Last Friday 15 Venture Scouts from 3rd Monaghan Scout Group Carrickmacross went to 4th Port Dodder Scout Den, Ringsend, Co. Dublin for the weekend. The trip started off with the bus breaking down on the motorway and after waiting for around an hour another bus came and we were on the road again. Our delayed trip meant that we reached our destination later than expected but never the less we set up camp and headed off to bed, lacking the knowledge of what task we would have to accomplish when we awoke the next day.

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The next morning after breakfast we headed off to the Phoenix Park for a quick game of Frisbee before we were split up into three groups of five and were given a sheet with a list of buildings and monuments around Dublin. Each team was supplied with a camera and a LUAS ticket for each member. Pictures were to be taken of each item on the list we could find. Taking these pictures would lead us from congo-lining in Trinity College to appearing on television with Mary Davis and along the way meeting many of Dublin's weird and wonderful people.

We then headed to the DART and returned back to the Den where we played card games and shared stories of our expedition around Dublin city. Later on, the pictures taken earlier that day were projected on a wall for everyone to see, leaving many of the Ventures and Leaders in hysterics. The next morning we packed up and headed for Dalkey quarry for a few hours of rock climbing. At 2pm the bus arrived and we left behind what all considered great memories from Dublin city!

By Dylan Clarke