Category: Scouts

Fire Dancing on the Seafront 0

DIY Chairs, Fitness, Scavenger Hunts and Fire-Dancing

The Scouts have been keeping us busy lately (as per usual) but at least we now feel as new Scout Leaders that we are getting to grips with the programme and have some control over what is going on. It’s taken a while and there have been quite a few changes at Borth 2nd Scouts...

The Finished Article 2

Morgan’s Camp Chair

Morgan is only a Cubs at the moment but as Anna and I are the Scout Leaders he has to come to Scouts with us as well so seems to consider himself an honorary Scout most of the time. He tends to join in with most activities and was so taken with the camp chair...

Scout Camp with Bear Grylls 3

Scout Camp with Bear Grylls

We spent last weekend at Scout Camp down the coast a little. We spent the week leading up to it organising things and then set off with tents and camping kit straight from school on Friday afternoon, heading for a muddy field south of Newquay. We made a quick stop at Llanrhystud for some sand...

Night Hike Route 0

Night Hike Recce

Friday evening they said, it’s only an hour or two each week – so we signed up and became Scout Leaders for Borth 2nd Scouts. They forgot to tell us that there would be several planning meetings a month, tonnes of emails to read and respond to and phone calls galour! On top of that...

Water Zorbing 3

Jubilee Camp

Phew, we’ve survived the Ceredigion Area Scouts Jubilee Camp that took place in the grounds of Llanerchaeron house.. As new Scout and Explorer leaders this was out first camp with them and it all went well. It was of course a little hectic but there were plenty of activities for the children, including archery, catapults,...

Hay meadow at Llanerchaeron 0

A Jubilee Quest

As Scout & Explorer leaders for Borth 2nd Scouts Anna and I seem to be busy organising things for them to do all the time. The latest is a treasure hunt that we’re calling the ‘Jubilee Quest’ that will have to keep over one hundred of the local Cubs, Scouts and Explorers occuped for an...