Wye Canoe Exped
It was a heatwave for the Scout paddle down the Wye. Started at Luckshall Campsite, camped at Tresseck at Hoarwithy. Decided not to paddle on Sunday, even an early start would have carried risk of over-heating.
It was a heatwave for the Scout paddle down the Wye. Started at Luckshall Campsite, camped at Tresseck at Hoarwithy. Decided not to paddle on Sunday, even an early start would have carried risk of over-heating.
Glorious weather today and we had Squirrels, Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers, and adults on the water at Mallards Pike.
Another great weekend camp and fun event for Scouts at Cirencester Park.
We had a great paddle down the Wye. Started at Ross, down to Lydbrook. Glorious Day
First Survival Friday for 4 years. Chilly overnight, so people were up at 0450 😮
Scouts were on the Wye tonight learning canoe skills in preparation for the Exped Paddle. It was a very wet evening.
The Scouts took part in a District Night Hike with various bases. Great fun.
Restrictions were relaxed in the Autumn and we held a few socially distanced meetings with Cubs and Scouts. We managed to run an afternoon of archery and tomahawk throwing for Scouts and a session of airgun target shooting before the lockdown was reimposed in January.
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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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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