Since Crofton Scouts’
last entry in April it has been a busy few months. After the Easter holidays we
had a trip to the Tesco Supermarket in Hemsworth, where the Scouts had a behind
the scenes tour of various areas within the store, as part of the Tesco ‘Farm
to Fork’ program. We sampled a variety of different fruits and cheeses, handled
some fresh fish and got to see how they make all the bread. Most of the group turned
out for the St. George’s Day parade in Wakefield.
In May we went to the
district camp site at Calder Drift and did some fire lighting. The Scouts then
got to do some backwards cooking on the fires. They also built some shelters
using poles, rope and sheeting at one meeting, and went orienteering at
Newmiller Dam another evening.
After half term in June
Crofton Scouts spent an evening geocaching in the fields around Warmfield. Although
neither group were as successful as they’d have liked at finding the geocaches,
a pleasant evening was had none the less. We spent a second evening at
Newmiller Dam where the Scouts had to navigate between several tasks, by themselves.
An evening was spent playing various ball games including rounders, and the
Scouts went cycling at Walton Country Park before finishing for the summer
holidays by having a joint meeting, involving a lot of water and getting wet,
with the Cubs.
A large group of
Crofton Scouts attended the County Climbing weekend at Bramhope, at the
beginning of June. We have also had a second trip on the district narrowboat
The Jubilee Venture.
Sadly we bid farewell
to some of the older Scouts who will be moving up to Explorers after the summer
holidays.
Crofton Scout Group
would like to thank everyone who helped during the process of us moving from
the old Scout hut. Your assistance has been much appreciated.
Scouting is open to
girls and boys aged 10 and a half to 14.
