Month: August 2023

Autumn Term Programme 2023

29th August 2023 (updated 29th August 2023) | By Sean Edwards

A new term means a new programme which is now available on OSM or available below. Watch out for details about summer camp which will be released soon!

Date	Activity	Location	Other Details
04/09/2023	Paracord Woggles / Welcome Back	4^th Worth	Uniform
11/09/2023	Tomahawk Throwing / Pioneering Challenge	4^th Worth	Uniform
18/09/2023	Escape Room / Investitures	4^th Worth	Uniform
25/09/2023	Dance Evening & D of E Presentations	4^th Worth	Uniform – Parents Invited for D of E
02/10/2023	Ballista’s Pioneering Challenge	4^th Worth	Uniform
09/10/2023	National Police Helicopter Tour / Fencing	Redhill & 4^th Worth	Details to follow
16/10/2023	National Police Helicopter Tour / Fencing	Redhill & 4^th Worth	Details to follow
23/10/2023	Half Term – No Meeting
30/10/2023	Halloween Games @ Stanford	Stanford	Fancy Dress
06/11/2023	Team Building Challenges – Communication	4^th Worth	Uniform
13/11/2023	Backwoods Cooking Pizzas	Stanford	Warm Clothing
20/11/2023	Basketball	TBC	Sports Clothing
27/11/2023	Self Defence Evening	4^th Worth	Sports Clothing
04/12/2023	Christmas Cooking with Phil!	4^th Worth	Uniform
11/12/2023	Christmas Party	TBC	TBC
18/12/2023	Christmas Break – No Meeting

Date	Event	Other Details
07/10/2023	Downsman Hike	South Downs
29/09/2023 – 01/10/2023	Survival Camp	Stanford Scout Campsite
01/12/2023 – 03/12/2023	Winter Camp	Bentley Copse
29/03/2024 – 01/04/2024	Mountain Activity Camp 2024	North Wales (Cornel)

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Silver D of E Qualifier Weekend – 2023

29th August 2023 (updated 29th August 2023) | By Sean Edwards

Congratulations to both of our groups who successfully completed their D of E expeditions in the New Forest this weekend. Walking around 60km over the 3 days, the teams also demonstrated teamwork, navigation skills and excellent camp craft.

We had excellent weather and both teams actually looked like they were having fun most of the time!!!

A few photos are below.

Summer Camp 2023 – Yorkshire

3rd August 2023 (updated 3rd August 2023) | By Sean Edwards

This year 23 Explorers from Shackleton ventured to Yorkshire with Drake ESU for a joint summer camp. In total, we had over 50 people in our party!

We set off in minibuses on Saturday 22nd July and on arrival at Thornthwaite Scout Camp, we setup our site and had a quiet evening on site and cooked our first dinner.

On Sunday, we sent out our D of E Gold practise expedition. Others on site did some onsite activities including crate stacking, caving ladder and wobbly pole!

On the Monday, we had a day trip into York before setting out on on overnight expedition on Tuesday and Wednesday passing over Whernside Ridge. This turned into an eventful day where a medical incident resulted in us summoning mountain rescue to extract a party member (they are safe and well and undergoing further medical tests to understand what may have caused it!)

Later in the week, the groups split into 3 groups, one canoeing, one cycling and one climbing. This continued for 3 days and before we knew it, it was time to pack up and come home.

Summarising the camp as a challenge is probably an understatement – all of our Explorers did us proud and showed true resilience through some difficult situations. They adapted and just got on with what was needed – they were a credit to the unit.

End of Term BBQ

3rd August 2023 (updated 3rd August 2023) | By Sean Edwards

As is tradition, we celebrated the end of the summer term with a BBQ and water games. At the start of the meeting, we allowed the Cubs to take on the Explorers in a game of musical hoops which quickly descended into the Cubs soaking the Explorers thoroughly with their water guns!

We also played a few other water based games before much food was consumed cooked by the leadership team.

We hope you all have a great summer and see you next term.