Awards

It's award night this Thurs at the Corbet, so this week we will probably be missing those that got any GCSEs.
Seems like a good opportunity to do some DofE training and put that to use in planning our night hike!

...just to make sure we...

C'mon

C'mon you lot - we need to get a load of you to go to St Briavels camp so we can have fun and experience massive spookiness!  Bring your deposits as soon as you can AND CLICK ON THE EVENT BOOKER NOW and I won't show you any more of my holiday photos!

Candles and Reindeer pooh......

If you are going to Mongolia next year why not come along to the Scout hut this Monday the 25th between 8.00 and 9.30 to make some stock for the Christmas Fayre!  I will bring the kit to make some candles and edible Reindeer pooh, but if there is anything you would like to make please feel free to bring along the materials to do it.

See you there. 

Catching up

We have fallen behind the prog recently... but at least it means that we are getting into good muddy mountain bike weather! 

There will be no meeting on Thursday 21 Nov but instead we will do the mountain biking at Llandegla Forest on Sunday 24 Nov setting off from the Llandegla Car Park at 1pm so we need to meet by about 12:30. We should be able to coordinate transport a bit so let me know if you want to bike but can't get there.
If you need to hire a bike, you can book good mountain bikes at http://www.oneplanetadventure.com/.
We will need to keep an eye on the weather too, so please let me know you are coming and then I will let you know whether the weather means we have to change plans... 
You NEED to have a decent bike with working gears and working brakes!!! And to wear a helmet!!! And to bring cold weather gear and a hot drink with you on the trails.
Weather forecast looks good at the moment - http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/treuddyn-flintshire#?tab=fiveDay&fcTime=1385164800



Uh oh! A dusting of Snow! (that was Monday so it might well be a bit chilly!)

Finally a consent form - and you will need to bring it of course.

Drum Corps at Shrewsbury

The Drum Corps will be at the front of the Christmas Lantern Parade in Shrewsbury this Wednesday (20th November).

All Drummers please meet in the Riverside shopping centre outside the old Shoe Zone unit at 5.00 - in full uniform!



 

Cold comfort from Stone Soup....

Actually it was really good!  So were the brownies.  Who would believe you could cook stuff underground or in a cardboard box (well one of them worked).  A good team effort with the seasoning!

 

Back to the mountains...

It's Moel Siabod this w/e and I think I'm going but as you know I did my back in last w/e so I need a good bunch of you along in case you have to carry me off the hill! :D
Moel Siabod is a nice mountain and the days are short so I'm sure I'll be fine...
Here's a pic from last time we did it - see! Really nice mountain!!! and always sunny!!!!


It's much nicer than the last one we did...

...brrr.... cold and foggy...

But still lots of fun! ... 

"be more dog!" Letti

Here's the info for the hike - as I'm late, just let me know and I'll sort it out with Richard and Chris...

Cold comfort, stone soup

"An explorer leader comes to a hut, carrying nothing more than an empty cooking pot. Upon his arrival, the puggles and explorers are unwilling to share any of their food stores with the hungry leader. Then the leader goes to the tap and fills the pot with water, drops a large stone in it, and place it over a fire. One of the explorers becomes curious and asks what he is doing. The leader answers that he is making 'stone soup', which tastes wonderful, although it still needs a little bit of garnish to improve the flavour..."
...maybe you could bring along some garnish for him? It is not as though you are giving him a free meal, but a little garnish, and then you too could see how wonderful Stone Soup can be?

Bring a savory thing to enhance our soup and see where we get when everyone brings their own small contribution to our cooperative soup experiment (if you were in the Robo team a few years ago you may recognise this approach from the Puzzlebox Brainstorms software development paradigm...)

It costs everyone very little and we all eat soup!
Bring a bowl and spoon, and maybe some music too!

Hogwarts!

It's just like Hogwarts... Noooo.... Hogwarts is just like this! St Briavels is a real Castle built 800 or so years ago! It's a great place to stay and we've had a number of really good camps here with loads to do. This time we thought we'd try and do a big camp and have scouts and explorers along. The cost of staying somewhere as unique as this has gone up a bit so the camp will probably end up as about £60 for the w/e but we need to pay the accommodation deposit now and the balance in a few weeks so we are asking you to sign up and pay a deposit of £35 NOW.

