http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/9thDoncaster/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from 9thDoncaster en-us Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:17:59 BST Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:17:59 BST What is OktoberfestOktoberfest is a 16 day German beer festival that takes place annually in Munich Germany. With over 6 million visitors every year the event is the largest people's fair of its type in the world and attracts visitors from as far away as Australia and the Far East. There is seating for 100000 people 12000 people are employed at Oktoberfest including 1600 waitresses 6.1 mi http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/South-Yorkshire/Sheffield/blog-215794.html Settling In ThursdayWell itrsquos late Friday evening and the entire camp is set up and ready to go The advance party arrived Thursday at 3.30pm and began the difficult task of building a tented village for over 50 of us. By the time it was dark most of the canvas was up we had electric power for lights and refrigeration and the chemical toilets were fully primed and raring to go.Getting r http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cumbria/Lake-District/blog-193412.html ArrivalsThe 9th Doncaster Scout Troop are due to arrive on site in the next few days with the 'Advanced Party' arriving on Thursday and the 'Main Party' arriving on Friday.The Advanced Party will be in charge of pitching Patrol Tents Patrol Diners Mess Tents Ed's Diner and will also start preparing equipment for the wide variety of activities that are being hosted. Once the Main Party has arri http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cumbria/Lake-District/blog-192394.html