All Outdoors!

Last Thursday our Beavers and Cubs headed over to Duke’s Covert campsite to enjoy an evening in the great outdoors. Whilst it wasn’t a joint meeting as such, it was great to get everyone outdoors in the fresh air.

Beavers had a great time using the knots they had practised before half term. The challenge for the evening was to make a shelter. Danny helped the Beavers decide the best place to put a shelter, how to use our new shelter building kits (thanks Mark and Sarah) and where to find extra materials to make the shelter top notch.

While Beavers were busy den building, Cubs were learning about the different types of tree we have at Duke’s Covert. Chil (Cub's Young Leader) planned a session including bark and leaf rubbing, tree identification as well as measuring trees to get an idea of how old they might be.

Of course the session finished with some games played all together under the. Next week Tic Tac is looking forward to the Big Bug Hunt, an annual event which sees Beavers and Cubs try to find as many different minibeasts as possible.

1st Caythorpe and Duke’s Covert is a rural Scout Group, usually meeting at Caythorpe Village Hall on Thursday evenings in Lincolnshire schools’ term time. We currently have spaces for girls and boys in Beavers (aged 6-8) and Cubs (aged 8 to 10 and a half). Please email 1stcaythorpe@granthamscouts.org.uk or call our lead volunteer on 07921 213474 to find out more.