The dust has finally settled and the smelly clothes are clean.  Daughter dear is back into her old routines and grafting hard to complete coursework.  Son one is trying to enjoy a bit of Dad time now I'm back; but the weather has scuppered our Ben Nevis plans and he's struggling with some sort of gut rot that has him firing at both ends.  Sometimes there's no justice when you're the young one!

So what has that got to do with Stanwix scouts you'll be wondering?  Just over a week ago we retuirned from a trip to Switzerland: Kandersteg International Scout Centre to be precise.  The "we" is the 13th Carlisle (Trinity) Scouts.  16 young people and 6 relatively sensible adults enjoyed a week of non stop activities in that fantastic alpine environment  where the little hill walks might take 10 hours :-)