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Cotswold Marathon & Rifle Shooting - Team Details

SCOUTING SUPPORT DAY
Everyone Invited
Brockworth Enterprise School
Saturday 20th February 2010
9.30am to 3.30pm
Many events & stalls

Competition Shield

Cheltenham District Scouts
COOKING COMPETITION - JAN 2010
Photo Album

POLAR CAMP 2010 - YOULBURY, OXFORDSHIRE
22 to 24 January 2010
Paul's Photos Marie's Photos Steve's Photos (more to follow)

SCOUTING SUPPORT DAY
See Poster
Mainly for Adults & Leaders
Brockworth Enterprise School
Saturday - 20th February 2010 - 9.30am to 3.30pm

THE DAYLESFORD SPRING SHOW
Saturday 17^th April 2010

A Great Day Out for Children of all ages.
OBJECTIVES:

To demonstrate how fun and easy it is to learn to grow, rear and find food and then how to create a low cost, delicious, healthy meal at home

To demonstrate artisan crafts and essential skills for sustainable living

To celebrate spring

METHOD: A fun day at Daylesford Farm to celebrate the ease at which everybody can produce good, clean, fair food. Raise awareness of the Soil Association�s Organic Farm School project, supported by the Daylesford Foundation, and other similar initiatives.

Monday 21st December 2009
Social Centre, Shurdington
A Great Day full of exciting events for 28 Gloucestershire Children
A PHOTO ALBUM

MONDAY 7TH DECEMBER -TROOP/BEAVERS - GINGER BREAD HOUSES

Click on picture for:
An Album of Memories of some fantastic Houses.

HELLO WORLD
Shurdington Scouts were on the Internet for JOTI

Click here to see our weblog

THE TEAM OF SCOUTS & LEADERS

Friday 8pm to Saturday 10am - 16 & 17 Oct 09
Wow - what a night; we spoke to so many different countries around the world.

See below our validation cards as Proof of Contact
Validation cards received - Validation cards sent

Thanks to John Cummins, Rob Hadley and Chris Langham for their support.

Cheltenham District Camping Competition
Youlbury - September 2009

With tremendous pride we congratulate
Lawrence - Ollie - Will - Alex
For their success during this year's District Camping and Cooking Competition at Youlbury
Due to circumstances none of our Leaders could attend this camp and
the four campers 'went it alone'.
Not only did they place a close 2nd in the overall camping competition
but they also gained 1st Prize in the Cooking Competition.
Well done to you all and the Leaders for the training they provide.

Cooking Competition Shield - Gold Camping Certificate

An Album of memories

5th / 6th September 2009

Activity days for young people aged between 7 and 12 years old living in Gloucestershire.
Wed 26th & Thur 27th August 2009
A FEW PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORIES OF THE EVENT

ALA ON BOARD CRUISE SHIP "COSTA MAGICA"

WE ARE 60 - 2009 IS OUR 60TH ANNIVERSARY

Founded in 1949 and still going strong
PHOTO ALBUM of CRANHAM EVENING

BACK to BASICS appeared in Scouting Magazine many years ago as a pullout supplement and is worth its weight in gold.

Very hard to find such a comprehensive easy to follow guide to what Basic Scouting knowledge is all about.

In the words of John Sweet, author of the book Scout Pioneering,
" these are the kind of skills which, if we are not careful, will slip unnoticed down the cracks in the pavement of Life. "

This publication in pdf form has been compiled with the kind permission of The Scout Association, whose copyright it remains.

Click on Booklet to download - size 17mb

Szczecin & Maltese Scouts Camp 21-31 July in the mountains at Bieszczady - Ala's Photo Album

Times of Malta article on exchange with Poland

Where do all these Badges go on my uniform? Click on thumbnail to find out.

Beaver Scout	Cub Scout	Scout	Explorer Scout

We Only REMEMBER:
10% of what we Hear
25% of what we See
65% of what we Do
What I do, I know - What I see, I remember - What I hear, I forget.

Why Scout Movement?
Baden-Powell said: "Scouting is a movement because it keeps on moving forward.
If it stops moving it becomes an organisation and is no longer Scouting!"

B-P last message to Scouts
Hear B-P's voice speaking to Scouts

Dear Scouts,
If you have ever seen the play Peter Pan you will remember how the pirate chief was always making his dying speech because he was afraid that possibly when the time came for him to die he might not have time to get it off his chest. It is much the same with me, and so, although I am not at this moment dying, I shall be doing so one of these days and I want to send you a parting word of good-bye. Remember, it is the last you will ever hear from me, so think it over. I have had a most happy life and I want each one of you to have as happy a life too. I believe that God put us in this jolly world to be happy and enjoy life. Happiness doesn't come from being rich, nor merely from being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make yourself healthy and strong while you are a boy, so that you can be useful and so can enjoy life when you are a man. Nature study will show you how full of beautiful and wonderful things God has made the world for you to enjoy. Be contented with what you have got and make the best of it. Look on the bright side of things instead of the gloomy one. But the real way to get happiness is by giving out happiness to other people. Try and leave this world a little better than you found it and when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate you have not wasted your time but have done your best. "Be Prepared" in this way, to live happy and to die happy - stick to your Scout promise always - even after you have ceased to be a boy - and God help you to do it.

Your friend Baden-Powell of Gilwell

Why 'PEN-KNIFE'? asked a young Scout. Its not a pen.
swiss-knife.jpg (1990 bytes)
It was during a session in June 2005 teaching Scouts about the safe use of Knife, Axe and Bowsaw that James, a young Scout, popped this question, on showing them a Swiss penknife.
The answer is that originally a small knife was employed to shape a feather (Latin name PENNA) into a quill, cutting a nib for writing. The name stuck and the small knives became a household item, especially in the Scout Movement.
It pays to be inquisitive!