Serving Stoke Bishop and the surrounding area
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The Beavers took advantage of the light nights this week by taking part in a hike to Blaise Castle. The evening was finished off with biscuits and a well deserved play on the playground.
Both Beaver colonies enjoyed separate visits to Southmead Fire Station this week to learn about fire safety and to enjoy a tour of the Fire Station. They learnt that firefighters rarely rescue cats from trees, they occasionally have to rescue horses from holes and the Southmead crew have over 1 mile of hose to help put … Read more
The Beavers had an exciting evening learning about archery and then took turns firing arrows at the targets, all supervised in a safe environment by the beaver leaders. No bulls eyes sadly but plenty of hits on target and loads of fun had by all…
The 43rd Beaver Colonies hit the slopes at Mendip Activity Centre for a great afternoon of tobogganing. Even Horace ‘the sledge’ Beaver joined in and enjoyed the social event and chips! Many thanks to Hawk (Tim) for organising a great event.
‘If I could not walk far and fast, I think I should just explode and perish!’ (Charles Dickens) The aim of our Amble Rambles series of walks is to get out and explore Bristol and its surrounding countryside! Walks are open to all scouting families and take in woodland, urban parks, open parkland, fields and … Read more
The latest 6 new beavers were invested on Tuesday night, into our 2nd Beaver colony, Ravens. The investiture was performed by our Andy, our Group Scout Leader and Robin, the Ravens Beaver leader. The new Beavers all proudly repeated their promise in front of their fellow Beavers and parents. Congratulations and welcome to the Colony… … Read more
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The 43rd Bristol Beaver Colonies had fun this week and rose to the challenge of making bread to take home and bake.
In May the Beavers planted pumpkin seeds in our new 43rd scout vegetable garden. We ran a stall at the Cubs Afternoon Tea Party, asking everyone to guess how big our pumpkin would grow, with the chance to win a lovely cuddly beaver. Guess what! We grew a small but perfectly formed pumpkin, which … Read more
Following the start of the new Beaver Colony in September, the new intake of Beavers were invested at St Mary's church on Tuesday 1st November.