{"id":18482,"date":"2026-07-08T13:49:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T12:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/?p=18482"},"modified":"2026-07-08T16:07:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T15:07:49","slug":"dartford-district-scout-carnival-2026-saturday-27th-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/?p=18482","title":{"rendered":"Dartford District Scout Carnival 2026 &#8211; Saturday 27th June"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This year 5th Dartford was representing India in the District Parade, with models of the Taj Mahal, Indian flags, girls in their Sarees, with the Scouts celebrating with their version of drummers with Punjabi Dhol\/Metal buckets &amp; wooden spoons. After the parade all the District Groups opened their stalls for fun and games. 5th Dartford had been asked to provide the central obstacle course, due to their pioneering skills. So the adult volunteers, worked together to design a course so that everyone could take part, with a few having many goes of the Funny Feet race, Up &amp; Under, Space hopper dash, Under the parachute, Slack-Line Cargo-Net and One Pole Bridge. In total 65 youth members took part in the challenge with the fastest of each age range being award a prize:-<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><br>Squirrels \u2013 Charlette \u2013 3rd Dartford<br>Rainbows \u2013 Maya \u2013 Fleetdown<br>Cubs \u2013 Eva \u2013 5th Dartford<br>Brownies \u2013 Remelley \u2013 2nd Dartford<br>Scouts \u2013 Neil \u2013 5th Dartford<br>Guides &#8211; ?<br>Explorers \u2013 Lucas \u2013 8th Dartford<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18485\" src=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/image003.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"838\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/image003.png 838w, http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/image003-300x197.png 300w, http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/image003-768x504.png 768w, http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/image003-457x300.png 457w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 838px) 100vw, 838px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18486\" src=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/image002-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"926\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/image002-1.png 926w, http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/image002-1-300x135.png 300w, http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/image002-1-768x347.png 768w, http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/image002-1-500x226.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 926px) 100vw, 926px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-18487\" src=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/image001-2-1024x289.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/image001-2-1024x289.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/image001-2-300x85.png 300w, http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/image001-2-768x217.png 768w, http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/image001-2-500x141.png 500w, http:\/\/www.5thdartfordscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/image001-2.png 1212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year 5th Dartford was representing India in the District Parade, with models of the Taj Mahal, Indian flags, girls in their Sarees, with the Scouts celebrating with their version of drummers with Punjabi Dhol\/Metal buckets &amp; wooden spoons. 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