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AUTUMN LEAVES summer term, welcome to you all! We will be focusing on the Outdoor
challenge this term, with scouting skills such as fire lighting and knots, and plenty
OVER 50’S CLUB of fun and adventure. We will also be doing some gardening, and continuing
to work towards the Disability Awareness badge with a visit in May from the
Guide Dogs for the Blind.
We had another super speaker at our meeting in April! Richard Horton, a
member of the Animal Plant and Health Agency for the South West, came to tell Beaver age is from 5yrs 9mths. We are full at
us about some of the varied tasks he undertakes in one busy working week. present, but there may be spaces coming up for
those on our waiting list, so if you want to join in the
During this time he tested unco-operative cattle for TB on a farm with an unco- fun, please get in touch.
operative farmer who had failed to keep his paperwork up to date.

He checked on Events
the conditions
that poultry were Craft and Cake – Please come along on Saturday
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kept in, took 4 May 2019 from 1.30-4.00pm to enjoy a cream
s a m p l e s o f tea. There will be lots of craft and food stalls selling
animal feeds. He goods made by our talented Scouts and Explorers
took blood, urine to raise money for their Borneo Expedition.
an d f aec es Borneo Breakfast – Thank you to everyone who has supported the fund raising
samples. He for our Borneo Expedition in 2021 by joining us for breakfasts. The next one is on
drove miles to Saturday 11 May 2019 from 9.00 to 11.30am.
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visit remote
farms, stables
and Hunt kennels, and arranged help for farmers who couldn’t manage today's Scout Hut Hire
demands from the Government for details on all their animals.
The Scout Hut is available for hire, particularly during the daytime – rates from
Being a Civil Servant, he had to battle to keep on top of his own paperwork, and £7.50 per hour. For more information, please contact Andrea Marshall on 01929
grapple with the demands of an unforgiving computer system.
472588 or 0788 422 6445, andrealynnmarshall@hotmail.com
The afternoon was interesting, entertaining and most enjoyable. We were all left
feeling that there is much that goes on behind the scenes, of which we knew
nothing, to keep the animals and plants in this country healthy. This ensures that Contact us
the food we eat is safe. If anyone would like further information about Bere Regis Scout Group or the
Kingsbere Explorer Scout Unit, all the contact details for the individual sections
So thanks to Richard for his talk.
(Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers) are available in the village directory at the
Next month we are looking forward to the excellent speaker Howard Nicholls, back of this magazine. General enquiries and offers of help/assistance: Neal
who will be telling us the story of a boy who grew up living next to a railway Unitt-Jones on 01929 472273.
station in rural Dorset, and then spent most of his life travelling to over 100
countries by train. Scout Group Publicity: Andrea Marshall on 01929 472588 and Helen Unitt-Jones
on 01929 472273.
I can assure you that it will be something to look forward to. Why don’t YOU come
along and see for yourself? If you do join us, you can be sure of a warm welcome
and an excellent afternoon tea. Find a friend to come with you and join the nice
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ladies and gentlemen at the Scout Hut on Wednesday 8 May at 2.30.

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