Author: Jon

Trustees and leaders from our Scout Group, along with the owner of Keen Construction, have met with Cllr. Carla Morson, Cllr. Fiona White, Your Fund Surrey representative, Shaista Salim, Clerk to Ash Parish Council, Ali Whatmore and the Parish council Head Groundsman, Kevin Graham-Wilson, at the Scout Hut to review progress. As is evident from the accompanying photograph, progress is excellent. As soon as a completion date is assured, the Group will convene an open day.

This year’s summer camp was held at the Nantmor Mountain Centre, which our group has visited on several occasions. It offers excellent access to Snowdonia National Park for hiking and camping, and is exceptionally beautiful at this time of year!

Today we were out helping runners stay hydrated at the Weybridge 5k, 10k & Half Marathon. We take great pride in taking part in these community events and thank the organisers for inviting us. Well done to all the runners!!

More photos from the event can be found here: photos.runthrough.co.uk/galleries/weybridge-5k-10k-and-half-marathon-june-2025

We are excited to announce the following summer camps, we will update everyone with more information as we get closer to the events:

Scout and Senior Summer Camp

27th July – 1st August 2025

This year, our Scouts and Seniors will head to Nantmor Mountain Centre to partake in some hiking around Snowdonia National Park.

Senior and Rover Summer Camp

1st – 8th August 2026

Next year, our Seniors and Rovers will head to Denmark for a Rover Moot. Please see the programme details below:

Four members of 1^st Blackwater Valley entered as a team for this year’s event alongside Scouts from Hungary, the Scout Association, and 1^st Mortimer, a fellow independent Scout Group. Peter Johnson, and ex Royal Marine, was the GSM of 1^st Mortimer for over 50 years and he was a co-founder of the BPSA. He and his wife were great friends to our Scout Group.

While it is essential to maintain our group in the present, it is also vital to build it for the future. This weekend, some of our leaders were removing our old canvas store, which was beyond repair. To prevent mould, our canvas must be stored in a clean and dry environment. Sadly, over the many years our old store has served us, it has been repaired for leaks many times, and it was no longer possible to keep patching it. However, we look forward to our new store which will be placed in our old store’s footprint!