Trench Foot 16 May 2011

The Explorers spent last Monday evening at the WW1 trenches at Halton. They learned the origins of 'having a chat' (to de-louse your uniform) and found out that the German trenches were much better constructed and more comfortable than the British ones. 50,000 troops who passed through Halton for basic training never returned from the front; a lot of them would be the same age as our Explorers - sobering stuff.

We welcomed Reece to the unit, with his investiture at the trenches and rounded off a great evening with F & C.