Our Christmas Fair returns with lots of prizes to be won and Santa to visit!
Please drop in on Saturday 23rd November 10am-12!
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Christmas Fair 2024 – 23rd November
Author: Jon
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Scouts: Cooking Night
This week our scouts cooked up a treat, homemade sausage rolls! However, we don’t have an oven in our scout hut so they had to find an ingenious way to achieve their baking. Who knew you can turn a coalman’s stove into an oven? They were, of course, absolutely delicious!
This week our beavers and cubs were exploring their artistic side by experimenting with Hama beads. These beads you can iron after arranging to permanently connect them into any sort of shape or design.
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Farewell Mildred
It is with a heavy heart that the group has sold our beloved Bedford coach, Mildred. After several turbulent years, the group has to continually adapt in order to keep providing excellent scouting opportunities for our children. Mildred has been a massive part of that mission over the years, allowing our sections to travel whenever and wherever they desire. She has taken us to many wonderful places within the UK and travelling multiple times through the country roads of France. We will never forget the people we have met along the way and the positive contribution Mildred has played to so many in our group.
However, a consolation is that we have been able to sell Mildred rather than scrap her. Relatives of an old Scout Master with our Group own a farm in Devon and the family have taken on Mildred to do up and present at local vehicle fairs and events alongside other their Green Goddess Fire Engine and AEC Green Line bus (which family does not have one of those?!). The farmer and his family have hosted our Scout Summer Camp many times, and we look forward to seeing Mildred the next time we camp there. In the past, they have allowed the Scouts to drive the Green Goddess Fire Engine around a field!
For now, it is farewell Mildred, but we will see you again!
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Seniors: Wood Store
Second week back and our seniors are already pressing on with this term’s activities! For many years, we have wanted our own wood store so we can keep the firewood for the group nice and dry. Tonight, we have laid the foundations for something great. Check back for more updates as the project progresses!
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Beavers: Birthday Wall
The beavers have been very busy making a new board we can track birthdays on (as we are good at forgetting!). Each month of the year is on a different British native leaf and we all make a cut-out of ourselves to go around too!
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Beavers: Fruit & Veg
Last term, our beavers planted a mix of fruit and veg plants. The ‘fruits’ of their labour are now paying off with some wonderful tomatoes, gorgeous strawberries and some very shy carrots. For a year where the garden hasn’t done particularly well with the weird weather patterns, I think our beavers have excelled!
Our Beavers and Cubs have worked extremely hard on their display for St Mark’s Flower Festival, which runs 31st May to 3rd June 10am – 4pm daily. Well done to all involved for such amazing work!
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Quiz Night 15th June
Saturday 15th June 19:00
At our scout hut.
At our scout hut.
Our next quiz is fast approaching, so please book your teams now. The teams can comprise any number and participants have to be over 14 years of age.
The price of the ticket is £8 per person and £6 for under 16s. This includes a challenging quiz and a plentiful ploughman’s supper. Please bring your own liquid refreshment and glasses.
Please let us know soonest as this helps with the catering and planning for the evening. Email:
25th & 26th May 2024
One of the greatest assets of our group is that most of our current leaders were also once our beavers! This weekend was an excellent training experience for our new leaders and comprised many of the basic scouting skills. To see our young leaders develop and build the foundation for the next generation is truly exhilarating. Well done to all involved for such a wonderful time in the Forest of Dean.
