Serving Stoke Bishop and the surrounding area
Registered Charity Number: 302159
It was wonderful to see so many volunteers, parents and community residents come along to our plant sale on Saturday 7 May. It felt like old times again catching up with friends and acquaintances. Even the sun came out to join us. We had a huge array of different types of plants for sale … Read more
The Cubs, Scouts and a couple of Beavers had a wonderful day out at Longleat organised by our wonderful District. The weather was perfect, lots of giant gobstoppers were eaten and by the end everyone was buzzing. Big thanks to the District team for organising and farewell to Chris, our wonderful and inspirational DC, who … Read more
We are delighted to announce that the 43rd Bristol Scout Group has been granted full planning permission by Bristol City Council to demolish our existing Scout Hut and replace it with a purpose built Scout Hut. Charles Elderton, Chair of the Group, commented, “This is such great news for our Group and the local … Read more
The Scouts have been scuba diving for the last three weeks at Thornbury Leisure Centre with the Hidden Depths Scuba School who always give them an amazing experience.
43rd Bristol Cub Pack rise to the challenge at Redpoint. The Cubs all had a great time, challenging themselves on the climbing walls and confidently scaling new heights!
The Scouts have been keeping very busy this term ! They did pioneering using broom handles, went on a hike from Blaise to the Hut on a perfect pitch black night; we invested our 11 new joiners and ASL Darren received his Wood Badge. As part of their Green Influencer Scheme they did an introduction … Read more
Well perhaps not literally but they had a great time fossil hunting in Aust. Finds included fish and reptile bones from the Triassic period (250million years ago), fossil shells from the Carboniferous period (300-360 million years ago) and sharks teeth ! We also found some fossilized poo for good measure ! Thanks to our wonderful … Read more
As part of our virtual camp weekend, the Beavers had lots of fun taking part in wide games in the sun. Here are some photos of them playing Capture the Flag at Kings Weston Hill. And here they are competing in a Cross the River game at the Downs. No water involved!
The Scouts hiked from the hut to the Downs via Bishop’s Knoll then we invested our 9 shiny new Scouts !
A huge congratulations to a selection of our leaders who were presented with various awards tonight by Chris, our District Commisioner. Dave, Robin, Jon and Darren all received their wood badges recognising completion of their assistant leader training; Yvonne was recognised for 5 years of service; Nicky was recognised for 10 years of service and … Read more