Survival Friday
First Survival Friday for 4 years. Chilly overnight, so people were up at 0450 😮
First Survival Friday for 4 years. Chilly overnight, so people were up at 0450 😮
May cub camp was the first opportunity to pitch the new marquees. The other Gala tents had done great service but we bought them in 2007 and they were showing their age.
First camp for a while. We had forgotten a lot. Enjoyed the Deerpark, as always
Every 4 years the Forest of Dean Scout District takes a contingent of Scouts, Explorers and Adults to the Haarlem Jamborette in the Netherlands. This year we took 48 Young People and 12 Adults, of which 2 adults and 8 Young People were current or former Aylburton and Lydney members. We took an overnight coach…
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The Cub Leaders planned an excellent Harry Potter themed Cub camp in the Deerpark. The activities included: wand making, spells, potions, and a real-life Quidditch match. We had a fantastic time.
As part of the team-building and Kit checking before we go to Haarlem, we took some of our Scouts and our slug tents to The Scowles campsite near Coleford. We had a leisurely weekend, allocating people to the various teams and people to their tents . The weather was dry, a bit cool, but we…
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The Beavers held an overnight camp on 23 November at Beaver Lodge, Parkend. Just one night, but it was enough. Climbing indoors was fun.
We entered a team of scouts into the Annual Backwoods Challenge. The aim is to spend 24 hours in a shelter made from scavenged materials (we supply a tarp and cord), cooking meals on a wood fire, then clearing up and leaving no trace. Our team were all novices and came first in the challenge.…
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We completed a canoe expedition down the Wye in July 2018. We started at Luckshall campsite and paddled to Hoarwithy on the Saturday. Scouts cooked the evening meal then had a relaxing evening around the campfire. We struck camp and continued the paddle to Ross on the Sunday.
Our scouts entered 4 teams into the County Scouts challenge, Strategy, held at Cirencester Park. We had a brilliant time completing a wide variety of tasks and activities with some navigation and map reading thrown in.
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