At lunch things got a little bit hectic! As we were walking from our camp to the lunch hall we were accosted by a number of press representatives as it turned out to be 'press day' at camp. The man in charge of camp was very keen for us to be interviewed so a mad scrabble began to find Nastia in order to translate for us. Somehow in the mayhem we managed to have our lunch before heading to the river side for our first interview. Alison was asked many questions about Guiding (and Scouting) in the UK, how it compared to Russia and what we thought of the camp and Siberia in general. Once the interview had finished we were asked to do a 'performance' - time for the cup song to be rolled out again! We later found out that this had made National TV and newspapers!
Thinking that we had finished our TV fame we wandered down towards the Lapta field only to be accosted by another group on the way. Nastia explained to them that we were really keen to take part in Lapta - a traditional Russian game that is a mix between rounders, cricket and baseball - so they happily announced that they would film us playing it?! Naomi was asked several questions about the comparisons between UK and Russian Scouting and camping before we began the game. Despite several attempts at explaining the instructions there were still many confused faces when we started!
We soon found out what the rules were when we did anything and everything wrong and were quickly underway with the game. We quickly decided that UK health and safety would have ruled the game out mainly due to the 'pitch' we were playing on which was covered in large mounds and dips. In a final attempt for fame and glory, Sophie went for a spectacular dive over the line only to land in an interesting fashion on her ankle, all in front of the Russian cameraman who promptly ran away! (thankfully she was ok after a bit of rest)
After our evening meal we went to Irina's camp where we had been asked to help enrol two girls in to the unit using a British style initiation ceremony. The girls spent the day carrying out good deeds, writing a promise with their leader (we were very impressed by their maturity and selflessness) and then had to fish rocks out of a bowl using their feet! Returning to camp at about midnight we went straight to bed ready for another 'extreme' day tomorrow!
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| Waiting (not so) patiently for our dinner when they ran out of food! |
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| Newly enrolled members of Irina's group with the Siberia 2013 group who all renewed their own promises. |
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