by Mark Lloyd | Aug 5, 2015 | Miscellaneous, Scouts
Today was all about Scoutcraft in order to gain the Outdoor Challenge Badge. We reckon that by the time you gain the Outdoor Challenge badge you can count yourself as a proper Scouts. That’s because you will have camped in a tent, cooked a meal on a fire and...
by Mark Lloyd | Aug 5, 2015 | Miscellaneous, Scouts
We had a trip out today to GoApe at Grizedale Forest for a “tree top adventure”. This was the big activity that the Scouts chose from what was available in the area. There was a mixture of climbs, and challenges to do in the trees withe each of the six...
by Mark Lloyd | Aug 4, 2015 | Miscellaneous, Scouts
The leaders agreed that they had a really great bunch of Scouts and Explorers at camp this year so they had to come up with a suitable challenge. Today the Scouts went on an adventure trek up Grisedale Pike and the Explorers headed for Seathwaite for a hike in the...
by Mark Lloyd | Aug 2, 2015 | Miscellaneous, Scouts
We woke to rain this morning, and the mountain weather forecast didn’t look great, so we switched some things around a bit. We had planned to go to Black Moss Pot but it seemed more appropriate to do archery and kayaking with the Scouts while the Explorers did...
by Mark Lloyd | Aug 2, 2015 | Miscellaneous, Scouts
We arrived safely at the campsite after a pleasant trip over listening to everyone’s music choices. The weather was really kind to us,while we put the tents up, and things were sorted in no time at all. After a short briefing to make sure all of the first time...
by Mark Lloyd | May 10, 2015 | Miscellaneous
Our current programme theme is fire and to kick it all off we decided to have a go at the firefighter’s badge. Scouts learned all about the different fire extinguishers – with each patrol getting to fight their corner on why there’s was the best as...
