Cub outdoor activity day
Today, we had a special event for the Cubs, due to our attempts at organising a visit to the recycling centre falling through. Luckily, the excellent facilities of the Gloucestershire County Scout Centre are conveniently located in the village!
Nine cubs and one Scout (an honorary Cub for the day) came to the event. The weather was lovely, with warm sunshine.
We started with outdoor archery, then headed out into the woods for orienteering. The cubs took turns to navigate to each point, to allow them to develop navigational skills. Disaster struck when one of the markers went missing; we found the tree it had been tied to, but there was no sign of it… However, we quickly made up for it by using a protruding branch on the tree it had been tied to to mark our sheets instead. We stopped in a pleasant clearing for lunch, before continuing to the final marker, then back to the car park for pickup.
Everybody seemed to have a good time! And our thanks go out to the parents who stayed to help.