To night the Beavers went on a Night Hike around Longford Park. Each Lodge was given a cane and they had to keep hold this at all times. Before they left the Ranche they were given a piece of paper with some braille writing and a date – during the walk they had to see if they could find these items. All the leaders were wearing hats and they were asked to observe if anybody changed hats during the walk. We left the Ranche and headed towards the playground. They had to walk along boulders – making sure that they worked as team and kept hold of the cane at all times. They then had to go through 3 tunnels – again holding the cane. We then walked back through the park to an enclosed area where they had to find 3 carved animals. It was at this time they would find pictures of birds, with their names in braille underneath – they had to come back and tell the leader the names of the birds that were written in Braille. The next task was to find the date – 1888 – and this we found on a blue plaque, which was on the remains of Longford Hall. We then walked back to the Ranche and each Beavers was given a ‘water bomb’, which they had to through into a bowl. The Beavers were very well behaved and enjoyed their Night Hike.
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