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are some of the exciting events, activities and camps we've taken part in recently
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2011 activities Look behind you! A Big Day Out to Cinderella pantomime at Edinburgh's King's Theatre "Movie Mayhem" Weekend camp and sleepover for nearly 60 Beavers and Cubs, indoors at Fordell Firs
- all on the theme of The Movies Alton Towers Weekend Weekend for Scouts and Explorers at Consall Camp near Stoke-on-Trent, taking in
Alton Towers and Water World Jamboree on the Internet Connecting with Scouts from all over the world Explorer Scout "LOST" weekend Seven Explorer Scouts survived for 24 hours
on a strange island with only items from the wreck, and whatever they could find on the island, along with their own skills
and common sense! Landmark Forest Adventure Park
An exciting day at this great adventure park at Carrbridge.
A 12-hour day, more than 70 participants, two coaches and, thank goodness, a warm sunny day! Group Summer Camp - The Ardeche,
France An exciting Summer Camp opportunity,
open to older Cubs and all Scouts, Explorers and Network members. One week at the Acorn Adventure Centre at LaBeaume, in
the Ardeche region of the South of France - with activities ranging from a two-day canoe expedition through the river gorges
with an overnight bivvie sleep-out, to kayaking, archery, high ropes and a day trip down to a Mediterranean beach resort and
social activities in the evenings. Explorer Scout EuroTrek In the week before Group Summer Camp, a group of Explorers
completed a back-packing trip around a corner of Europe, travelling overnight ferry from Newcastle to Amsterdam, then by train
to Cologne, Brussels then London. Short stops in each country, staying
overnight in youth hostels made this a whirlwind tour, but great fun and good training for 2012's Cross America activity.
"The Lost World" Group Weekend Camp at Fordell Firs Continuing our Summer Adventure programme, we ran our big weekend camp around the
theme of Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Lost World". Our young people became intrepid explorers of a strange new
world and even the heavy rain on saturday did not dampen spirits and a very busy programme of themed activities kept more
than 60 young people very busy. Scout Expedition Challenge Award Small group of Scouts planned and organised an expedition to Glasgow,
using public transport, overnight in Yoiuth Hostel and visiting some of the sights of the city Explorer Day
Hike on Lomond Hills Our continuing programme
of day hikes saw a group of Explorer Scouts took to the Lomond Hills, summiting The Bishop Hill and East Lomond and concluding
the day with an unexpected oportunity to see "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" at the cinema! "Jawsome Night Out" at Deep Sea World for
Beaver Scouts, plus Scout Hall Sleepover Beaver
Scouts took part in a Scouting night at Deep Sea World with around 300 other young people. Then it was back to Hall for a
Sleepover Night Big
Day Out to Blair Drummond Safari Park More
the 40 young people took part in the first of our Summer Adventure activities, visiting Blair Drummond Safari Park Scout Weekend Camp at The Craigs 14 youngsters took part in weekend camp at the Craigs Camp Site near Torphicen,
in West Lothian. They were able to brush up on their basic camping skills and had time to take in the views from Knock, the
history of Cairnpapple Hill and the fun at Beecraigs Park Explorer Scout 24 A
non-stop weekend camp for Explorers - loads of activities and no sleep! Scout Day Hike A
season starter for the Scouts took eight youngsters on a wet day hike around Blair Adam Forest Time Capsule and Summerlee Museum First visit to the refurbished Time Capsule was great fun, followed by a visit to the excellent Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Museum. Lots to see and do, including a ride on an old Glasgow tram Explorer day hike First hike of
the year saw a group of Explorer Scouts tackle Dumyat, near Stirling Young Leader Training Weekends All nine of our Young Leaders took part in a training weekend at the Jock Neish Scout Centre near Forfar, with Explorer
Scouts from all over Scouting's East Region during February with
a further 5 taking partin the November weekend SnoZone at Xscape Our first visit to the indoor snow centre at Xscape
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