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April 2019 April 2019

AUTUMN LEAVES BERE REGIS SCOUT GROUP

OVER 50’S CLUB
Explorers

We were pleased to see several visitors to Autumn Leaves at our March meeting The Shrove Tuesday activity had to be
and hope that they will join us again in the future. Everyone enjoyed seeing John pancakes! Aidan and Rowan organised a
Pitfield’s photographic slides taken in the village in the scorching hot summer of creative cooking challenge night with the aim
1976. for the various teams to produce not only
some yummy tasting pancakes, but they
We saw the dried up bed of the Bere Stream, and parched lawns and fields. It needed to be visually appealing too, with
was interesting to see the village before Elder Road, Manor Farm Road and the colours and shapes using various fruits and
houses around them were constructed. We also saw the cutting being made for sauces.
the bypass, and John told us about the discovery of a Roman Villa and
associated artefacts in the village. All in all it was a fascinating afternoon. The Explorers experienced a water activities
day at Buddens Scout Activity Centre on a
Next month the speaker will be a member of the Veterinary team from DEFRA
cold Saturday at the beginning of March. The
who works locally. morning session included kayaking, followed
If you would like to come and join us on Wednesday 10 April you will be sure of a
th
warm welcome and an excellent afternoon tea.
by an afternoon of canoeing
and bell boating. Although the
weather and temperature of
the water in Buddens lake was
freezing, the group thoroughly
Dorchester enjoyed the opportunity to
learn some new skills.
Framing Other evening activities have
included some wide games
Picture and framing service
over Black Hill and a session of
with a wide selection of bike maintenance in preparation for this year’s summer camp. The Explorers
mounts and frames. summer plan is to revisit the French and Belgium WW1 battlefield sites on bicycle
Open most days but best and to find out more about the men who lost their lives during the war, and to
call first before making a research into the lives of those who returned home too.
special trip.
joan@dorchesterframing.com Scouts
Scouts might have been fooled for a while when the frying pans and pancake
The Old School House ingredients came out, but they had to wait to eat them until after the map
Tincleton DT2 8QR reading competition. After each perfectly a large pancake they had to use the
maps to find symbols at the given grid references and then make those symbols
01305 848909 out of a pancake. We had a phone box, a church, a tree and a trig point to

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