19th Maidenhead Scout Group

4 cubs from the 19th joined other cubs from around Maidenhead in the Sixers Activity day. They did activities:

• Orienteering
• Building charriots
• Cooking lunch on fires

• Blind circus skills.

At the end they raced their charriots. See pictures here and here.

As normal being a sponsored Group our Remembrance Sunday Parade was held at one of our Sponsoring Churches. This year we were at St Joseph’s church. We were joined by 1st Maidenhead Brownie Pack.

Maidenhead has a new District Commissioner – Nigel Bevan. He is responsible for all Scouting in Maidenhead.

Thanks to to the outgoing DC Ray Tucker for all his hard work over the last 6 years.

Term start dates are as following

Scouts: 10th September
Cubs : 8th September
Beavers: 16th September

Saturday the 16th saw the 19th Maidenhead Scouts descend onto the New Forest. Camping for a week at Ferney Crofts Scout Activity centre just outside Lyndhurst.

They took part in:- archery, climbing, abseiling, zip wires, crate climbing, bivouacking, adventure challenge, visit to Beaulieu Motor Museum, High Ropes and a trip to Lymington. During this time they had to cook their own meals, wash up and Sleep, even though they were cooking on wood and had the challenge to light the wood fires with wet materials.