Woodchuck \u2013 Weds Jul 27<\/p>\n
The Robin Hood tradition of sending each group on their own excursion is now in full swing. Over the\u00a0many years of doing this we have chopped and changed the nature and venues that we send the groups.\u00a0However, there has been one constant throughout this time: our Lancer group heads out onto the ocean\u00a0to try their hand at deep sea fishing. This tradition has not changed in 50 years. There have been many\u00a0changes in fishing companies that we have used \u2013 from Boothbay Harbor to Perkins Cove to Hampton\u00a0Beach, but we have never failed to send them out.<\/p>\n
It was my pleasure (as it has been for many years now) to join this year\u2019s crew on the good ship\u00a0\u2018Whitestar\u2019. I met 19 Lancers and their staff at the crack of dawn on a beautiful warm morning. We were\u00a0kitted out with rods and set sail, out towards the Isles of Shoals, about 6 miles of the New Hampshire\u00a0coast. At our first stop we were treated to a wonderful sighting of a pod of 5 or 6 porpoises who came\u00a0within touching distance of the boat. This did create a problem, as the porpoises were after the same\u00a0fish that we were, so we had to find another spot. Soon everyone was pulling up mackerel by the bucket\u00a0load. Then came another age-old tradition.\u00a0(WARNING: Graphic Content!) One Lancer is \u2018volunteered\u2019 to bite the head off a fish. Not one, but 5 of\u00a0them performed this \u2018ordeal\u2019! Using the \u2018bite, twist, pull\u2019 method, all 5 severed head from body, and so\u00a0entered the history books.\u00a0We tried several spots around the Isles, some successful, some not so; but even if the fish weren\u2019t biting\u00a0we were lucky enough to spot various sea life such as seals, the afore-mentioned porpoises, and an\u00a0array of various sea birds.<\/p>\n
All told, it was a wonderful way to spend the morning. Our Lancer group are all shaping up nicely \u2013 they\u00a0were a pleasure to spend time with. The Saxons of 2019 will be great leaders of Boys\u2019 Camp, I have no\u00a0doubt.<\/p>\n
Dick Roberts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Woodchuck \u2013 Weds Jul 27 The Robin Hood tradition of sending each group on their own excursion is now in full swing. Over the\u00a0many years of doing this we have chopped and changed the nature and venues that we send the groups.\u00a0However, there has been one constant throughout this time: our Lancer group heads out onto the ocean\u00a0to try their…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-summer-2016"],"yoast_head":"\n