Activity log
D of E Gold qualifying hike
When: 26 Jul - 1 Aug
Where: Dartmoor
Who went: Gold group
Highlights
Completing the hike and passing! Not getting lost!! More rain (surprise surprise)
Gilwell 24
When: 11 - 13 July
Where: Gilwell Park (The spiritial home of Scouting)
Who went: The only two from No Limits who weren't on holiday (where was our invite the rest of you?), plus 4 Explorers "adopted" from Tan Gwyllt. Dave and Pete went with Scafell.
Highlights
Lasting the 24 hours (or not!). The leaders were busy as staff, so haven't got a clue what the Explorers got up to, but activities on offer included a fairground, zorbing, climbing, high ropes, 3g swing, EA games trailer, segways, crate stacking and woodland quasar.
District Cub camp
When: 4 - 6 July
Where: Islwyn Scout Parc
We ran the climbing and abseiling at this year's district Cub camp.
Highlights
Abseiling forwards. An never-seen-before style of indoor "campfire". Pete's rendition of Zombies.
Gold training hike
When: 28 - 29 June
Where: Brecon Beacons
Who went: Gold group
Highlights
More rain! (Seems to be a theme this year...) The leaking bothy shelter. Somebody forgetting their lunch. Pete failing miserably to get everyone lost (Couldn't catch 'em out at all)!! Nearly everyone getting scared in a dis-used railway tunnel. Pizza!
Hovercraft project
When: 17 June
Where: At the scout hut
We've started to build a hovercraft! One which will be big enough to sit on. This meant introducing some of the Explorers to power tools for the first time...
Quotes
There were numerous. Mostly involving going either too fast or too slow with a router/jigsaw, or not being able to follow a line marked on wood!
Climbing @ Tyle-y-coch
When: 10 June
Where: Tyle-y-coch quarry
Who went: Matt, Kate, Naomi, Nathan, Richard, Lee, Dave, Pete
Highlights
Lee getting to the top of a climb
Quotes
- Where's the fishing rod?!
Rogerstone Group camp
When: 24-30 May
Where: Parc-le-Breos, Gower
Who went: All the Young Leaders, Explorer Leaders, and most of Rogerstone Group
Highlights
Helping to plot and execute the "swimming hike" for the Scouts! Watching the Cubs nearly take off during storm force winds on Oxwich beach. The new Girl Scout. More rain!
Bronze expedition
When: 10-11 May
Where: Usk Valley
Who went: Bronze group
Highlights
Doing it! Finally!
Easter camp 2008: Lake district
When: 24-30 March
Where: Great Tower Scout Campsite, Windermere, Cumbria
Who went: Alex, Nathan, Jade, Zoe, Dave, Peter, Lee, Gavin, Andy
Highlights
The weather! Mountain walking in the snow, Via ferrata, Jacob's ladder, leap of faith, crate stacking, the chocolate shop
The quotes
- Cooooooooooold
- We're all gonna die!
- What's one of these? A dead one of those!
- Alex the Salmon's got... wet feet
- What's cold and green? Lee!
- What's cold, wet and Brown? Zoe!
- Doing a Pete! this means leaving your mobile phone on the roof of your car and driving half way to Kendal before realising!
District Cub funday
When: 29 February - 2 March
Where: Magor Woods (Wilcrick Hill) near Magor, Monmouthshire.
Who went: Nathan, Zoe, Kate, Tom, Dave, Peter, Gavin, Lee
Highlights
Wind (and not due to baked beans!), falling trees, burning stuff (again), Lee's backwoods kitchen, comparing the burning properties of meths and paraffin
Winter camp
When: 25-27 January
Where: Jubilee Fields, Scout Campsite, Vale of Glamorgan.
Who went: Nathan, Zoe, Jade, Kate, Tom, Dave, Peter, Gavin
Highlights
Learning proper backwoods skills, burning stuff, spherical burning stuff, a game with sticks, and the aqueous challenge!
Gwentrek 2007
When: 5-7 October
Where: Cwmbran to Usk
Who Went: Jade, Zoe, Kate, Naomi, Nathan, Alex, Will, Jon, John, Tariq, Dave, Pete
Highlights
The A team coming second and the B team; not coming last, despite getting disqualified
AWESOME 2007
When: 28-30 September
Where: Glanusk Park, near Crickhowell
Who Went: Jade, Zoe, Kate, Naomi, Nathan, Will, Jon, Dave, Andy, Pete, Gavin
Highlights
Skinning rabbits! Shaving foam (don't ask), getting to know hundreds of other Explorers from around Wales
Quotes
- Woo-hoo!