This was not what the twelve boys ages ten to thirteen had been expecting from their summer camp in the remote Lake District. They had been assigned two new Scout Leaders only two weeks previously, and they had plans for their new charges.
Split into two Patrols of six - Falcons and Kestrels - they would spend the next week trying to extract themselves from various restrictive tie up positions. One patrol against the other. This, they would be told, will teach them discipline, respect for their elders and to obey orders. Otherwise there would be punishments......