Blessed with glorious sunshine and the support of family and friends our group turned out and paid their respects to the fallen. Impecable behaviour by all our young people from beavers through to young leaders throughout the parade and service of remembrance in Gosforth central park. We were once again joined by 100th Scout group from Heaton and also, for the first year West Gosforth.
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.
A small group of Cubs & Scouts attended the nature reserve to help the rangers clear undergrowth from a hedge row planted by our scouts on a previous visit. We had to find it first!
Before
The group did Central Gosforth proud with the rangers commenting “what a great group of kids & they worked so hard”
After
Central Gosforth Scout Group were well represented at All Saints Church harvest festival parade by Beavers, Cubs, Scouts & Young Leaders, The singing practice paid off, thanks to Diane for helping out.
Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Young Leaders and Leaders from both Central Gosforth and West Gosforth Scout Groups took part in this year’s group camp at Dilson. Activities included wide games, campfires, orienteering, hiking, backwoods cooking, knots and nightline.
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.
The executive committee once again organised our annual social get together, with families of all sections attending a Friday night BBQ on All Saints Church green.
Thanks go to Scouts and young leaders for running games to raise funds for the upcoming Tall Ships sailing weekend, and to Lewis for organising and setting them up. The raffle was a success helped by kind donations from parents and friends.
Forty two beavers, cubs and scouts took part in JOTT. We went on a beautiful walk along Warkworth beach somehow avoiding the rain. Beavers and cubs walked for 5 miles and scouts walked for 8 miles.
