{"product_id":"9780993487064","title":"The Longmynd Adventure Camp and Me","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn 1965, Alan Scriven's life was changed forever by ten days in the Shropshire hills.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Longmynd Adventure Camp was set up in the 1950s by Shropshire policeman Bill Williams, to provide a small group of boys from the poorer areas of the industrialised West Midlands with fun, adventure, and experience of the countryside.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAlan Scriven was one such boy and his first experience of Camp in 1965 changed his life. He went on to volunteer at the Longmynd Adventure Camp, forming a lifelong bond with Bill and eventually taking the role of ‘Skipper’ himself.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn recounting the history of the Camp, Alan provides a thoughtful and evocative account of his own experiences, as a boy and an adult. His passion and generosity are evident throughout, as is his sense of fun.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSadness and disappointment sit alongside laughs and it is easy to see how much this Camp meant to so many and what an experience it must have been for the boys, some of whom had never seen the sea before their day at the seaside (a regular feature of each ten-day Camp).\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis is the story of a wonderful act of generosity which developed year on year, with the Camp eventually purchasing its own land becoming a registered charity.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAs the years progressed, however, rules and regulations were becoming tighter and sadly the Longmynd Adventure Camp, staffed entirely by volunteers, found itself on an unavoidable collision course.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heddon Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120713416944,"sku":"9780993487064","price":6.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780993487064_p0.jpg?v=1763899966","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780993487064","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}