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Programme:
Highlights of the Year
Scarefest in Ashford last Autumn, climbing abseiling, buggy building, Jacob’s Ladder, Leap of Faith and of course The Banana Song!!
St. George’s Parade which we organised and lead the District including all the other Groups with Harry carrying the St George’s Flag and Joel carrying the Union Flag followed by our band Ethan, Jack, Oscar, Ben and Rich. And not forgetting the readings by our Cubs and Scouts.
Cub’s Spring Camp taught life skills, such as tea making, sewing, shoe cleaning, cooking and cleaning and looking after oneself.
Back in the Spring saw us charge into a Chivalry module, with heraldry, tapestry, Ye olde Potterie Throw down, calligraphy and jousting.
Operation Betteshanger Blow-Out Scout Activity Camp blew off. When the high winds prevented us from camping at Betteshanger Park and taking part in a range of outdoor activities, we retreated back to the Hut and carried on. We quickly came up with a contingency programme of fencing,
Mother’s Day cream tea raising funds thanks to everyone involved.
Into the summer saw our bushcraft module, where fire lighting and shelter building is second nature, it saw scouts taking the lead and teaching the other sections, demonstrating their skills, knowledge and confidence. We squeezed in some field science with pond dipping and visits to Stodmarsh and Monkton adding artefacts to our Museum.
Summer Camp where we went back in time to the stone age and had to learn new skills such as making stone tools, how to purify water, make bows and arrows, cooking on fires, making banners and how survive a horrendous thunder and lightning storm.
Last Autumn had a Nautical theme, where the Hut has become a ship and the kids have become the scurvy ridden crew, at break we have been serving ship’s biscuits and grog! We kicked off with a visit to a real sailing ship, TS ROyalist at Ramsgate. We visited the lifeboat station at Ramsgate, had a talk on the Navy by an ex-Navy colleague; learn to navigate at sea,; ward off scurvy by making lemon juice; tasting ship's biscuits; singing sea shanties and dance the Hornpipe. The termended with scuba diving in Whitstable.
Maintaining our Field Science skills, members went pond dipping; visited both Monkton and Stodmarsh Nature Reserves as part of the Naturalist badge.
I nearly forgot the inaugural Ash Grand Prix! The members raced peddle go-carts around the yard with older Scouts providing mechanical support in the pit lane.
In October we celebrated our 80th
birthday, with a VIP event and a parade through Ash. The VIP event was attended by Sir Roger Gale MP, Rev. Caroline Turvey and Councillor Louise Venney. The VIPs awarded specially made badges to all members of the Group. The Cub Pack provided the entertainment and the evening concluded with Sir Roger unveiling a new plaque.
The following Sunday, the Group marched through Ash Village for a special ceremony at St. Nicholas Church where the new Group Flag was dedicated and the Group were blessed by Rev. Caroline. There were also readings from the Cubs and Scouts.
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