Spitewinter Bushtucker night

Well Friday saw us up at Spitewinter for our Bushtucker Gut & Cook night.
We had a good turnout and I would just like to say the "Flag" turnout and attention paid was commendable. Our new inspection system went down very well and only a couple of points were lost by the odd patrol. A great improvement, keep it up!
Well the lads got the fire going and then I demonstrated how to skin a pheasant, we then had numerous volunteers to actually do the gutting which was done quite well. Once cleaned up the pheasant was then filleted into small pieces and we cooked it in the pan over the open fire. I was suprised when everyone had a taste, and most people asked for more, but it was time then to get the beefburgers and sausages going, not quite BushTucker but certainly scouting, well on my behalf anyway, "being prepared"! Knowing that once food had been mentioned burgers and sausages would be welcomed.
Everyone had a great night and asked when could we do it again!!

Ben & Padge will be running this coming Friday's meeting as I have a committment I can't get out of so have a good time and i'll see you the week after.

Skip

An easy way to raise some funds for the Scout Troop

While surfing the web this morning I came across an idea that I think would greatly benefit 3rd Brampton Scouts. If like me you do a lot of your shopping online, then next time you're looking for something please consider using the link I will be posting on the site, and already posted below.

Everything you need, all in one place

A typical family can raise around £300 for us in donations in a year, by shopping for the things they need through the easyfundraising site.

Have you or your family bought any of the following in the past year: books, CDs, DVDs, clothing, electrical items, flowers, furniture, games, gifts, toys, or wine and food? You may be surprised to know that you can purchase all of these through easyfundraising, and raise money for us at the same time.

You can also insure your car, home and pets through easyfundraising, as well as purchase holidays, flights and train tickets, switch utility suppliers, apply for credit cards and take out breakdown cover, plus much more. Every transaction you make results in a free donation for us, so please support us by using this fantastic site.


Christmas is coming...

Before you know it, December will be here so don't leave your Christmas shopping to the last minute, log onto www.easyfundraising.org.uk/3rdbs and get ahead of the game.

Argos have recently joined easyfundraising and as one of the UK's favourite stores, you probably shop with them already so why not make Christmas even easier for you and help us raise the funds we need by doing it all online this year? Log onto www.easyfundraising.org.uk/3rdbs and click on the Argos link for great value, regular deals and a fantastic range of products.

A survey last year by Deloitte & Touche showed the average spend per person over Christmas 2007 was estimated at £706. If that seems a lot, don't forget you can save money with easyfundraising by taking advantage of the regular special offers and money off deals that you won't find in the shops or on the retailers own sites.

Regards,

Skip

This weeks meeting Friday 26th September

Just a reminder to everyone that this weeks meeting will be held at Spitewinter for our Bushtucker gut & cook night. Hopefully, if we can still get the "tucker" we will be doing a demonstration on how to prepare game for the pot! We will also have a few games, Manhunt has been requested so there may be a good chance we can get one going!
Please note the times for this weeks meeting 7pm-9.30pm. Bring a torch and wrap up warm as it's getting quite cool now once the sun has gone down.

Just a reminder for parents, can you try and remember to bring the slip with your email contact details please, you can also send an email to me directly here at carl@3rdbramptonscouts.co.uk to update your details.

I look forward to seeing everyone on Friday.

Yours in Scouting, Skip.

The Walesby activity day photo slideshow

Okay folks, just finished editing the pictures, so here's a few of the pic's we managed to take between us. We didn't manage to get round all the activities so we don't have any to show of the climbing wall or shooting. If any parents managed to take some and your willing to share them with the rest of the group please contact me or send the images via email (see contacts page) and we can add them in.
All images were taken by either Skip (Carl), Jenny (Mrs Skip) or Padge.

Enjoy.!

Walesby Family Camp

Well this weekend was the planned family camp weekend at Walesby Scout Campsite. However because of all the bad weather we have been having recently, and the forecast bad weather for this weekend we decided earlier in the week to cancel the camp. This was mainly because a lot of the parents had never been on a camping trip before and what we didn't want was a repeat performance of the camp for the scouts, where everyone was soaked for the weekend!! So what happens? We get the best weekend weather of the year. Anyway we still ran with an activity day which we have just got back from. We had a good turnout of Scouts, Beavers and Cubs along with parents. A full range of activities included, archery, shooting, crate stacking, climbing and the one I enjoyed the most the raft building. Me and Padge have been taking photographs all day of various activities and personalities, so once Padge has sent me a copy of his images, i'll put together a slideshow and load it on here. No rush Padge, tonight will be fine..!!! Just joking, first thing in the morning will suffice..!! Thanks go out to everyone who made the effort in attending and making it a thoroughly enjoyable day, and also to Sue (Akela) for a lot of behind the scenes work in getting it all arranged, and everyone else who helped out. You all know who you are. Thank you.

Spitewinter & Summer camp

Just before the break up for the summer holidays we had an overnight stay at Spitewinter. The scouts were dropped off in Holmegate and had to make their way back to the campsite, without using roads, just using a map and compass. They were seperated into the patrols and set off at different timed intervals, knowing that theyhad to evade the hunter patrols (leaders) out looking for them. They all excelled in this task and were rewarded upon their return with the prospect of having to then build a shelter to sleep in before we got the fires going to cook them a hot drink and supper. A good time was had by all. Next up the first week of the six weeks holiday, was our annual camp to the Lake District. While the rest of the country basked in sunshine, it was rain, rain and even more rain up in the Lakes!! Not dampened by the weather everyone still enjoyed it.
Here's some photographs of both events taken by one of our assistant scout leaders, Andy, or should I say Padge!
Enjoy, Skip.

Welcome to the 3rd Brampton Blog page

Welcome to the 3rd Brampton blog page.
Hi, my name is Carl, the scouts call me Skip, I am their Scout Leader.
I am just in the process of setting up a new web site aimed just at the scouts of 3rd Brampton. We have a very succesful Beavers and cub's group and a current website, but we have decided that the scouts deserve a site of their own.
The aim of the blog page is to enable all of our scouts to read up to date happenings, for instance if they missed a meeting then they will be able to read all about it here.
I am trying to bring a part of scouting into the 21st century and nowadays most people have internet access, so this is just another way of spreading the good word of scouting.
If you would like to comment on any aspect please feel free. All posts will be moderated prior to being made public so there may be a delay between posting a comment and actually being able to see it online.

Finally, I am hoping that Scouts and parents will check this blog page regularly, as we can use this for posting latest updates, news, changes to programmes/plans etc, as well as email.
I will be posting PDF documents of all letters, notifications etc sent out on the download page of the site. Please check at least once a week.

I welcome comments from parents or scouts.

I look forward to the coming year.
Regards,
Skip