Beavers Visit Portishead Lifeboat Station
The Beavers visited the RNLI in Portishead this week for a tour of the kit rooms, boat/tractor house and Slipway and were given a water safety talk too.
Month: May 2018
Gold Award Winners Visit the Palace
Congratulations to two of our volunteer young helpers who last week went to Buckingham Palace to be presented with their Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award. Molly Elderton and Dan Winter supported Nicky Woodfield and her team on Cub nights as part of the community volunteering section of their gold award. We are very proud of … Read more
Beavers Explore Under Fall Yard
The beavers spent the evening touring the Bristol floating harbour under fall yard learning how the floating harbour works and what machinery is used to build and maintain the boats in the adjacent yard. They then spent time in the visitor centre performing various experiments and activities associated with the floating harbour. One such activity … Read more
Cub Campfire Cookout
The cubs had a great evening, learning about campfire safety, how to build and light fires as well as how to cook ‘dampers’ (bread twists) on sticks over the open fires. They are now ready to put their new found skills to the test at Cub Camp!
New WW1 Book, “Leaving Home to Fight”, Raising Money for 43rd Bristol Scout Group
‘Leaving Home to Fight’ by Liz Tomlinson and Jenny Weeks, brings together for the first time the lives and the deaths of all the men listed on all the war memorials of Stoke Bishop. It is a comprehensive record of these men who did not return to this part of Bristol; not only from Stoke … Read more
Fossil Fun for the 43rd Bristol Cubs
The cubs enjoyed a beautiful night at Aust, near the old Severn bridge, looking for fossils on the beach under the guidance of our resident geologist, Akela. Various parts of fossilised shellfish where found, along with some ancient worm beds and other artefacts. It was also a great opportunity to invest our 6 new cubs … Read more
Scouting Adventures at 43rd Bristol Scout Group
Litter picking on the banks of the Avon Gorge, Aeronautical engineering and Backwoods cooking !
Cubs and Scouts Longleat Adventures
Cubs and Scouts have a cracking day at Longleat organised by Cabot District.
Beavers Enjoy a Junk Modelling Evening
Following on from St George’s Day the Beavers were set a teamwork challenge, in their lodges, to make a dragon out of junk. We added an extra challenge that the dragon needed to be able to make a noise. They worked well together and came up with some excellent dragons and enjoyed demonstrating their features to the … Read more