This year we had two
teams from 8th Letchworth Scouts in the County Born 2B Competition at Harmergreen Wood. Jay, Mae, Lauren and Adam in the Born 2B category and Molly, Rebecca, Ryan and Josh in the SAS category. Both teams did really well and came home with fantastic results – 1st place in the SAS and 2nd place in the Born 2B!
County Beaver Fun Day
County Beaver Fun Day
Several Beavers and their families from 8th Letchworth joined Beavers from around the County to spend the day at this year’s County Beaver Family Fun Day at Paradise Wildlife Park.
They had the opportunity to attend talks including ones about wildlife conservation and animal habitats. There were also regular keeper talks at all the animal enclosures and special shows throughout the day.
Tractor rides and train rides, hundreds of animals to look at and loads of play areas – what more could a Beaver ask for ! Continue reading
The Big Tidy Up
On the 14th of September 8th Letchworth Scouts and Beavers took part in The B
ig Tidy Up. A event that sees people in there local area get their pickers at the ready and go litter picking. It was a enjoyable morning everyone had lots of fun and felt a real sense of achievement.
Altogether we collected 28 bin Bags of litter, all that rubbish just walking around the grange recreation ground. We found lots of wrappers, bottles, packets and glass. Everyone had a very enjoyable morning and had fun helping the community.
Jay
Cub Camp at Eaton Vale, Norfolk
10.30am Wednesday 7th August saw 19 Cubs, 2 Scouts, 4 Young Leaders, 2 Beaver Leaders and 6 Cub Leaders board 2 mini buses, a van and a very full Vauxhall zafira en route to Eaton Vale camp site just outside Norwich, Norfolk for 5 fun packed days
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The first job was to erect the mess tents, then a well deserved lunch break. Once the Cubs were all replenished it was time to put up everyone’s tents.
There was a very full itinerary for the 5 days including indoor wall climbing, rafting, crate stacking and abseiling. Continue reading
Scouts, Yorkshire July 2013
This summer, following regular requests from the scouts at our planning meetings for caving and gorge walking, 23 scouts, young leaders and leaders headed off to Thornthwaite Scout Campsite near Pateley Bridge in Yorkshire for a week of fu
n and outdoor activities – for some a chance to develop their skills further and for others an opportunity to try new activities. We had a fantastic time thanks to everyone involved – including instructors from How Stean Gorge who took us caving, gorge walking, climbing and on their via ferrata and instructors from River Mountain Experience who took our older scouts and explorers on a canoe river trip. Continue reading
District Cub Bell Boat Races 2013
District Champions 2013! Our team of 8 cubs and 2 transition beavers rowed to a clean sweep, winning every race this afternoon. It was very hot day, and they gave it their all, smothered in suncream and with parents, grandparents, families and friends cheering them on.
Scouts Bike Ride & Geocache Challenge.
A brilliant day out geocaching on bikes around the Greenway thanks to Richard and Jay’s excellent organising! Two groups left Letchworth early in the morning hoping 
to avoid the worst of the heat, the plan was that one group would cycle clockwise and the other anti- clockwise. They all had plenty of water on board as the day was forecast to be extremely hot.