Scouts Hag Dyke June 2023 11 June 2023 (updated 12 June 2023) | By Callum D An absolutely fantastic weekend up at Hag Dyke! Weather was hot but a good breeze on the summit made it good for walking. Arrived up late on Friday for a supper and bed. Saturday was a great walk up to the summit over into the edge of Nidderdale and back round. The Scouts managed to use all their navigation skills throughout the day to both stay on track and use bearings, pacings, and triangulation to locate four WW2 plane crashes on the side of Great Whernside. On return to the hostel there was some napping after a long day, some games, and a BBQ in the evening. Sunday was some games in the morning, and the patrol leaders tracked down some geocaches the cubs lost a few weeks earlier. Finally everyone mucked in and cleaned the hostel top to bottom ready for the next lucky guests up there before heading down the hill for icecream and home. Overall a cracking weekend, everyone enjoyed it, and we really got the opportunity to reinforce and practice some tricky navigation. If you’re a Scout parent, click here to login and see more photos Fantastic weather for the walk up Nearly at Hag Dyke Briefing for todays walk. “Don’t forget hat, suncream, and lots of water!” The route for one patrol. Each patrol had the checkpoints in a different order. A view of the old lead mines, still visible over 100 years after closing Lion patrol just above HagDyke. What a view! Lion patrol leader teaching and passing on knowledge of navigation. A curlew chick we nearly stood on! Almost invisible in the grass. The view over the top and into Nidderdale Trying to stay cool at the crash site of a Wellington from 1942 Back onto the ridge line, Wharfedale back in sight Hag Dyke just within site for the first time since the morning Pacings and bearings; Wolf patrol hone in on the next crash site Finally Hag Dyke is close! It really does feel like a safe haven after a long day on the tops. Outside dining is a rarity at Hag Dyke Evening at Hag Dyke Walking home down the hill Another fantastic weekend completed at our very own hostel in the Dales!
Scouts win at the torch race again! 10 May 2022 (updated 13 May 2022) | By Callum D After the last two torch races in Otley got canceled due to covid, we once again returned to our annual district race. Ilkley Explorers retained the trophy for the explorer race, and 1st BR Scouts retained our trophy for thhe scout race. Fantastic result for the group and cracking effort from everyone there. A really tough race and everyone gave their all for a fantastic result! We even got into the Ilkley Gazette
Scout Updates | By Admin New Programme New programme published The programme for the rest of this year and the early part of 2016 has been published on the Programme page of the website. Please check out the things we will be up to over the next couple of months. If you have any questions, please ask a leader. https://1stbenrhyddingscouts.wordpress.com/programme/ 22 November 2015 Winter Camp – Kit List If your son or daughter is going to the Winter Camp then take a look at the suggested kit list. Camping in winter is a little different to the spring or summer, with the weather generally wetter or colder – or both. We have prepared a suggested kit list with ideas of the personal equipment… 18 November 2015 Remembrance Day Service This Sunday 8th November the Scout Troop will be taking part in the Remembrance Day Service and Parade in Ilkley. Please see below for details. The service and parade are an important event in our annual calendar, and we ask that all Scouts make the effort to attend as we remember those men and women who… 5 November 2015 Winter Camp November 2015 Sign up now to join us on the Winter Camp later this month. For the attention of all Parents, please see below links to a letter and permission form for the forthcoming Winter Camp at the Sconce camp site. Sconce Winter Camp November 2015 Letter Nights Away Permission Form Winter Camp November 2015 If you… 2 November 2015 Spooky walk across the moor this Friday 23rd October This coming Friday was will be doing a night hike across the moor from Dick Hudson’s pub to the Cow & Calf rocks. We will be doing a Halloween walk across the moor and parents are asked to note the following arrangements: Please drop your son or daughter off in the car park of the… 20 October 2015 Important information about subscription payments Parents are asked to look at these important letters about subscriptions for the Scout Group. Please click on the links below to download the letters. Scout Fees Letter 2015 Scout Subs form 2015 Attendance Payment Letter 2015 2 October 2015 Hag Dyke Weekend – 16th to 18th October 2015 The Scout Troop will be visiting Hag Dyke on the weekend of 16th to 18th October 2015. Please see below for details. Please click on the links below to download a letter about the forthcoming weekend visit to the Group’s hostel above Kettlewell, Hag Dyke. Also in the links is the permission form that you… 16 September 2015 New Autumn term programme published The new programme for the Autumn Term starting Friday 11th September has been published. The new Scout Troop programme has been published and shows the activities that will be happening each week between now and the end of November. Please visit the Programme page to see the details. https://1stbenrhyddingscouts.wordpress.com/programme/ Please also note these important dates… 11 September 2015 Scouts start back on Friday 4th September. The new term starts soon with the first meeting on Friday 4th September 2015 We hope you have all had a good summer holiday, and that those who went to summer camp in Holland have plenty of good memories to look back on. The new term starts on Friday 4th September. We will be meeting… 31 August 2015 Important information about bag collection from Summer Camp There is an opportunity to collect the camp week bags sooner than originally intended. The children’s camp week bags are returning to Ilkley this weekend and there will be an opportunity for you to collect them earlier than we originally advised. The camp week bags will be available to collect from the Scout Hut between… 8 August 2015 ←Previous Page 1 … 7 8 9 10 11 … 24 Next Page→
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Ilkley Half Marathon Support 16 July 202321 July 2023 The Scouts once again helped at Ilkley Half Marathon but running one of their water stations to keep the runner well hydrated. Luckily not as baking hot as last year […]
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2022 – Quick Review of our Scouting 31 December 202210 January 2023 In 2022 we managed to offer over 461 hours of scouting to our members, including weekly meetings, training, weekend camps, visits to our hostel Hag Dyke, and a massive and […]