Scouts and a few explorers are heading off today to Crawfordsburn, for the Northern Ireland Jamboree 2017. There will be young people from all over the UK and Ireland, and from as far away as Canada. The troop were asked to design a flag and shield for this event. PLs and APLs then decided which of the designs would be made and taken with us (see pics). Hope everyone has a good time, no matter what the weather! Keep an eye out on our Facebook post for updates throughout the week. 
We recently received a lovely card of appreciation from Julie from Ballymoney food bank. The food donated by the group weighed in at 89.65kg. Well done everyone!
Cubs were all geared up for the international trip. Once we landed and got camp set up Supper was the order of the day, with Kaa on the pots and pans. All sections and leaders had a pleasant evening in jammies and onesies before getting an early(ish) night for a busy day.
The next day, Horse riding, archery,Team building games were all undertaken with gusto. Upon their return after the big trek the explorers, scouts and cubs all took part in a mud run. Only word for it – Madness! One explorer undertook the challenge in his pajamas…. Mud baths and warm power-hosing then an evening in the cafeteria building with Skip on drums and Akela and Rudi having a go at guitars made up for the lack of campfire (weather was not clement!)
Camp clean up and pack up and back into the bus for the trip home. A fun trip for all…
Dragged along by their parents, two scouts joined the group to provide help and also have a go at being explorers for the day, joining the Explorer Unit in a hard trek over the Urris Hills.
Working on the Explorer Hikes Away Badge, the Unit took advantage of the lift going north and accompanied the Cubs on their Summer sojourn. Proving useful to help with the set up and running of the camp 🙂 We also took advantage of Inishowens well developed trails network to explore the Urris Hills. An area well known to modern day adventurers. We had a fantastic experience, and with many more adventures to be had in the locality we’ll be sure to be back.
All scout sections have been collecting food to donate to the food bank during the month of June. Today we delivered it to the food bank to Julie, a volunteer for the food bank, who was kind enough to give up her time to receive the groups donation. We hope that this raises awareness within the group that a food bank is such a vital part of every day life for some families in our local community.
