Spring scout activities

Last Updated on Monday, 23 May 2011 14:50 Written by Administrator Monday, 23 May 2011 14:46

Spring Scout activities 

The Scouts have been keeping fit over the last few weeks with a series of active evenings. First they had an indoor games evening with a variety of games including “chalk rugby”, the aim of which is to draw a chalk cross in the opposing team’s square. After much running around, the Scouts then exhausted themselves further by playing table hockey - not a nice gentle game on a table similar to table football, but another energetic game in which a member of each team has to stop the hockey puck from striking their upturned table in one corner of the Scout Hut, whilst attempting at the same time to score a goal by striking one of the other team’s tables in a different corner.

The following week, having recovered from indoor games, the Scouts ventured out to Wickham Common to play wide games. A strong favourite of the evening was Thor’s Hammer, a game in which the attacking team have to try to get the hammer into the base of the defending team. The defending team have to stop them by tagging their opposition and can win the game by capturing the hammer. And all this happens in the dark of the night, with the defenders trying to track down their enemy in torchlight.

Finally, having failed to exhaust the Scouts on those two evenings, the Leaders organised a night hike and sleepover. On a very foggy night small groups of Scouts set out with maps and torches and hiked from the Scout Hut along to Brooklands Farm and then continued to Upham via Winters Hill. They then trudged back to Bishops Waltham through the mud via Ashton and Northbrook. Having arrived back tired, wet and muddy, he Scouts warmed themselves up with hot chocolate before settling down for the night in the Hut.

All of that healthy exercise deserved a reward and what better reward than pancakes dripping with maple syrup, golden syrup, sugar, lemon…..makes me hungry just thinking about it, although I’m not so sure about the multicoloured pancakes – yellow? Yes, that sounds quite normal, but blue, green or pink? I’m not so sure! However I am assured that they tasted delicious!