Lloyd's Corner

This is Lloyd's special page. Included here are some quotations from some if his finest moments and those of some of his friends. You'll find 1 or 2 of his favourite tips at the bottom of the page.

Cereal
Where: Having breakfast before setting off for the day. Lloyd has just opened the cereal bag and spilled the cereal
"See that's why my mum opens the cereal in our house"
Lloyd - Minibus Expedition 09 - Glen Etive

Hairdresser
"Have I got time to go to the hairdresser when we get to Fort William?"
Alison - Minibus Expedition 09 - Buchaille Etive Mor

Ben Nevis
Where: Climbing up Ben Nevis. It's day 1 of 2. We will be soon camping at the half-way point.
"What are we doing tomorrow?"
Callum - Minibus Expedition 09 - Ben Nevis

Custard
"There's that ladle you asked for for the custard"
(handing over a straining spoon)
Lloyd - Minibus Expedition 09 - Victoria Bridge

Security
We didn't come in here last night. Was it locked then?
(sitting in a bothy with a 12ft wide open entrance way - no doors or any other sort of partition)
Alison - Minibus Expedition 09 - Badaguish Centre

Jacobites
"See that song we're playing. What's a Jacobite - is it not a breakfast cereal?"
Lloyd - Minibus Expedition 09  - on the road

Kettle
When asked to put the kettle on
"This Kettle isn't working"
(A short investigation found the kettle sitting in the sink, two counters away from it's cradle)
Lloyd - Minibus Expedition 09 - Badaguish Centre

More Kettles
"How long should a kettle take to boil?
(Lloyd is starting his second year of Standard Grades this year)
Lloyd - Minibus Expedition 09 - Badaguish Centre

Pasta
Where: Camping in hike tents at the Narnain Boulders half way up The Cobbler. One of the Explorers is about to start cooking the evening meal on the petrol stove.
"Hold it, hold it hold it!!!!!! Don't cook the pasta yet. It says here you can microwave it!!!"
Lloyd - Mark Muir Challenge 09

Up the Wing
Where: Playing 5-a-side
Player: "Seb, pass it up the wing"
Seb: "What's a wing?"
Seb - Minibus Expedition 09 - Badaguish Centre

Science Centre
"We went to the Science Centre. It was only £55 for 5 of us. 2 adults and 4 kids."
Lloyd - Tesco Bag Packing 09

Is it Really that Hard to Remember?
(Clay Pigeon shooting - Frowning down the barrel of his gun through the sights)
Ewan: "What do you say again?"
Instructor: "Pull"
Ewan: "Oh....       Pull!!! "
Ewan - Minibus Expedition - 09 - Clay Pigeon Shooting

Never Been a Cook
"How do you get the oven tray out of the oven?"
Joseph - Glenkin 09

Those Troublesome Fangled Kettles Again
Where: In the kitchen. Pressing the (standard household) kettle power button off and on
"This kettle lid won't open"
Alison - Glenkin 09

Two for the Price of One
Alan W: "Twin, what's your real name?"
Twin: "Alan"
Alan W: "What's your brother called?"
Leader (winking at Twin): "He's called Alan too - he's a twin remember"
Alan W: "That's not right! Ewan's a twin and his brother's not called Ewan"
Suzie: "That's because they're not identical!"
(Leader laughs)
Suzie: "Why's that funny? No, I don't get it. Why's it funny?"

Switch
Where: Playing cards at the bothy. The game is 'Switch'.
Andrew H: Ha! Play a queen, a pair, or pick up two!
Alison: I've got a pair of 4's, but they're not the same suit. Is that okay?
Alison - The Bothy. Dec 09

Shower Anyone?
Where: Out in the woods bivvying during the Brian Boru overnight challenge. They've just travelled up river in boats all afternoon, come ashore and walked into the hills to find a remote site for bivvying.
Alan (reading from phone): "Just got a text from Andy - they've fixed the showers back at the centre"
Cameron C: "Great!!! Is it okay if I have one now?"
Cameron - Ireland '10

Locked Out
Where: Cliffs of Moher Car Park - Ireland. Callum has been left to lock up the minibus but has run after the rest of the group 100yards leaving the side door of the bus lying wide open behind him.
Callum: "You forgot to give me the keys to lock the bus"
Andy: "Just lock it from the inside like I told  you"
Callum: "How am I supposed to do that without the keys? It's locked so I can't get in!!!"
Callum - Ireland '10

Gloves
Where: Festival on the field - Ardgowan Estate.Cooking burgers someone joining in with cooking asked where the plastic gloves were.Lloyd looked confused and waved his gloved hands in the air!

Caledonia
Where: World Scout Jamborette - Blair Atholl
Calum: *Singing chorus to 'Caldedonia'*
Rhonan: Where is Caledonia anyway?
Rhonan - Blair Atholl '14

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Lloyd's Top Tips

Get away from it all
Every so often, you just need space for your brothers or sisters. Lloyd recommends you follow his example and sleep outside in your sister's doll's house - the pinker the better!! You'll have a night of blissful girly slumber and you won't need to worry about your mates ever finding out - after all, how could they??!?

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