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  :)