1st Blackwater Valley B-P Scout Group
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!
Every year, our seniors complete a full service on our minibus Long John Silver. It includes replacing the air filter, performing a full oil change, changing the fuel filter, inspecting tyres and brakes, as well as looking for any other issues which may cause an MOT failure. Afterwards, they learn how to prime the engine to remove the airlock created when the fuel filter was installed.
Long John passed its MOT a week later, so they must have done a good job!
Over the last two Wednesdays, the Cubs have been making Hedgehog pencil holders. They all had fun with the saw and found out how hard a hand drill is, but they were all very proud in the end. Well done all!
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:
This year, our Scouts and Seniors will head to Nantmor Mountain Centre to partake in some hiking around Snowdonia National Park.
Next year, our Seniors and Rovers will head to Denmark for a Rover Moot. Please see the programme details below:
Four members of 1st Blackwater Valley entered as a team for this year’s event alongside Scouts from Hungary, the Scout Association, and 1st Mortimer, a fellow independent Scout Group. Peter Johnson, and ex Royal Marine, was the GSM of 1st 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!
Our seniors put their baking skills to the test and made some bread. One of our leaders lent them a coalman’s oven which fits handily over one of our coalman’s cookers. They made some great loaves, which were delicious with butter and syrup!
We would like to congratulate our scouts for a great hike around E1/E2 this evening. We even found a landmark we had never visited before! It is a bridge under a railway line.
Last weekend we had a small group of members take on the Punchbowl 20 mile marathon, which they successfully completed in 6 hours and 56 minutes. It covers some challenging terrain and beautiful scenery.
