2nd Gorleston dominated the Scouts District Swimming Gala swimming away with the majority wins during the evening.
Scout Troops from Belton, Bradwell, Caister, 2nd Gorleston and 1st Gorleston all took partand all had a very enjoyable evening.
We would like to pass our thanks onto the Pheonix Pool, Bradwell for hosting the event.
What a fantastic day this was.
Nine coaches full of District Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers and Leaders basked in the fun at Bewilderwood Tree House Adventure Park.
The sun shone while we enjoyed the tree houses, zip wires, jungle bridges, Crocklebogs, boat trips, and marsh walks.
By all accounts everyone had a great day, relaxing for some leaders and frantic for some of the youngsters as the tried out all the adventures in the park.
Our thanks to the organisers of the event. Let’s do it again soon.
During the weekend of 4th – 6th March 8 leaders from the District and 1 County leader attended a Backwoods cooking event at Roughton Mill, North Norfolk.
Before the event started a few of the leaders took the opportunity to abseil down the mill tower, a couple of them in their pyjamas. This was a bitterly cold weekend and even windier up the tower!!
The event started with fire building and lighting…which went quite well, thank god, otherwise we would have starved.
Next came the rabbits. Five were supplied by a local landowner of which we skin, gutted and filleted. One rabbit was placed on a spit and baked over the fire. The fillet’swe put in a pot with potatoes and vegetables and stewed in cider for about 1 1/2 hours. The stew tasted good but the spit roast was a little tough and dry.
We also had Mackerel and Herring to gut and bake in tin foil. These turned out to be very moist and very appetising.
For dessert we made dough bowls which were baked on thick sticks over the embers. These were filled with baked apple and sprinkled with home made sherbet….very nice.
All in all we had a very enjoyable weekend. Our special thanks to great hosts, Tony and John who gave up their weeknd to instruct us.
The minutes for the District Exec Meeting held on the 29th April 2008 can be found here
The minutes for the District Exec Meeting held on the 11th March 2008 can be found here
The minutes for the District Meeting held on the 9th January 2008 can be found here.
Firstly A Happy New Year To You All
I have created a new section for the Blog. It’s called Events and is based on the back page of Michelle’s District Calendar sheet. If you want anything else added you just have to ask.
You will find the minutes from your 2007 review meeting and your review sheet for 2008 here.
A great days was enjoyed by Scouts from 5 Troops in the District as they took part in Canoeing, Archery, Climbing Wall and Abseiling. The Autumn weather was fantastic which made it all the more enjoyable.
The Scouts were split into two groups and it was good to see them chatting with each other. It was also nice that they thanked the organiser after the event. It was suggested that his becomes an annual event.
