Summary of the Camp
Dates
​Saturday 13th to Tuesday 16th April 1957
Attending
A full list of those attending has not been found in any of the records. However, photographs provided by Douglas Brown reveal that those attending included the following:
J.R. Blake (Scoutmaster); Douglas Brown; Sandy Whiteford; Jim Harvey; Bob Miller
Brian Elliot; Hamish Rankin; Hugh Paterson, Hamish Rankin, Ken Conway, Stuart Scott, Kenneth Johnston, Jim Blair
Reports
The Troop Log for 1957 has a brief mention of the camp as follows.
​"The Easter camp this year was held at Roseneath. We came from Gourock on the 2.00 pm boat, and a lorry took us to Clachan Farm where we were camping. There was a Glasgow Troop camping in the barn and we had a wide game that night at 9.00pm. Sandy, Douglas and Jim left on Sunday afternoon and the remainder of the boys and Skipper came home on Tuesday. Sunday was the only day we had any rain."
The Fox patrol Log as written by John Nisbet stated the following.
"The boys going to camp assembled on Saturday the 20th, a dull day with promise of rain later. That night and on Sunday night there were some heavy rain. Monday and Tuesday, however, were good days with sunshine practically all the time. Jim*, of course, had to fall in the water!!!!! Camp was struck on Tuesday morning and the campers arrived home for lunch. The general opinion of the camp? Not bad."
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Additional information
The Easter Camp to Roseneath in 1957 is the first recorded instance of the 70th camping at this location. It had the advantage of being easily accessible by catching the ferry from Gourock pier to Kilcreggan and then hiking or hiring a lorry to the campsite at Clachan Farm just south of Roseneath. According to Douglas Brown, the Roseneath campsite was also used for weekend camps. Quite often the Scouts would hike cross country from Kilcreggan to the campsite as it was considered un-Scout-like to take the road.
There is some uncertainty over the dates of the camp. The Troop Log has it as the 13th to the 16th April, whereas the Fox Patrol Log reported it as being the 20th-23rd April.
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