Day hike – not defeated yet

At the moment, we are refusing to be defeated by the snow. Obviously we would like to do the route that we have planned, but if not we have a number of backup plans. The details have been emailed out, and posted on the Facebook group. Please check there on Saturday evening and Sunday morning for updates, but for now, we will be hiking somewhere!!!

Rock climbing – still on

Just a quick note to say that the climbing on Sunday is STILL ON, as planned (check FB / notice for details). We are aware that this clashes with some football (and also cricket, and the grand prix :~) ). Tough. We will make the following arrangements -

If you wish to leave early to watch the football then:

• I MUST have confirmation from your parents that it’s OK for you to walk down from the crag to the car park on your own
• You understand that you won’t be getting your climbing badge until next time we do outdoor climbing (bearing in mind that you haven’t put any on the next programme. We won’t be doing any in winter, so you’ll either have to change the programme, or wait until next summer)

If you have any problems with transport (parents won’t collect you cos they’re in the pub, for example). Then speak to me ASAP and I *might* be able to arrange something.

Abseiling / St. Georges Day

The info for these is in the new members area – check your email or the Facebook group to find out how to access it.

Bike Ride – Still On!

Just a quick note, as a couple of people have asked – the bike ride tomorrow (Sat 14th) is currently still going ahead. Some of you may have heard weather warnings on the news – at the moment they don’t apply to us:

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/em/em_forecast_warnings.html

I will of course reassess in the morning before we set out.

Padge

Bike Ride – 14th November

First off – a big thank you for the great turnout to the Rememberance Sunday service(s) yesterday.

Next – the details for the bike ride on Saturday 14th November are now on the Facebook Group, so if you haven’t joined yet, now would be a good time to do so.

And – two extra things on the programe…

1 – 3rd Brampton have an annual Christmas Hike the Saturday before Christmas (19th this year), to which Ben has said you are all invited. Details will follow closer to the time.

2 – the youth worker from St Thomas’ Church has invited you all the the Christmas Ball, also on 19th December (in the evening). It will be £15, formal dress, 3 course meal, disco etc. Let me know if you’re interested.

Padge

2009 Q4 Programme Update

First up, thanks to those that turned up to the Halloween shenanigins last night, I hope you enjoyed yourselves (I’m sure Richard will have some photos for me soon!).

The rest of you, don’t forget to let me know if you aren’t going to be there (sooner rather than later!!!), or else you will owe subs for that week anyway (for example last night I bought enough stuff for 12 people….)

Anyway, here’s a quick update to the programme for the rest of the year:

Thu 5th Nov – Fireworks @ Stand Road (ask Padge for details)
Sat 14th Nov – Bike Ride
Weds 18th Nov – Climbing Training
Weds 25th Nov – Indoor meeting regarding QSA etc., plus climbing assessment
Weds 2nd Dec – Widegame
Weds 9th Dec – Planning Meeting
Weds 16th Dec – Ice Skating

Halloween

You asked for it, so you got it…

This coming Wednesday (28th October) will be Halloween fancy dress.  Naturally there will be a prize for the best.  Prizes will also be taken back for excessive use of “take that mask off” type jokes.  Pumkin making and other festivities will also be included.  My sincere apologies go out to all those who thought they’d joined an Explorer Scout Unit, rather than a Beaver Colony!!!

And in other news, as I’m sure you can tell by the fact that you’re reading it, the website it back.  It has been pointed out to me that it looks horrific; I am aware of this, but don’t worry as it won’t be here for long then we’ll have a proper website.

Sports Night

Well done to everyone who survived Eastmoor the other night – hopefully you’re all nice and recovered now!

Anyway, on to business – this Wednesday’s meeting will be at the normal time and place and (as requested!) will be ‘moonlit sports’. So, come in some sporty gear (N.B. ‘sporty’ will probably translate to ‘waterproof’!) and bring some sports gear. Couple of footballs, tennis balls, bats etc. If anyone’s got a frisbee then bring that along for a game of ‘Ultimate’!

Also – 2 weeks left to submit your logo designs.

Emergency Aid Badge

As dull as it may be, Emergency Aid is one of, if not the most important thing you’ll learn during your Scouting career. Not only do you need the correct skills to be able to complete your CSA / QSA expeditions, you may find yourself needing them when you least expect it, be it at home, at school/college, at work etc.

Now I know you don’t want to be bored still on Wednesday night, so why not make things as painless as possible and do a bit of revision before hand.

I hope to cover everything from Stage 1 to Stage 3 – we’ll cover the extra bits that make up Stage 4 next year.

The requirements are here:

http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/badges/staged-emai.htm

And you can do some learning online – everything you need to know up to Stage 3, and most of Stage 4 is provided by St John’s Ambulance at

http://www.sja.org.uk/sja/first-aid-advice.aspx

First Meeting

Don’t forget that the first meeting will be on Wednesday 16th September at the LoveShack(TM). We will be doing some team-building games then foreign cooking using Trangia stoves.

Please could you bring £10 to the meeting – this will cover your subs for the night; the rest will go towards paying for your necker and badges.

See you there…