News from outside the group
Our scouts spent a night under the starts on Friday, getting something of a feel for the challenges of being homeless.
They spent the night in variously sturdy cardboard box creations which they cobbled together.
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Seventeen of our scouts were joined by one from Seal to enter this year’s Plender Hike – our biannual district incident hike.
This time it was hosted by Westerham Scouts in the hills above the town. The teams navigated from base to base undertaking challenges at each one.
By the end of the evening they had
All while hiking for eight miles!
We finished the hike at Waylands Scout Campsite, where everyone camped
Photos are somewhat limited as our leaders we out on a base, but here are a selection that we did manage to take..
We are delighted to say that our teams finished first, second and tenth. Well done!
2016 is the cubs 100th birthday… Continue reading Cubs 100 – The Wildest Birthday Ever!
“Every young person deserves an adventure” & that is what 30 4th Sevenoaks Cubs did today at Lower Grange Farm the Kent Scout HQ! Climbing, Zorbing, pedal carting & much more. Thanks to all the parents, leaders and young leaders that gave up their afternoon.
We have just got back from a really successful camping skills weekend.
The programme was on Saturday
The menus our teams cooked in the competition were
Stags: Homemade tomato soup / Chicken curry with rice and flat breads / Grilled bananas with chocolate filling
Foxes: Kebabs made with chicken, red peppers, onion and mushrooms / spaghetti with tomato sauce with meatballs and cheese / pancakes topped with fresh fruit
On Sunday, after an early start as the clocks had sprung forward
The scouts did very well and all enjoyed, what was for many of them, their first camp as scouts. Maggie and Natasha did an excellent job as patrol leaders too.
A huge well done and congratulations to the 11 Cubs who were presented with their Silver Awards on Friday!
This is the only photo I was sent – If you have more photos send them to 4thsevenoaks
Scouts Victorious! Our team of scouts won the District Plender Hike last night – successfully navigating their way around the Kemsing course of a clear but chilly October evening.
Update: Thanks for the extra photos Carl. More photos and details of what happened in the event to come!
A big thank you to Peter and the team for organising it. The one downside of winning is that it will be us that organise it next year 🙂
100 beaver scouts from Sevenoaks district hiked to the 4th Sevenoaks grounds. They then experienced a year in a day, with lots of sun, water, sun lotion and paint plus a dollop of fun and then after a camp fire sleeping in patrol tents in the grounds…
Here is the County update: County Communication.
The group has also received a nice write-up in the summer parish magazine. See the Saint John the Baptist website
Here is the June Newslink – which features us quite extensively 🙂
Here is the County update: June County Communication.
