River Lea at Van Hagues

River Lea beavers had a fun evening  when thy visited Van Hagues and had the opportunity to get  close and even hold a tarantula if they wanted to.......

there they met a baby goat

    

held a tarantula

saw a millipede

stroked an owl

saw a sweet smelling skunk

and even braved a snake

 

the beavers had a smashing time and the leaders enjoyed it too.

Falcon camp

The Falcons recently held a camp at Tolmers...this is what they say....

The camp went really well, the weather was fantastic we could not have asked for better & when you see what it is like now & what it was like before we went it’s hard to believe that we had lovely sunny days.

It really would not have been the same without the good weather as we had booked all water activities & had a very young group this time – mainly eight year olds so did not want to put them off camping!

Kaa did kayaking & Shere Khan did pond dipping for the first time – We think that she enjoyed it just as much as the cubs! - & Akela did a nature walk.

It was great fun. Unfortunately Akela got an insect bite & went home Saturday night, her foot had swollen up badly & she had to see the doctor. But everyone else was ok. She came back the next day. Apart from this we all had a good time.

3rd Ware in Bloom

Those Heron Cubs have been at it again, for the past 2 weeks they have been doing some gardening.

It all started on 14th May, when Shere Khan brought along some plants, tools and compost to tidy up the flowerbeds around the HQ.

Each Six was given an area and they all set to work.

Unfortunately a large raincloud decided enough was enough and watered the flowerbeds for us. 

Undaunted the Cubs returned the following week, with some better weather and some more willing helpers, and finished their planting.

Look out for some patriotic flowers in the window boxes, and Yellow Six's interpretation of the World Scout Badge.

Thanks to Akela from Falcon Pack and Rama for coming down to help with the planting.

District Go - Carting 2012

On Saturday 12^th May all the Ware and District Cubs did go – carting at Glaxo’s Car Park. We practised the week before so we thought we would do well. My friends and I all turned up. Marcus, Fred, William, Josh, Holly, Josh, Zak, Kieran and I were all there. 

We all agreed Great Amwell Otters would win because their go – cart was good. We didn’t actually win any races but we didn’t mind. In the marathon Fred was steering. We did well despite the fact other teams kept crashing! That meant we had to stop and start lots of times.

But all of us still had lots of fun!      

 By Brandon (3rd Ware Herons)

The 3rd Ware Leaders waiting to start the Leader's Race

The Heron Pack Team

The Beaver Olympics

The District Beaver sleepover is over for another year and once again the Beavers enjoyed every moment.

The excitement started at the opening ceremony and carried on through the sports events and games, which included, amongst many other things, crossbows, scoring goals and throwing wellies.

The barbecued evening meal of burgers and sausages in buns, followed by cake and juice, was soon polished off and the hike to Bengeo was embarked upon. This was a great way to stretch our legs, look at the world around us and use up some energy , which would hopefully aid a peaceful sleep.

On returning to base, we took part in a campfire, drank hot chocolate and then the Beavers snuggled into their sleeping bags to watch a film and drift off to a well deserved sleep.

The morning quickly arrived and we all enjoyed a hearty breakfast, which was followed by the closing ceremony where the Beavers paraded with their flags, the Olympic flame and represented their allotted countries. Medals and certificates were awarded and Scouts Own was held, where we acknowledged the importance of thinking about and helping others.

The Beavers were collected and returned home. Thank you to the parents who said they had been following the blog and found it a great way to see what their Young people were up to.



Closing ceremony

The teams parade

We end with  Scouts Own

Good morning

Our bags are packed and we are breakfasting on bowls of cereals, followed by bacon sandwiches.

See you soon.

The four elements



Air, earth...

...water...

and Fire!

Evening



Dancing the night away

Setting off on our night hike - we WILL sleep well.

Alternative olympic events

Hands up, who applied for Olympic tickets for the quoits, welly wanging or hula hoop racing events?

If you answered yes but did not get them or no, well you are in luck, here is a sneak preview of the top competitors in training! Just look at the determination in their faces. They will do their colonies proud!

District Beaver sleepover

The Beavers have arrived and the activities are underway. Out on the field the "track and field" events are underway. Some interesting techniques are being employed!

Weather forecast this coming weekend

With Cubs pushing Go-Carts this Saturday and the Scouts cycling, camping and hiking in the Lightweight competition this Saturday and Sunday, we thought an up to date weather forecast may be appropriate:

This Weather Widget is provided by the Met Office

Back home

We are back! The young people have been collected, the Leaders are delivering the minibuses back to the schools they were borrowed from, washing machines are whirring into action all over Ware, baths are filling and happy memories of ITTH 2012 are being shared with family. We had a great time.

ETA - UPDATE

The Ware ITTH minibus, that is dropping Hannibal off, has just left Cambridge and anticipates being back in Ware between 6.15 and 6.30pm.

ETA

The St Albans contingent have just left the Leciester Forest East services. Their ETA is 5.30pm with traffic. Us , in the Ware contingent, with our longer journeys are expected to arrive in Ware at about 6pm.

***Please can you leave  can you leave the section of road outside the 3rd Ware HQ (opposite and either side of the gates) clear for the two minibuses and trailer to gain access into the HQ car park*** Thank you

Good-bye Orchard Farm

Final flag down and close of camp

2.30pm and the Ware buses leave - Good-bye ITTH 2012

Homeward bound

Well, the ITTH activities are sadly over for 2012, we are due to leave the farm after lunch, this will be at approximately 2pm and hope to be back in Ware for 6pm. See you there.

Inside and outside the rocks

Inside - Filling the time while waiting for a climb

Outside - climbing

Day 2 photo album



This is what it looks like when we select our lunch

 

Just add butter and a filling

Mark has spotted the lettuce!

Taking it very seriously

In front of Orchard Farm



Ollie assisting with climbing

The Leaders have to get to the top as well

Keep going

Wow!

Harborough Rocks



Cycling

Not so super photo of the super moon!
(It was taken on a phone)