Building a raft
Tonight we built some rafts to use in the little reservoir. I learnt a new knot called a “Japanese Square Lashing” which we used to tie barrels and wooden poles together. I wish I knew the knot when I did other pioneering projects with scouts because it’s a lot quicker than using a square lashing, which is the lashing knot I used to use for things like this.
Unfortunately, by the time the raft was finished it became too dark to go in the water for long, so the scouts only got to test the rafts out for a few minutes in the canal – from one bank to the other, and back. However, it was still fun making the rafts (at least for me)
It was also “bring a buddy” night, so we had a few extra people, which is good. After we dismantled the raft two scouts got invested, so it was a nice finish to the evening.
