The challenge was to guide an egg to the floor from as high as point as possible.

The scouts had a good night climbing at Newcastle Climbing Centre. The wall looked very high from the top! A big thank you to the instructors.

A big thank you to Catherine McKinnell MP for spending her Friday night having a very interesting session with Central Gosforth Scouts. Topics discussed included education, parliament and brexit.

Twelve scouts were lucky enough to spend a weekend sailing aboard the James Cook (a 70 foot ketch owned by the Ocean Youth Trust North). The weekend included learning how to work as a team to sail the boat, sailing out at sea, navigating up the river Tyne in the dark, spending the night tied up to Newcastle Quayside and learning how to live together in cramped conditions.

The Scouts chose the hottest weekend of the year so far to camp at Selby Wood near Morpeth. Activities included cooking on a fire, navigation, hiking, making a bug house, wide games, camp fire sketches and a water fight.  

The scouts went kayaking, paddle boarding and jetty jumping at Ladyburn Lake, Druridge Bay. Nobody avoided getting wet! Thanks to the Croquet Shorebase Trust for organising such a brilliant night.

Montagu scouts debated the Newcastle Clean Air Zone proposals. Both teams proved very good at heckling the other side! After much heated debate the side proposing introducing a charge for older vehicles won the vote.