The raft race on Saturday was a very enjoyable day. There were four other people on the raft, two explorers, another scout, and a leader. They are all going to the Caribbean as well.
We had to paddle for three miles from Leamington Spa to Warwick. Our raft was called "scouting for the Caribbean" and it was made out of pioneering poles, ropes, and barrels. We got soaked whenever a raft went past us, or we went past them because the other rafters had buckets of water, flour bombs and water pistols. Luckily during the day I didn't fall in, not even when we had to cross the wear, which was all slippery. When we tried to get the raft out of the water at the end, the bank that was under water was really muddy, and my trainers just sank in. Overall it took us a bit over two hours to complete the race. It will be very nice if I can also get my scout group interested to enter in the future.
I have put some of the pictures from the day on my Facebook Page. Check them out by clicking this link Many thanks to Phil Fry from 3rd Warwick scouts for organising our entry and acting as team leader, and everybody who sponsored me. There is still time to sponsor me if you would like to, through paypal using the e-mail victoriareed@tiscali.co.uk (my mum!).
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