3rd Hampton Scout Group

All sections have now restarted after the Easter break and are looking forward to a busy term of activities.

The scouts having enjoyed a 4 day Easter camp at Phasels Wood are looking at more camps/overnights coming up – with the Monopoly Run, Water Weekend, Family Camp, Borough Camp and the District Summer Camp all scheduled to happen between now and mid August!!

The cubs are looking forward to the Chaos Camp as well as Family Camp and Borough Camp and the Beavers are looking at a sleepover at the HQ, Family Camp as well as a few activity days organised by District.

If you haven’t booked yet for the Group Family Camp there is still time to join the fun – just contact Nigel

Well done to the scouts who braved the frost and camped last weekend at the HQ to work towards their Outdoor challenge badge and help out tidy up the wood store.

The cooked on wood fires and did all their own washing up – here’s looking forward to the next camps (Expedition in March and Easter Activity in April) – if you haven’t signed up yet there is still time – just check OSM.

We hope that you had a great Christmas day, are enjoying the holiday season and have a Happy New Year.

The next term of scouting fun starts in January – Scouts on the 8th January, Cubs on the 9th and Beavers on Monday the 13th.

Why not make your New Year’s resolution to join the team and help out at weekly meetings – we need as many of you to help us as possible so we can continue to provide a great scouting programme.

It would be great to have some more new team members to join the fun!!

An intrepid team of young scouts aged between 10 and 12 years not only succeeded in completing the 20Km course in Windsor, within the time allowed, they manage to finish 4th in the district out of 13 unaccompanied scout teams.

Next year we hope to enter even more teams and maybe bring home a trophy??

We are just about to start all sections again after the summer break. Scouts started this week, Beavers starts next week and Cubs the week after.

We look forward to yet another fun filled year of scouting activities, indoor and out. As ever, we are looking for adult help at the sections to help provide the best possible experience. If interested in helping the team out please get in touch with any of us, we’d love to hear from you

Last weekend saw 28 scouts and 13 cubs enjoy a weekend of activities and competitions along with a mixed bag of weather conditions – with the added joy of the England football team getting through to the semi-finals of the Euros. Group photo below – more photos in the Gallery.

The Bike camp (warning – 1st time young campers were used for this Event ) began at Clapperstile Gate in Bushy park with a fury of peddling against the elements to HQ via Dukes head passage.    These “few brave men” then prepared HQ for the arrival of many with their kit for an overnight camp.   The Explorers room took on a new look resembling “lost luggage” at the local campsite!   

“Mystery Chef”  (Ben ) arrived to help “keep the wolf from the door” for 13 “I’m starving” Cubs with mouth watering helpings of pasta and pizza .   

Indoor football  marathon commenced within seconds of the last mouthful and lasted until 9:30am  in the morning.    There were a few hours of “shut eye” where cubs REMs went into “hyperdrive speeds” of football stardom for most but some wriggled and jiggled with no hope of getting any “beauty sleep’ on the hard hall floor. 

Scoffing a hot dog  for breakfast Cubs were advised that they were visiting not one church but three churches and needed to make haste adorning waterproof jackets and enter into the Realms of “next door” Hampton Methodist to join the Good Friday Walk of Witness. 

The sun  broke through the dismal weather conditions at an appropriate and glorious moment as they hopped skipped and jumped oblivious to all around chatting and laughing.   Round the corner to St Theodore then onwards to St Mary’s Hampton.  “Enduring” a very brief (beautiful) service suddenly an excited uncontrollably glee broke out amidst the “young redeemers”    Hot Cross Buns were now being served at the back of the church!    After scoffing an embarrassing  amount they were frog marched back to HQ just in time to put together a “glorious” egg filled Easter basket for “mums” before Pick up time. 

Conclusion – two red eyed leaders and 13 confident Cubs. 

Akela