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Fri 11 – Compass Camp Comic-Con

Posted by on August 11, 2023 at 11:00 pm

Compass Camp Comic-Con In a first for Compass Camp, and stretching the literary theme a little, we held a Comic-Con at Camp on the Friday evening. The day began with our usual delicious breakfast prepared by our, thankfully, restored cooks, following yesterday’s unfortunate events. Ole then wrapped up our main teaching with a wonderfully encouraging […]

Thu 10 – A Compass Camp Mystery

Posted by on August 10, 2023 at 11:00 pm

There’s been a murder!!! At 6:30 AM Mhairi screamed upon finding that our lovely cooks had been murdered terribly whilst they were preparing breakfast. The race was on for the campers to uncover who the culprit was – for it was Sherlock Holmes day! After filling up on breakfast made by the stand in cook […]

Wed 9 – An Unexpected Journey

Posted by on August 9, 2023 at 7:24 pm

Wednesday 9th – An Unexpected Journey In a tent in a field, lived a camper. Not a nasty tent, but a homely, comfortable sort of tent. Following a beautiful starry night, where they slept under the light of Earendel’s Silmaril, our campers woke to find they had been transported to Middle Earth – for Tolkien […]

Tues 8 – Fun in the Sun

Posted by on August 8, 2023 at 11:00 pm

Dr Seuss day meant we had loads of fun games to play. Leaders and campers tried to talk in rhyme, but that only happened some of the time. The mountain biking group were itching for more, although some are now feeling a little saddle sore. Paddle boarders and canoers had fun, lots of jumping in […]

Mon 7 – Once more unto the breach

Posted by on August 7, 2023 at 11:00 pm

Once more unto the breach, dear friends! Once more. Verily, this morn it doth be Shakespeare day on Compass Camps. Let us don a ruff (made out of newspaper) and play silly games. We will eat Spanish chicken – Boo! And 4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie. You will have to see the […]

Sun 6 – A Day Through the Wardrobe…

Posted by on August 6, 2023 at 11:00 pm

Good evening, from another busy day in Windermere! As is custom for a Sunday at Compass Camps, we travelled to Ulverston in the morning to attend the Church Ole, one of our leaders, is pastor of. This week on camp our Bible topic is ‘Names of God’ and so this morning, Ole gave an introduction to […]