A lucky break in the weather meant for clear skies and perfect walking conditions as we set off for our evening/nighttime ramble around Berkshire this Saturday, and later the Scouts got to try their navigation skills in the dark.
The heavens opened overnight while we slept, but by the morning, the rains had stopped again and we all had bacon butties, before packing up and heading home.
Last Saturday, 12th April was the annual Berkshire 3 Towers Hike. (http://www.hike.org.uk)
This year, the 3rd Reading entered 7 teams –
3 Scout Teams (25km)
1 Scout Plus Team (40km)
1 Explorer Team (45km)
2 Adult Teams (20km)
Perfect walking conditions greeted all the hikers, and everyone made it round in great time.
An extra-special mention goes to our Scout-Plus walkers, who this year came first place in the 40km (24½m) hike, acheiving a round-trip time of an amazing 6h 50mins. Way to go guys!
So the results
Scout Hike (25km)
Alfie’s Angels : Gold Award – 6h 4mins
More Southview Strolling – Silver Award – 6h 33m
Fantastic Four – Bronze Award – 7h 51m
Scout Plus Hike (40km)
Crazy Buddahs Plus – Gold Award (& WINNERS) – 6h 51m
Explorer Hike (45km)
We Forgot our name – Silver Award – 9h 11m
Junket Hike (20km)
Hares – Silver Award – 5h 21m
Tortoises – Bronze Award – 5h 49m
This years Easter Camp took us for a long weekend to the Walter Davies Scout Activity Centre near Stoke Poges.
Despite being a little wet, we still managed to cram in 3 days worth of fun-packed Scouting activities – fire making, cooking on fires, survival skills, knife and axe work, sleeping in hammocks, leadership skills, crate stacking, aerial runway, friendship bracelet knotting, swimming and some great team games.
This week we ran a combined session for both the Wednesday and Friday scouts. We all went ice skating at the John Nike Ice Rink in Bracknell.
Can’t say there were many Torvill and Dean’s out there, but we all had a great time!
