On Saturday, the 5th Dartford Scout Group was asked to provide the pioneering activities for the Dartford District Scout Carnival in Central Park.  The 5th’s leaders, section assistants and parents helped build 6 structures for the young people in the community to tackle; the Beavers and Cubs, with the help of thier leaders and parents, dressed as Vikings and complete with a decorated Viking longboat, participated in the carnival parade.  The Earley Scout Troop was also victorious in winning the Scouts 5-a-side football competition, which put the cherry atop a great day, which I believe was enjoyed by all.

Special thanks to Maggie and the tea team who who kept us all hydrated on the events so we could focus on the young people having fun.

As always, we have some photo’s, but I can’t be everywhere at once, so please forward any other quality pictures, especially any of the Beavers and Cubs on parade to: jason@5thdartfordscouts.org.uk or on a cd in the Earley Troop mailbox at the hall.

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Friday 28th May saw @100 members and family from all sections of the 5th Dartford Scout Group descend on the Boyd Memorial Campsite in Henlow, Beds for our biannual Family Camp.  The weather was fine upon arrival and with the advance party having already pitched the marquee and set up the kitchen, the only thing for the families to do was to put up their own tents.

Saturday’s weather was changeable, with some heavy showers, but spirits were not dampened with a full programme of activities for the weekend, which included Pioneering, Archery, Climbing, Abseiling, Target Shooting, Kayaking, Raft building, Cardboard Canoe Building/Sailing, Quizzes, a Scavenger Hunt, Arts & Crafts, Kite Flying & Boarding, Trail Hunt and Wide Games.

Sunday was thankfully dry with a good breeze, which meant all the canvas dried out and allowed Ted “Cougar” Essex to treat us to a good old scouting campfire, with some new tricks thrown in too. 

As always this camp would not have been possible without the help of the leaders who put so much effort in to make it work, especially our camp leader – Tim Roscoe, but not forgetting the commitment of the parents and family of our members whoes continued support makes it all possible.

Here are some of the 400+ pictures taken and received thus far.  If you have more pictures, which we can publish, please forward them to me at jason@5thdartfordscouts.org,uk and I’ll publish the best ones.

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It was a grey, damp and often rainy day, which began for most at 08:30 at Sevenoaks station for the 17 mile hike back to Darford Central park on the 13th annual Jamboree On The Trail. 

If you have photo’s to submit, please email them to Jason@5thdartforscouts.org.uk and the most amusing printable photo taken by a young person, will win a mystery prize of some description.

Keep watching this post for more of the pictures taken by scouts en-route……..

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Today representatives from all sections of the 5th Dartford Scout Group attended a St George’s Day service in full smart uniform with the other groups in the Dartford District.  We assembled in Central Park at 10:45 for the 11:00 service  and then paraded around the town @ 11:40.

Thankyou to everyone who made the effort to attend this important service and to all the supporters who lined the streets to cheer us on.

Ted ‘Cougar’ Essex stepped in to lead the group in the parade as GSL Paul ran the London Marathon to raise money for the EllenorLions Hospice, which he did in @ 4 1/2 hrs .  Paul had challenged all sections to try and match his 26.2 mile effort in what ever way they could.

Each cub in the Collins and Leigh Cub Packs ran 2 laps of the park and 8 members of the Earley Scout Troop walked the 8 miles from Greenhithe back to the hall along the Thames.

Please forward any photo’s taken for our archive to me at  jason@5thdartfordscouts.org.uk; Photo’s should ideally be 600 x 800 resolution.  You’ll find a good Microsoft power tool for XP in our downloads section, which will do this for you.

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It all started with a spark in Teds mind; one that we probably all feel………….  We want to help those in need, but where does the money thrown into buckets actually go?  Then Ted heard about ShelterBox; an international disaster relief charity that delivers emergency shelter, warmth and dignity to people affected by disaster worldwide.  In short, ShelterBox is a family shelter and survival essentials in a box.  The Collins pack lead the way with young Angus walking to France – he walked continuously whilst on the cross channel ferry, which raised £100.  Fra baked her fingers raw making cakes and goodies, which she then sold to work colleagues.  The rest of the Collins pack then sold their services to parents for good deeds done in order to take their total to well over £400. 

GSL Paul heard how well the Collins pack had done and wanted to jump on the bandwagon to boost the monies already raised.  A plan for a Karaoke-Disco was hatched and came to fruition with a great turnout consisting of faces old and for just £2 an adult and a quid-a-kid.  Maggie organised a well stocked raffle with some fab prizes and the decks were managed by Stu, Fra, Dibs and Adam.

The final total is not yet in, but I’m sure that thanks to your valued contributions we’ve far exceeded the £490 needed to get our ShelterBox off to where it’s needed at the earliest possible date – whatch this space……………

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Today saw members from all sections of the 5th Dartford Scout Group enter in to the  annual Dartford district cross country run.  Thanks to everyone who made the effort to turn up on a wet and windy day and a very well done to everyone who ran.  The group scores are now in and attached below, but as far as the 5th Dartford scout’s group are concerned, this is how we did: 

6-7                        1st place group                            5th Philpott Beaver Colony

7-8                       3rd place group                            5th Philpott Beaver Colony

8-9                       1st place group                             5th Collins Cub Pack

9-10                     2nd place group                            5th Collins Cub Pack

10-10 ½               2nd place individual                     5th Leigh Cub Pack

10 ½–12              1st place group                             5th Burne Scout Troop

12-14                   3rd place group                            5th Earley Scout Troop

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