Brrrrrr..........

It was a bit chilly so well done and a big thank you to the Explorers who turned out for the Church service on Sunday.  Despite the terrors of public speaking and rock fondling (you had to be there!) we represented Boreatton well!

Thank you.

Thanks to Phil-ipa for the photos!

Greek fire

I thought of calling the post 'Great Balls of Fire' but the song is too naff and it doesn't matter anyway...
Woo-hoo! The trebuchets worked well (ish) but the glowing water bombs were ace for night-water-bomb-fights and the siege engine launch Boreatton Fire bombs were awesome - shock and awe...

Glowing water bombs! ready to launch!

Luke's Surprise Night

Makes a change from Al's surprise night!
But actually we're sticking close to the prog... I think the plan is to weaponise the famous Istambul Blue Throwie...

We meet at the hut usual time etc...

Look out!

The SSBMG are about...

A Boreatton Scout looking out over the Berwyns, long long ago

...in the Berwyns again! - hope to see you there! The weather forecast says we might get an icy blast from Siberia (yippee!) so its important to have the right gear - I have spares in scout sizes of most stuff so let me know if you want to borrow anything!

Let me know if you want to come asap - I'll ring round regulars if I get time, but if you are new or just want to be helpful - give me a call or message! I need a consent form too - you can find one in the useful forms link on the scout blog (just edit the year!) and I think Pete or Phil have put one on the scout blog too...

I'll definitely be going - I need to blow the cobwebs out of my mountain gear!

The Great Boreatton Bake-off

OK - Ready! Steady!! BAKE!!!
We will bake for points, prizes, glory, and to feed me!
Three courses in 90 short minutes! I will provide basic ingredients and you can haggle for extra ingredients to make your baking special :)
DofE camp will never be the same! Please bring three bowls for mixing and some utensils suitable for three baked courses. We will bake in teams of two or three and see whether we can cast off the shackles of camp cooking to recreate extravagant feasts fit for a medieval despot (that's me).  I will specify the name of the dish, but feel free to sneak in extra ingredients and see if you can enhance the dish. (Bonus points for incorporating insects into your recipe!)

Rifle squad times

It's nearly Sunday! The rifle squad training sessions will be at the same time and place as last week except half an hour later (OK so not the same time, but you know what I mean...)
Scout squad 5:00 to 6:30, Explorers 3:30 to 5:00.

sticking to the prog...

Sticking little arrows to show changes that is!

It gets dark earlier now so we need to do the giant swing thing early in term, and also before the PGL leaders all fly south for the winter!
We will swing by the giant swings THIS WEEK 26 Sept and even though we are doing it early in term, we still need to meet earlier than usual - We will therefore meet at 6:05-7:35. Sorry that this clashes with Drum Corps (but they should be able to cope without us! in any event, we'll do the drummers first so they can get back and drum and get out of hauling the rest of us up!). It also means that we will arrive at a Beaver time... we don't actually need the hut so lets just gather outside near the hut and avoid trampling beaverlings underfoot if poss!