Washington Scouts

1st WASHINGTON SCOUT GROUP

A day at Beamish Wild

A day at Beamish Wild

Had a fantastic day at Beamish Wild, there were loads of activities for the cubs to do, some did the crate stacking and some of the cubs were really brave and did the Toppling Tower which was so high, i Continue reading

Cubs in Tents

Cubs in Tents

Great fun putting up tents in HQ, we started off in the garden but it started pouring with rain and while i was happy to continue and get a bit wet, a higher power prefered that we went indoors, which Continue reading

firelighting

firelighting

We had some fun trying to light fires, it was a bit damp to start with and most of the fires just wouldn’t stay lit, except explorer Adam’s, his fire was fantastic, well done his group. I think the Continue reading

Explorers’ Climbing Badge

Explorers’ Climbing Badge

 

 

Over the next few weeks we are doing the Explorer Scout Climbing badge. We began by visiting Byker climbing wall for a session of bouldering.

The requirements of the badge are here:

  1. Either hold the Scout section Climber Continue reading

Explorer Scout Advanced Firelighting

Explorer Scout Advanced Firelighting

What is advanced firelighting? No matches, no paper just spark from a flint and some cotton wool. Outcome best fire weve ever made and total satisfaction that we did it the Explorer Scout way.

What’s a fire without food though. Continue reading

nuts about knots

nuts about knots

  Unfortunately i wasn’t available to run the pack this week so it was up to John Mackie to step in and save the day, we decided on a slight change to the programme as a result of this. Continue reading

Pancakes and The Marshmallow Challenge

Pancakes and  The Marshmallow Challenge

Had a good night this week, with it being Shrove Tuesday of course we had to make some pancakes, everyone had a go and covered them in disgusting toppings like chocolate spread and sugar!! talk about sugar rush haha! The Continue reading

A split night for cubs

A split night for cubs

This week was great as we tried something that most of the cubs have never done before, half of the pack did some archery in HQ which was great and they really enjoyed it and got into the spirit Continue reading