Easter Incident Hike and Team Challenges
The end of the Spring term came round very quickly and before we knew it, it was the last meeting before the Easter break for our Beavers, Cubs and Scouts.
Beavers and Cubs joined together for the evening, taking part in an Incident Hike around Caythorpe Village. With bases dotted outside various houses and in the village hall garden, teams firstly listened carefully to instructions and a safety briefing before heading out with leaders and parents to take on their challenges.
Bases included map and compass work, crossing the road safely, an obstacle course relay, an egg pass (finding eggs – real and fake – in a bucket of wood shavings), skittles and soft archery (watch the windows!).
Huge thanks to Akela who once again organised all the volunteers, parents, Beavers and Cubs so that everyone knew what they were doing. We’d also like to thank our Explorer Scout Young Leaders and Scouts who helped set up and run various bases, and the parents who set up bases in their front gardens ready for our Beavers and Cubs to visit.
Biggest thanks of all, of course, go to the Easter Bunny for delivering loads of Easter Eggs for our Beavers, Cubs and helpers to take away at the end of the evening :)
Just as the Beavers and Cubs were heading homewards, the Scouts arrived. They collected a few tents and headed over to the playing field where they were challenged by the leaders to put up tents, in fading light. To add to the challenge, each team had a nominated leader who had to stand ten steps away from the activity and guide the rest of the team on how to put up the tent, without coming anywhere near the tent! This needed great communication, listening and leadership skills, even more so as darkness fell. It’s fair to say, some tents went up and came down far more quickly than others! Well done to all our Scouts for completing the challenge.
We’d like to take this opportunity to wish all our Beavers, Cubs and Scouts an enjoyable Easter break and look forward to seeing everyone again on 1 May (meetings on 24 April are cancelled due to the village hall being decorated).
