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experience on expedition but managed to
complete the challenge brilliantly.

Scout News
A small number of scouts along with some of
our explorers enjoyed the ‘bunnies and bivvies’
camp at Buddens in early April. The clues are
in the name but they ate fresh rabbit and built
their own shelters to sleep in. Hopefully the
weather will be a bit warmer for our next camp
and we hope more o the troop will be able to
join us.
As you can imagine the summer programme
means the scouts will be outside in the fresh air
a lot and going on even more camping trips.
We are celebrating Earth Day by looking at the
devastation plastic is causing to our
environment and how much of it ends up in our
oceans. Matchless fire lighting and one of our
favourite activities of cooking is planned, as well
as a river clean up, rafting and getting out and about on bikes.

Beaver News
During the Summer term the Beavers will be mainly out and about for their
Adventure Challenge badge! This will involve activities such as hiking, zipwiring
and bellboating, as well as river dipping and learning how to do outside things
safely. As part of the Safety Activity badge we will be visiting the fire station
and learning about the green cross code, and we have also arranged a visit to

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