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1^st Bishops Waltham Scout Group

The 1st Bishops Waltham Scout Group is part of the Meon Valley District in the county of Hampshire. We run groups for the Beaver, Cub and Scout sections of Scouting.

See the latest news on the left or About Us to find out more about the Group.

	We have two Beaver Colonies called Hawkeye and Malak. Beavers are between 6 and 8 years old.
	We have two Cub Packs called Diamond and Wolf. Cubs are between 8 and 10½ years old.
	We have two Scout Troops called Admirals and Gunners. Scouts are between 10½ and 14 years old.

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Find the private site at http://sites.google.com/site/bwscouts/. If you are a member of the Scout Group (or a parent of a member) please apply for a userid and you will see private information about previous activities and the upcoming programme. For contact details see About Us.

Latest News

Beavers celebrate 25 years

The new term has got underway and the Beavers have been very busy welcoming some new faces to the colonies and celebrating the 25th anniversary of the founding of Beaver Scouts.

They began with a games night. This allowed the new Beavers to get to know the existing ones, whilst having some fun and working towards their fitness challenge badges. The fun continued the next week with a joint colony meeting at Lyons Copse, the local Scout campsite. Here the Beavers were introduced to orienteering. Armed with only a map and their sense of direction they were tasked with locating a large number of coloured markers that had been hidden around the forest and fields of the campsite.

Cubs bonfire night adventure

Cubs Bonfire Night Adventure

Cub Scouts from Diamond and Wolf Pack took part in a night expedition and sleepover last month on Bonfire Night. Starting at the Scout Hut, we set off on a hike on the many footpaths around Bishop's Waltham, with our torches lighting the way on the dark night. Fortunately the weather stayed fine and during our hike we had a great view of the bright fireworks being let off across Bishop's Waltham and the surrounding areas. After the recent rain the paths were very muddy but it was a mild evening and it didn't seem very long before we all finished the hike by returning across The Moors to the Scout Hut.

cubs_playing_games2 Inside the warm Scout Hut supper was waiting for us and after changing out of our muddy clothes and boots we ate our hot dogs and drank our hot drinks. We had all brought our favourite board games and so we went upstairs in the Scout Hut and spent several hours playing games with each other, ranging from chess, Frustration, Giant Jeng
a to a complex game called Heroscape. Eventually, with midnight approaching, the leaders made the Cubs get ready for bed and we settled down on the Scout Hut floor after an exciting story from Chil.

The night went quickly and early the next morning we rose and had a filling breakfast of cereals and bacon butties before some more games upstairs until it was time to go home after the exciting night's adventure.