We are back from our Christmas Camp at Wilberforce. If you ‘like’ us on Facebook you will have already seen these over the weekend, but for those that haven’t, here they are!
Yearly Archives: 2014
Halloween Party!
The Young Leaders put on a fantastic Halloween party this year, with zombies, buckets of brains, creepie-crawlies as well as the usual apple bobbing and bowls of flour. They also filled the hall with spookie smoke and eerie lights!
The Massed Ranks of Zombies are Coming
The Halloween party for Beavers and Cubs is this Wednesday and the Massed Ranks of Zombies are gathering…
The party starts at 6pm, bring your scariest costume and don’t be late.
Fireworks Night 7th Nov 2014
The gates open at the Scout Hut, Mill Lane, Sevenoaks TN14 5BX at 6:45pm. Entry on the gate is £4.50 pp.
This year we will have hot dogs, burgers, popcorn, soft drinks as well as hot drinks for sale.
Advance Tickets will be available to purchase from the week beginning 13th October from any of the regular meetings at the Scout Hut.
Autumn Programmes 2014 [updated]
This page is now out of date – click here for Spring programmes
Click a logo to download the section’s Autumn programme.
Group Camp will have a Pirate Theme
Group Camp this year is across the weekend 27-29th September and we will have a pirate theme
Scouts Summer Camp nr Corfe Castle
The scouts have returned from their summer camp at the Burnbake Campsite near Corfe Castle in Dorset.
The journey down there went without incident, save the traffic jam near Ringwood, with us arriving just after 14:00. At one point we thought that the Tesco deliveryman was going to be there before us!
After unloading the trailer, the scouts set about pitching camp and then set about cooking dinner.
Saturday was spent getting things straight while the leaders cooked the traditional roast beef & yorkshire puds. In the afternoon we took a dip in the sea in Studland village to cool off.
Sunday saw us set out on a bike ride from the cycle hire shop at Norden Station, right up into Shell Bay in Studland at lunch time, before cycling to the ridge above Corfe Castle itself and enjoying a tremendous panorama over the escarpment on either side.
On Monday, after some navigational challenges in the minibus, we walked part of the South Dorset Coastal Path from the great globe in Durlston Head Country Park to the coastal observation station at Aldhelm’s Head. It was another scorching day up to the point we got completely soaked by a heavy shower near the end of our walk. We took shelter in the coastal observation station where the very nice NCI watchkeepers explained what they did and allowed the scouts to take a look at the shipping through their super binoculars. Thank you very much!
We were back to the same shore line the next day after a morning’s archery session at Burnbake. We abseiled down the cliff at Dancing Ledge, before climbing up again (several times). All of the scouts did really well, with all of them going over the edge. Thank you to Tom at Brenscombe Outdoor Centre for taking care of us.
Wednesday saw us in next to Wareham Quay. In the morning we built ‘traditional rafts’ and paddled them upstream under the bridge. In the afternoon Brenscombe Outdoors took us kayaking further upstream (Kelly and Aiden this time). The damp environment meant I only took a few photos of the morning session.
We finished the day on Wednesday with the Camp Cooking Competition. Both teams produced good meals – Foxes’ meal was significantly more timely but Bulldog’s meal was judged by our neighbouring Guide Leaders to be the tastiest.
We took the ferry from Poole to Brownsea Island on Thursday, to visit the spiritual home of Scouting. Highlights of the trip included the tree climbing trail, paddling on the beach, the trading post and BP’s statue. The programme for the first camp on the island made interesting reading – including the 1 hr 15 mins of silent rest after lunch…
We left Burnbake neat and tidy a little later than planned and got back to the scout hut in time for dinner.
Thank you everyone for making the summer camp such a success again this year and Sheila in particular for all her organisation.
Where we went and what we did – a year in pictures
Featured Events
- Summer Camp in the Wye Valley (Summer 2013)
- District Beaver Camp featuring “a year in a day” including snow! (Sept 2013)
- Family Camp (Oct 2013)
- Plender Hike (Autumn 2013)
- County “Ministry of Food” cooking competition (Autumn 2013)
- Halloween Party (Oct 2013)
- Remembrance Sunday including investitures (Nov 2013)
- Christas Camp at Bears Wood (Dec 2013)
- Community Day clearing the Mill Pond (Feb 2014)
- Cubs Cooking (Spring 2014)
- Mouse powered cars (Spring 2014)
- Night Hikes (Misc)
- Balls of Fire – trebuchet (Spring 2014)
- Spring Quiz (Spring 2014)
- District Cooking Competition in Knole Park (Mar 2014)
- St George’s Day (Apr 2014)
- 7 Mag 7 – District Camp – 525 young people and 250 adults! (May 2014)
- Chief Scouts Award Ceremonies – Bronze and Silvers (Spring 2014)
- Scouts 34 mile bike ride from Groombridge (Jun 2014)
- Beaver’s Junk Boats (Jun 2014)
- Scouts Bivvi build and sleepover (Jun 2014)
- Archery (various 2014)
- Backwoods cooking with the cubs and scouts (Jul 2014)
- Cubs games night (Jul 2014)
- Volunteer Days (various Summer term 2014)
Backwoods Cooking Night
Last week they planned their menus, this week they cooked and consumed!
The four menus were:
Pumas
- Barbecued corn on the cob
- Naan-bread pizza
- Homemade cherry lemonade
- Smores
Eagles
- Pasta salad
- Cola
- Burgers
- Homemade biscuits
Wolves
- Cheese-stuffed roast peppers
- Bangers and mash
- Eaton mess with fresh strawberries
Cobras
- Snack sized jacket potatoes with bacon and cheese
- Chicken kebabs with rice
- Pancakes
We will be announcing the winners at next week’s meeting.
A big thank-you to our Sevenoaks Active Support judging team!