We have sorted activities yet, but we will be staying in a castle which is always cool. Other times we've done caving, kayaking, sculpture trail, hill walking, fish and chips eating, invading Wales, horse riding,... there's loads to do in this area. Let us know what your favourites are, but I was thinking we could have a relatively chilled camp? Let me know anyway... it'll be a great w/e!

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It's a few years since we last went... I'm still as youthful as ever and look the same, but you guys were dids last time!

Archery (try again).......

This time we have a full complement of Archery Leaders, so lets try again!!!

Archery practice with the District will be at Sundorne School   http://www.sundorne-snr.shropshire.sch.uk/contact-sundorne-school.htm  this Sunday the 17th November between 2 and 4.  As always it is a drop-in session so you don't need to be there for the full 2 hours.  All equipment is provided as is tuition if you haven't shot before or are rusty (that will be me then).  It is £2 for the session.

If anyone wants a lift I have a few seats spare, although I will be there for the full 2 hours. Give me a call  on 07733 189916.

Phil  :)

Fireworks.........

Well I am a numpty - I completely forgot to take any photos of the bagpack!  But I did take some of the bonfire night party at Als.  Thanks Phil and Al for letting us all invade......

Remembrance Parade

At this time every year Boreatton Scout Group takes part in a solemn parade to All Saints Church in Baschurch.  We then go into Church for a service of remembrance to commemorate all those who fell in war. 

This is the one activity each year that we expect you all to turn out for - put aside football and rugby matches, having a lie in or just can't be bothered - we expect you there if at all possible. There is a district parade in Shrewsbury, but we have always paraded in our own village with the scouts, cubs and beavers. As the senior section, we need to set a good example.We will meet in the Admiral Duncan car park at 10.20 this Sunday 10th November in full uniform, to include school trousers and polished shoes.  Please bring some money for the collection as well as a poppy.

The service and march back to Millington Close is usually finished by around 12.20

Drum Corps are to meet on Thursday at the hut between 6.00 and 7.00 for a practice.

The Standard Bearers and their Escorts need to meet at the Church at 12.00 on Saturday for a practice.

Sparkles

It's the season for fire and explosives - and sausages! What better way to celebrate the triumph of parliamentary democracy and the overthrow of despots and traitorous fanatics! Let's burn them in effigy!

We do this jointly with cubs at my place so we will meet at Leaton Hall at the back by the shooting barn (where we do archery and rifles) at 6:30 to 8:00 on Friday 8 November. Let me know if you need directions!



We will have (lots of!) sparklers so if any parents are concerned about these please let me know and we can arrange suitable duties and entertainment that avoids them (we allow cubs and scouts to use sparklers in a roped area with controlled numbers and a water bucket for disposal of used ones - extra parental supervisors welcome!)

Siblings and parents are welcome to stay for the evening and the cubs will provide soup/bangers/burgers (thanks cubs!)

District stuff

Ah - this is very late notice... (sorry, but it was sent to an old email :D ) bur a couple of district events coming up:

Details for the Bonfire night
EXPLORER DISTRICT BONFIRE
TO BE HELD AT 1ST SHREWSBURY HEADQUARTERS (same as last year), THE ELMS, BELVIDERE AVENUE, SY2 5PD
MONDAY 4 NOVEMBER
START TIME 7.30PM.
BRING AND SHARE SUPPER

and

To confirm details for Sunday 10^th Remembrance Day parade/service
A few groups have confirmed they are attending, could those others please let me know please.
Meet at the Castle for 8.45 am with flags, the parade moves off at 9.00 am and will proceed to St Chads Church were a service will be held from 9.45. After the Service we will parade outside by the War Memorial where the Last Post will be sounded and the laying of wreaths will take place. A march past on St Chads Terrace will then take place were the Salute will be taken.

As Boreatton sub-unit we will be doing our own fireworks on Friday with scouts and cubs, (but you could go to both Fireworks events - especially if you are involved with Sweeney Todd at the Corbet) and also I expect you all to be at the Baschurch remembrance parade on Sunday. Details soon...!