174th Derby Scout Troop

Winter weekend

We went on 10/02/12 to 12/02/12 As preparation for our adventure challenge, the winter of 2011, we went on a winter weekend in Rangemoor. The main activity was a large hike taking approximately half a day. We played sports as well, these sports included football, snowball fighting (with hardly any snow) and we also played pooh sticks at a random river we found on the colossal walk.We also watched a movie! The movie wasn’t very good. This was because the movie was boring at the start and by the time that everything had started to get interesting everybody was asleep. The actual walk we did was at spring bank 2012 (also long and tedious). Me (Jacob),Aidan, Milo and George were in one room and we had some sweets to share between us. I like it because it was really fun and I would love to go again. Fortunately we are going next year!!!!

Spring camp

We also went on spring bank and stayed till the Wednesday and at the end we had a firework display. Some of the activities included: the black hole, rifle shooting and abseiling. Every night we had a hot chocolate and a biscuit and it was lovely! We went on the 01/06/12 to 06/06/12

Written by Aidan, Jacob, George, Jordan (Wolf Patrol)

February 10th 2012

The spring bank camp was amazing, considering how it rained most of the time. But the activities were very good because we all played things like sumo wrestling and also bought lots of sweets. In spring bank camp all of us made new friends especially Kye because on the 3rd day Kye had found himself a girlfriend( who by the way payed us with millions [sweets] to keep quiet about it but failed).

Most of us have had a brilliant time because later on in spring bank camp there was a Disco and all of us were at the front having the time of are life as we danced to many of are favourite songs with our new friends. There were fireworks after the disco, which were SMASHING!

On the last day we had an incredibly long walk which took hours but when we arrived back in camp- lets just say that everyone were incredibly thrilled and yet felt healthy at the same time. On the very last few hours of camp we said good bye to all of our new friends and packed away all of our clothes and rolled up our beds to get ready to go home and of course the weather was really confusing because it rained and yet sunny at the same time.

Written by Daniel Shaw, Kye Berry, Milo Hutchinson, Mathew Bedford.

Cobra patrol, 174th Scout troop.

We had not been Sailing for around 10 years with scouts, here are some of the highlights from the 6 week course.

During the first week the scouts learnt the basic principles of sailing before setting up their boats ready to go onto the water. When they did make it onto the water the scouts had mixed results with some spending more time in the water than in their boats.

After the previous week the scouts had extra tuition on how to steer the Toppers to gain the best from the weather conditions. Most of them grasped this and were sailing across the water at great speeds. It was all going well until the rain came and the winds picked up. Its fair to say the majority made good use of their spare set of clothes.

The remaining weeks were spent practicing their skills in order to reached the required standards to pass the course.  Not everyone was successful, but many showed a vast improvement and have a good foothold for the next time we go out on the water.

After the trek down the long winding road we reached the campsite. After Settling in on the first night we pizza and chips we watched a DVD and went to bed.

The accommodation was ‘rustic’ and definitely without the usual home comforts, but the site is worth the sacrifice.

In the middle of no-where it is perfect for wide games, played at night these consist of attempting to reach a certain point without getting seen or heard.  We played for hours and got back to the hut thoroughly worn out.

We also went for a half day walk, and completed a home made orienteering course.  We also played some outdoor team games to pass the time.

Given the cold we did some indoor games such as balloon tag and there were a few hands of cards dealt during the course of the weekend.

The weekend was enjoyable, and we know where to find it for next time! (maybe!)

During 2008 the Troop attended Drum Hill Camp Site in Derby, this is the local campsite for our troop.

The activities that we did included :-

Assault course
Hot Air Balloons
Indoor Games

It was one of the coldest camps that we have been on with the temperature often dropping below 0c. This meant most of out activities were inside. We had a good turnout for this particular camp and proved a good taster for the Summer Camp.