Month: April 2018
A great turnout on Sunday to both celebrate the patron saint of Scouting and to help Castlerock scout group celebrate their centenary year.
Many thanks to all the kids and parents who came and to the leaders for their support.
(Please feel free to send me any pics you have of the day – especially beavers and scouts, my phone died…Lol be prepared!)
Congratulations to Sarah and Roma on being awarded their wood badge.
Additional Pics! – thanks Jackie
Cubs building!
This weekend a group of scouts completed their exploration of the North Down Coastal Path and Bangor as part of their expedition challenge badge.
After a final briefing at the scout hall it was off to the train station.
They travelled to Belfast Central, then changed to the Bangor line and disembarked at Holywood. The weather was fine as they headed off along the coastal path to their first stop, five and a half miles away at Grey Point Fort.
After exploring the fort and surrounding area, it was time to head on to Crawfordsburn Scout centre, to set up camp and cook dinner.
After tea (ball games and card games) they decided to head to Crawfordsburn beach for some chill out time.
Day two and the rain came. After sausage baps and breaking camp, the rain faired and they continued along the coastal path to Bangor. They spent some time exploring Pickie park and the harbour before treating themselves to a Burger King lunch (topping up their £3 meal allowance to really spoil themselves). Well deserved!
Final journey by train from Bangor to Ballymoney.
Well done to all! Looking forward to reading the reports 😀
Out and About
Ballymoney scouts have been out of the hall for the past couple of weeks now that we have lighter evenings! Last week they were out in the community doing some litter picking around the trim trail in Ballymoney.
We also spent an evening on Portstewart strand, where some parents joined us for a walk through the dunes and some fun on the beach.