. My subcamp leader challenge is to create a subcamp chant or song, for one of the six subcamps that you might have been lucky to be on if you were at the camp. So if you were on Murray, you could have went along the lines of
Murray Murray Murray – Oi Oi Oi
Murray Murray Murray – Oi Oi Oi
Murray – Oi – Murray – Oi
Murray Murray Murray – Oi Oi Oi
If you’re on McClean, you could have went along the lines off:
(To the tune of Singing in the Rain)
We’re singing in McLean, just singing in McLean,
what a glorious feeling, I’m- happy again
MacDonald you could have went.
Mac Mac Mac – Donald Donald Donald
Mac Mac Mac – Donald Donald Donald
Mac – Donald – Mac – Donald
Mac Mac Mac – Donald Donald Donald
If you were on Morrison, you could have had
(to the tune of the Addams Family)
We’re camping at Blair Atholl, We’re next door to the castle
We’re Morrison Sub camp
Doodly-do *snap snap*
For Stewart:
(to the tune of Hey Baby)
Heeey, Hey Stewart (Ooh, ah)
I wanna kno-o-o-o-o-o-ow who’s the best subcamp.
And finally Robertson:
(to the tune of Agadoo)
Robertson -son -son, we’re the best oh yes we are
Robertson -son -son, we’re the best subcamp by far.
Stewart left, Murray right, Maclean, where is your tree?
We all know that Robertson is the place you wanna be!
Good luck guys. Send in your ideas, when you can.
Post a video of your chant on social media, and remember to use #BlairEverywhere so we can all see!
Make a Washer Bracelet or Necklace
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I find washers lying around everywhere. Out in my parents shed, in ‘that’ kitchen drawer that has everything, in, my bicycle repair kit and in DIY shops for pennies!
Washers are great for making DIY Jewellery. They’re made of stainless steel so wont rust or turn your skin green, they hold colour extremely well using nail polish, they are easy to texture with hammers and punches – Plus, they look sleek and sophisticated when paired with a simple cord!
Why not try starting simple. Take a plain washer and some cord (Household twine works well but use coloured wool or leather cord from the craft shop if you’re feeling spicy), loop the cord through the washer and tie an adjustable sliding knot to create an open necklace. This will create a very simple design to base your creations from.
From this you can then begin customising your designs. Add different coloured cord to change the look, wrap it round the wrist several times to create an outdoor aesthetic. Use nail polish to add colour to the washers to create statement pendant necklaces or multicoloured bracelets. Add more washers to the design, use cord to link them together to create a chainmail effect. There are many examples online but be creative – try something different, there are no wrong solutions!
Here are some examples of designs, if you don’t find a style that matches your aesthetic – create a new design that does! These are a great idea for gifts and the possibilities are endless. Have fun!
Remember to share your photos with us on social media using the hashtag #BlairEverywhere
Fire on water
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Please always ask for permission before making fires in your garden or anywhere else! This activity should be done outdoors, and make sure you have a spare bucket of water to hand in case you have to put out a fire quickly.
Materials
- Basin, bucket…something to hold water in and float a fire on!!!
- Sticks and string. Could be dry wood of thin branches that you cut.
- Scissors.
- Fire starting supplies like tinder and matches. Maybe a home-made firelighter.
Now we are going to make a raft out of sticks and string. It might be a good time to practice your clove hitches and square lashings! It’s not essential by all means, so if you can’t tie fancy knots, don’t let it spoil your fun.
Obviously the better the raft is tied together, the higher chance it has of staying together.
So, here’s the start.
Next, we’ll built up the body of the raft. Place a row of sticks over the top of your frame and wrap the string around the ends and the cross-piece below. Keep using your string and sticks until you have a floor over the raft.
Like this……
Now we need to build up our fire.
Tinder at the bottom, cotton wool with a bit Vaseline is ideal. Anything you know will work. It’s a fun experiment not a University degree course in fire lighting!!!
Build your dry stick in a “hashtag” shape.
Choose your preferred fire lighting method, be it matches, lighter of Swedish fire steel.
(There’s no photos as I got carried away with myself and couldn’t wait to light it. Yes, I’m an adult and fire still excites me!!)
Now if you’ve built you raft well it should hold together. See how long you can keep it going for.
Contributed by the Bushcraft team