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| The group at Landmark after an exciting day out |
A forest adventure at Landmark
Our end-of-summer Big Day Out took us to the excellent
Landmark Forest Adventure Park in Carrbridge. 64 young people and adults took part in the 12 hour day, enjoying great weather
and loads of activities ranging from discovering about the forest and old-style sawmill workings to
water flumes and aerial obstacle courses.
Summer Activity Week 2009
We spent three nights at Consall Scout Camp - with a full (and very wet) day at
Alton Towers theme park. Our second full day included an exciting Aerial
Extreme adventure course in the trees, a visit to Waterworld indoor
water leisure park followed by 10-pin bowling . Back home again and we offered a full activity day and BBQ at Fordell Firs
then rounded the week off with a day visit to Loudoun Castle theme park.
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| Ready for camp fire at the District Camp |
Dunfermline
District Centenary Camp
We took part in this event, helping to make up the 700+ campers at Fordell Firs. We had nearly 60 Cubs, Scouts and
Explorers camping for the weekend, plus 28 Beavers on a day visit - including 20 on two seperate sleepovers. One of our busiest
weekend camps ever! Loads of activities and good weather. The Explorers had a particularly good weekend with many exciting
off-site activities provided
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| The "wild bunch" at Blair Drummond! |
A wild day
out a Blair Drummond Safari Park
Probably our biggest day out numbers yet - some 65 Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers and Leaders had a "wild"
day out at the popular safari park. The youngsters managed to try most of the attractions in the park, despite a few rain
showers.
Scout Troop runners up in District
Camping Competition
Well done to our
six young people who demonstrated that our camping skills are up there with the best. First place next year, perhaps?
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| Traditional welcome in Zulu village |
Explorer Scout
South
Africa Expedition
A stunning two-week expedition
for 12 Explorer Scouts and four Leaders to the KwaZulu Natal province of South Africa. Learning bush ranger skills and coming
face-to-face with wildlife in the Umfolozi Reserve. The group visited the battlefields of Blood River, Isandlwana and Rorke's
Drift - finding out about the Zulu and Boer Wars. The most exciting challenge was to live in a Zulu village for four days,
experiencing genuine community life and taking part in a project to bring fresh, tapped water to the village
You can find
out more about our Expedition by downloading a pdf version of our report here.
click here to download file
Competition winners!
Our team of
six girl Scouts swept to victory at Dunfermline District's Willie Robertson Memorial Trophy competiton. This is an indoor
event, in the form of a trading post event, with lots of activities and challenges for the teams. Pleased to report we won
by a very large margin!
Winter camping opportunities
Both Explorers and Scouts had opportunities to get away during the winter months. The Explorer Scout "Butt Freezers"
are one night camps at Fordell Firs - January, February and March. Pitching and sleeping in hike tents, we provide experience
of cold weather camping along with activities such as climbing, archery and trampolining! The Scout Troop organised a two
night camp, indoors at Fordell Firs, during February. Firelighting, open-fire cooking, campsite activities, a movie show and
swimming at Burntisland completed an action-filled weekend
