Scouts & Explorers Summer Camp 2018

A dedicated event page for our Scouts and Explorers Summer Camp 2018 is now available on the group website. All information regarding the camp will be held on that page. Letters, site location, consent forms, etc – all there, and…

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Black Ops III

3rd to 5th November 2017 – SILVERWOOD CAMP SITE Dear Scouts Fancy a weekend of camping & survival skills with a twist? BLACK OPS III camp will be full of camping, cooking & survival skills with mini-missions, night exercises and…

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Fabulous, hectic and brilliant few days

60 fabulous Scouts and 17 dedicated leaders have kicked off their first few days in Adelboden at 100mph. 14 cable car journeys, miles of walking, 1 high tower, 1 Bond villain hideout, a thrilling cliff walk, 10km of rafting, swimming,…

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Many a winding road

We are now 25 hours into this epic journey, but I’m happy to report spirits are good on Bus Bruce. Right now its nearly 5pm Swiss time and we have just crossed the Swiss border. Tired but smiling!

Whooooaaaa we’re halfway there…

Not the best start to our Switzerland adventure, delays on the M18, A1, M11 and M25 meant we were going to miss our ferry, but then good news our 10.05pm ferry hadn’t sailed yet! In fact it never sailed, delayed…

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The journey begins

How do you organise 60 scouts and 15 leaders off on a 22 hour trip to Switzerland? It takes some planning and two airport style check in desks, blue and red labels, a group scout leader to direct traffic and…

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Den Day – Save the Children (Fri 16th June)

We are again supporting Save the Children Den Day and we are asking scouts to build “DENS” (Shelters, bivvys, temporary shelters) on Friday 16th June and then sleep in them overnight. The cost of the camp is £10 and all the profit will be sent to support Save the Children as part of their DEN DAY PROMOTION. We are also asking scouts to be sponsored so we can raise even more money for the cause, please use the attached sponsor form.