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Mafeking
to Molehills by Jonathan Alexander Laidlaw Mafeking to molehills
is a light hearted biography that tells the story of a Father who is innocently
volunteered by his eight year old son into helping at an annual cub camp. Not
wishing to let his son down or jeopardising the lad’s chances at the new
school to which the cub pack is affiliated, he reluctantly agrees. Our unwilling
hero, unable to talk his way out of the hole he’s been dug into, is carried
along by the wake of enthusiasm shown by the eccentric Akela. Out of his depth he struggles with the enormity of the task of trying to control and care for a group of thirty boys who very quickly spot his short-comings. However he soon
learns that with labour comes reward and having survived the initial camp by
enduring the freezing nights, exhausting days and local wildlife he finds that
the contrasts of the countryside, along with the interaction and surprising
competency of his young charges completely changes his outlook on life. The story is told over a period of twenty
years with new recruits constantly regenerating the pack; bringing with it the
usual assortment of misfits from the frail and fragile to the compulsory fat kid
who experiences such an embarrassing ordeal at the local swimming gala that the
author’s career as a cub scout helper very nearly ends then and there. The
adventures travel from the beautiful yew tree forests of Wiltshire to the dark
brooding mountains of Wales. They journey through the manicured grounds of the
Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst to the poo ridden parks of suburbia. We meet
along the way parents so busy with their lives and so out of touch with their
children’s needs that it’s scary. From Mothers
who turn up to help at camp wearing mini skirts, white Gucci shoes and
matching earrings to Fathers who came dressed in ‘genuine’ cowboy outfits.
Add to this the difficulty of using land owned by a drunken farmer who spent his
leisure time turning signposts around, or being lead by an Akela who doesn’t
know her left from her right and you end up with a recipe for a very funny
story. To download as an e-book, or to order as a paperback book, please follow this link: You may also order this as a paperback book from www.Amazon.co.uk or from any bookshop
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