New year, new skill.......

Here are the dates for archery practices leading up to the Scout Nationals camp between the 8th and 10th of May that we send a team to.  This camp is huge fun and is open to everybody, and Boreatton always make up over half of the Shropshire team;

Sunday April 12th
Saturday April 18th
Sunday April 26th
Sunday May 3rd

The above are at the Bowbrook archery field, between 1 and 4

 

If you would like to come to the archery camp you need to attend most of the above sessions so we are better than everyone else!

 

If you would just like to have a bit of a shoot, or learn a new skill then the below sessions are open to everyone.  Instruction is available and all equipment is provided.  The cost of all sessions is £2.

 

Sunday January 25th
Sunday February 22nd
Sunday March 22nd

The above are between 2 and 4PM at Sundorne School,  Corndon Crescent, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY1 2LL.
All sessions are on a drop-in basis so you don't need to come for the whole session.
If you have any questions please give Phil a call on 07733 189916.

Winter Camp Information

For those coming to Wintercamp, this is what you need to know....
We'll be leaving PGL at 6pm on Friday night and travelling in Bayston Hill Scout's luxury minibus (joke). It has 17 seats and we have 17 people so it'll be cosy as well as noisy and slow. All our tents, camping gear and personal gear will be loaded into a trailer that has a waterproof cover. Please pack snacks / drinks and other stuff you need on the bus in your daysac. Have a good meal before you leave as it's a four hour journey and we won't have time for a long stop.
If you bring electronic gear, treat it as being disposable. The bus will be parked in a field, a shuttle bus ride away, our camp site may be left unmanned for some of the time and there will be thousands of people on site. I understand the major phone networks do not have coverage so have put an alternative Virgin mobile number on the info form which MAY have coverage??? If you get a weird answerphone message from Dobby the Elf, you've got the right number... that's another long story.
When we arrive on site hopefully our gear will be transfered to carts to move to site so if you can carry your rucksacs it may help?
On Sunday I understand activities finish at 1pm, then we've got to eat and break camp before being allocated a kit run to get our bus loaded. I'm really not sure how easy it will be to get off site, so treat the return time as a target. We'll have to ring on the way home to finalise it.
The weather is likely to be cold and wet so make sure you have good outdoor winter clothing and a warm sleeping bag etc. Some activities will be wet and muddy and once gear is wet it will not dry. Make sure you have enough clothing. You will also need swimming costumes and towels.
I'd recommend packing everything in carrier bags inside your rucksac to keep it together and dry, you can never have too many carriers!!!
Don't forget this is a big camp, you are expected to travel in uniform.
And finally, most of you still owe £30 so Phil will have to flex his credit card to buy food. Don't forget to pay him back!
You should be able to download these forms as pdf here:
Permission Forms
Kit List

I tried really hard to embed them but google isn't playing!

(Posted by Pete pretending to be Alan)

Carols by Candlelight............... Sunday 21st December

This Sunday at 7.00PM there is a Carols by Candlelight service at All Saints Church in Baschurch.  Everyone is welcome including Mums and Dads, sisters and brothers.


Please make the effort to come along as this will be a lovely, atmospheric start to the Christmas celebrations.

Strike!

No! not that sort of strike! (enough community action this term already!)

We're bowling on Sat evening at AMF

I've bought you some chips too! (see - the prog is all linked and themed! nice!)
We will meet at 7:45 at AMF Bowling Harlescott on Sat 20 December until 9:30 (after the scrum of Xmas shopping!) to bowl, chill, eat chilli nachos, eat chips..., ...out of a bowl, bowl some strikes, strike up the banter, strike out for Xmas, chip away at the planning for the new term,  all that stuff...

Grotty grotto!

No! Golden grotto! Being the nice generous hearted explorers that we are we have offered to make our Mine golden and transform it into Santa's secret grotto for the scouts to explore on Friday! We will meet at the mine (or at my or Phil's place about 30mins earlier) and go and check it all out and beautify it! I do need those coming to sign up so I can confirm arrangements! Bring old clothes to get muddy in and wear trainers or wellies (not hike boots) and I will provide helmets and lights etc. There are two sessions as I can only lead 7 at a time and I will depart my house at 7:00 for the first group on Thursday 18th Dec.
Here's the booking form!
There will not be a meeting at the hut on Thurs obviously, but I will aim to arrange a get together on Sat to celebrate end of term in a less dark and muddy sort of way - details to follow!
Please book this early if you can come and help prep the cave!

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Drum Corps practice........Monday 15th December

There will be a practice for the Drum Corps on Monday the 15th of December, 7.00 at the Scout hut to prepare for the Carol Concert on Wednesday.

Santa stuff

It's nearly the end of term and time to be a bit festive once more! We are training a new DofE group so I thought we could do epedition food with a Christmassy theme?

Let's see what we can recommend to the Bronze Banter group as a Trangia xmas meal?

See - you can do it! Bring some festive expedition food and trangia/camp stove and we'll see how festive we can make it (no pot noodles unless they involve turkey or sprouts!) I will bring a bunch of stoves but more pans might be helpful if you have them.

We also need to plan the cave decorations for the Santa cave rescue the scouts are doing next week, and a certificate for our chip shop of the year and a leaflet for our 'protest' in the square... 

Drumming with honours.........

 

The Drum Corps has been invited by Martin Wood, Shrewsburys Town Crier to play at the start of the towns Carols in the Square concert.

Hosted by Radio Shropshire, this will be broadcast live.

Please meet at the top of Pride Hill in full uniform at 4.45PM on the 17th of December.

What app?

I was going to have done a review app by now, but I got distracted.... but maybe we will be up and running soon! Our new entrepreneurial exploratory enterprise - ChipAdvisor! - will kick start this Thursday as the Secret Chipeater visits all the central chip shops in Shrewsbury and uploads our reviews! 

If we make sure that the secret is not very secret, all the chippies will be nice to us and give us nice chips! :) Why not wear a lapel badge saying "Secret Chipeater - ChipAdvisor reviews" or something like that so they are clear that it is a good idea to be nice to us!

Some chippies shut earlier on Thurs so we will meet in the square in Shrewsbury at 7:30-9:00 on Thursday 4 November and complete part of our public service badge by providing a comprehensive review blog of the Chip Shops of Shrewsbury  - we will have to force ourselves to eat chips around town. There are at least 7 we need to visit so we will need to be super speedy chippy eaty!

Here's the map - we will make it interactive and get it all tagged up and get the mobile site soon!

Wear trainers and weather appropriate gear and bring stuff to do reviews with! (and the lapel badge!)

All Saints......

Church in Baschurch, this Saturday, is having a Christingle in the Church from 5.00 till 6.00, then moving to the village green from 6.00 onwards for a carol service.  See you there.