How can you go caving in flat Essex on a troop night for only half an hour?
Easy, BYO. Armed with groundsheets, duct tape, tables, chairs and bits of removeable staging we built our own mini caving system for the kids to try out.
Fortunately I work in construction, and with a few trips round the office picked up enough expired safety helmets (after all we weren't looking at rocky cave ins, just the chance someone might lightly bash themselves on the noggin.
Tiger (the shop rather than the animal) supplied us with head torches at £2 each and bingo, a fun night has enthused them to go on a proper caving trip.
Whilst I'm happy to build caving systems and walk around tourist caves, I'm not sure how to break it to the troop of my love of small enclosed cramped dark places. Or lack of.
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I'm an ASL (Assistant Scout Leader) for 4th Rochford Scouts in Essex.
This blog is sharing what we as a troop do and some of the methods we use to teach!
We believe that scouting should be an everyday adventure, but we can't just meet once a week to do this - that's why we've got a weekend work crew where the scouts can learn new skills and make their HQ more to do with them in addition to the usual troop activities and camps!
This blog is sharing what we as a troop do and some of the methods we use to teach!
We believe that scouting should be an everyday adventure, but we can't just meet once a week to do this - that's why we've got a weekend work crew where the scouts can learn new skills and make their HQ more to do with them in addition to the usual troop activities and camps!
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