On a
Monday evening at the end of March, some members of Phoenix visited a
climbing wall, and here
are a few photos. The opportunity to invest new members in a way out place
was taken, half way up the climbing wall!
For
those who would like to see what Phoenix will be getting up to, here's
a copy of the
Spring Programme.
One cool weekend in November, Trevor Lawrence of Eagles ran a "Scoutcraft
Weekend" for those over 13 at Earleywood near South Ascot. Some of the
Explorers from Phoenix attended and we have some
photographs.... The
programme included a Bacon Roll (important!), shelter building, fire
lighting, knife & axe skills and backwoods cooking before they moved on to
sourcing & purifying water and game preparation!
On a Monday in mid July, both Explorer Units went down to the Waterside
Centre to build and race canoes out of cardboard - no one told them
cardboard goes soggy when wet! But
here are a few photos. In the end, they raced their canoes and a team
from Phoenix won! Thanks heavens it wasn't white water!
The
Young Leaders Explorer Unit is currently the biggest it has been since
records began. Wokingham now have 15 registered members helping out
at Beavers, Cubs and Scouts in 5 groups in the District.
Young Leaders are aged 14 - 18 and are helping out in any of the three
sections. It is a requirement of POR that the young people join the unit and
are registered in the District as Explorer Scouts.
We meet once a month (usually at 3rd Wokingham) and a typical meeting might
see us split into two groups:-
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