The Young Mayor Network held its residential last weekend near Paddock Wood in Kent. The aim of the residential was primarily to have fun and to get boroughs to familiarise themselves with each other. It was brilliant! Every moment was memorable. We particularly enjoyed the Paintball. The mud, flooded barricades and the low trees made it seem like we were really at war. The war of attrition left a few bruises on most of us and some vowing never to paintball again!
After dinner and a warm shower, we gathered around a huge camp fire (after some trouble getting it started!) where we shared riddles, stories and poems.
What I particularly enjoyed about the weekend was the level of cooperation that was going on between the boroughs. This was only helped by the teambuilding activities as we broke the centre’s record when playing a game of stacking crates and we’ve had a quite a few pairs complete the daunting Jacob’s ladder.
All in all, although we were out of our comfort zone, we stuck together like the network that we are and we made sure that whatever nature threw at us, we were going to get through it with a laugh, which we did.
What a weekend!
Luziane Tchiegue-Nouta
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