This years St. George’s Day Promise renewal will be during a campfire at Hesley Wood on Saturday 25^th April.  Once again we have decided to make a camp out of this event, and this year we will be helping at the Beavers, Cubs and Scout activities on Saturday, and on Friday evening helping run a base at a night hike with incidents run for the Scouts.

Friday

19:00                              - Arrive Hesley, pitch tents etc.

20:30                             - Fun Night hike running bases for the scouts

                                          Either sleep at Chapeltown HQ or back up to the             

                                          Fellowship Chalet - after supper of course.

Saturday

08:30                              -Breakfast

9:30 -12:00                      - Helping set up and some free time

12:00                               - Lunch

13:30 – 17:30                  - Leading a team of Scouts/Beavers/Cubs with their

                                          Activities, and joining in of course

17:30                              -Light Snack Meal

18:30                              -Camp fire and renewal of Promises

20.00                               - Evening Meal

21:00                              -Explorer Scout meeting/Forum

22:00                                -Supper and ‘Singstar’ if you want to of course

Sometime much later       -Go to bed ......

Sunday

09:00                              -Get up and have Breakfast

10:00                               - Free time                             

14:00                              -Strike camp and go home

Options

Because we want as many of you as possible to attend for as long as you can, we've come up with the follpwing options:

Staying the whole weekend at Hesley, including helping out at the night hike and taking part in the District Fun Event = £16.50

Same as above but sleeping on floor at Chap HQ after helping at Night Hike, then up to Hesley before lunch = £13.50

Arriving Saturday afternoon to take part in District Fun Event, then staying until Sunday afternoon at Hesley = £10.50

Taking part in the District Fun Event only = £3.00

Helping at Night Hike only, including stopping at Chap HQ if needed = free

Attending Campfire and Promise Renewal only = free

This week’s meeting will be in Greno Woods – but at a different location!!

Meet in the Car Park off Woodhead Road at 7:30, we will be finished at the same place by approx. 9pm.

Please wear clothing suitable for the weather, including boots or trainers with a decent grip, as we’ll be walking quite a distance, and bring a torch!

 If you’re coming by car, drive past the Scout HQ, then turn right onto Main Street.

Follow Main Street past the Church, Chip Shop and Old Red Lion pub. Keep going for around ¾ mile, where you will find a Car Park on your left, hopefully with a Leader or 2 waiting for you…

Thanks to all the Explorers who helped out at Hesley last Friday. Between us we managed to make 4 bases for alter fires – not bad as that’s exactly how many had been prepared for us! We reckon we could have done more if there was more stuff available.

Thanks to Pam for bringing us our chips for lunch, and Beth for making us laugh with her outrageous outfit…

There’s some pictures below if you want to see for yourself!