This evening we were joined by the leaders of the 1st Buddha’s Light Scout Group for a virtual temple visit The scouts were shown a short video introducing them to the history of the Buddha, and a presentation of some…
Bike Maintenance
As ever we’ve been busy, busy bees learning new skills. Over the past few weeks we have been focusing on bicycle maintenance. Scouts have been learning the ins and outs of how to look after their bikes. Do you know…
Climbing at The Depot: Manchester
As a part of the Scouts adventure challenge we’ve been on a little trip to The Depot Climbing Centre in Trafford Park for a spot of climbing and bouldering. What’s a “bouldering” I hear you say? “Bouldering is a style…
Pancake Day!
Pancakes. Pancakes, pancakes……..PANCAKES! You’ll probably hear the word pancakes a lot today. So, I’ll start it off right here. The Scouts have been up to various capers, working towards their badges in recent weeks. Scouts working towards their local knowledge…
Apprentice Challenge
Fancy a wee dram of Blank? Maybe a little Purple Power to take the edge off? Perhaps a can of Hyper-drive? What am I taking about? Well, to contribute to the Scouts Creative and Teamwork badges over the past few…
Water Jug Challenge
YIPPEE-KI-YAY! The first of the skill challenges that the Scouts faced may be familiar to Die Hard fans. Scouts had to channel their inner John McClane and solve the water jug challenge. For those of you who aren’t acquainted with…
Badges, Badges, Badges!
Don’t worry we’ve not forgotten about you, we’ve just been very busy here at Scouts for the past three weeks. To follow will be a trio of articles to give you all a head’s up on a what’s been going…
Explorers 2nd Birthday
It was a special occasion this week for our Explorers. Tuesday 3rd was officially 2 years ago that Explorers was formed and joined up with 1st Stretford (Longford) Scouts. Explorers take on a wide range of activities from traditional scouting…
