Pack Night on 22nd October.

Tonight we made edible camp fires. All it took was a biscuit base (the ground), chocolate spread (for the mud), mini-marshmallows (for the stones), chocolate matchmakers (the wood) and strawberry shoes laces (to create the flames). We had some really good efforts:

 Callum's

  Lucy's

 Jacob's



Funny Things Scouts say...

Reported in the October/November Scouting magazine;

Before a Scouts Own (Campsite Service) -
Leader: "How do you start a prayer?"
Beaver: "Capital letter?"

At District Camp -
Cub: "I've lost the rest of my Pack"
Leader: "Don't worry, we'll find them. Which Pack are you with?"
Cub (after some thought): "Er, can't remember. But the Leader is called Akela."

Meeting Scouting Ambassador Julia Bradbury -
Leader: "Has anyone got a question for Julia."
Beaver, putting up his hand: "Julia. How big is a daddy whale?"

First Aid Training -
Trainer, holding up a pair of latex medical gloves: "When should you wear these?"
Scout: "When you have to cut the body up?"

After a Canoe Expedition - 
Parent: "Did you have a good time?"
Scout: "It was good fun, but all the paddling was uphill on the way back."

Welcome two new Cubs

There are around 150,000 Cub Scouts in the United Kingdom and the latest to join us are Alfie and Lucy. Welcome!

 

Both of them collected badges at this week's meeting, so off to a great start.



Hobby & Collector Activity Badge Night

What a brilliant selection of hobbies and collections we had this week. Every Cub got at least one of the two badges. Well done!

 



Last Night's Pack meeting

Heads down for map work as part of the Navigator badge last night. They all managed to use local street maps (part 3) and nearly all of them did a great job sketching a map showing us how to get from our meeting place to the railway station (part 2).

Thank you to Beth and George's brother Jack for their help on the evening.

Bear's been to the Cotswold Wildlife Park too!

Good to see that our Chief Scout, Bear Grylls, visited the Cotswold Wildlife Park & Gardens today.

 

We had a good day there in April when the Cubs visited as part of their Adventure Activity badge. It was a cold, damp day, but it didn't stop us exploring all the Park and enjoying the animals.

 







Navigator Badge continued.

This week we'll be doing the second and third parts of the Navigator badge.





Using local A to Z type maps will help achieve this part of the badge requirements as well as establish basic grid reference principals.

Having walked around the area a few times now this summer, I wonder how many of the Cubs will be able to draw a sketch map to show how you get from our HQ to the train station? It will be interesting to find out!