The following hike report was dug out of our archives recently. The
lad who wrote it died young. He was one of the 'lively' scouts in the
troop. John (who went on to be my leader as well) talks of him with a
big grin. If there was trouble to be had... Paul would find it.
Anyway... I've copied it out and i think it deserves reading... it
makes me laugh every time. (I'm guessing early 80's for when it was
written but i'll check) I have kept original spelling and punctuation:

A fifteen mile hike between Chelsfield, Downe and Keston

Paul Stephens
APL

I arrived up at the hut at about 11.45am, after a while my two hike
partners Philip M and John T arrived, we met at the hut for two
reasons, the first was to sort out all our kit and the second was to
get a lift to Chelsfield which was supplied by John Potter

The kit consisted of: