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news! The next Monday Base Explorer meeting is Clair's "Surprise Evening" on Mon 26th March at Paddicks Patch, at 19:30 and finishing at 21:30. Not your average night at Explorers, come prepared for anything to happen! You are politely reminded about our usual Uniform Policy, and that a helmet and bike lights are obligatory when attending Scout meetings. Friday Base: Fri 30th Mar, "Final preparations for Snowdon" Next Friday the Friday Base Explorers will be doing their final checks prior to their Snowdon Expedition. Usual Uniform Policy please, and once again you are all reminded that helmet and bike lights are obligatory when attending Scout meetings! |
| explorer commissioner chatter Mon 19th March, "Drown the DESC opportunity" On Booking Lifts "I can take a few Explorers in my car if you book early". Hmm, famous last words, from Sunday I had the car full, so asked Richard's Mum if she could help us drive them down, which she very kindly agreed to. But by Monday morning we already had two cars full and still the "Please can I have a lift" text messages flowed in, so asked my good friend Carol at 1st, if I could nick the Yellow Peril. She happily agreed, so the rest of Monday I just kept confirming the beeping requests. When I arrived with the Bus, we filled it, not an empty seat. Some future planners this bunch are! Gnash, gnash.... On drowning elderly leaders Didn't manage to drown me, being a diver, swimmer and qualified lifeguard that probably wasn't going to happen, but did end up with a damaged rib in all the horse play (yes, I know Yellow Card, but when two burly 17 year old Explorers attack you from behind, there isn't much time to get your "Say no to bullying" yellow card out, even if I carried it in my bathers, and who the heck was being bullied here anyway! Mutter mutter...) However, it WAS a fun evening, special thanks to Liz and Stu for doing the herding and paperwork, and especially to Liz who agreed to be "tail end Charlie" and make sure those who had correctly organised 'rental transport got away safely with their doting parents, while I took the useless, un-coordinated, "couldn't even plan getting dressed in the morning" bunch back to their long suffering parents in the Yellow Peril. Mumble wheeze... Bill and Hazel on the Germany timetable The Germany Expedition members need to meet for final planning meeting, we had better invite the Rents too. Date TBD, Bill is away a lot these next few weeks so we will fit around his & Hazels schedule. Hum ho... St Georges Day, Sun 22nd April MANDATORY attendance. View the latest details and planned activities This is your 4 week notice to book days off from work, announce that you will not be going to Nanna's that afternoon, because you will ALL be with me from 8am - 4pm setting up and sorting out the St Georges Day activities on the Memorial ground, Woodford Park. I will NOT be best pleased if you don't turn up, and lame excuses about cleaning out animals, Sunday jobs, paper-rounds, given 4 weeks notice, are NOT acceptable either. Splutter, dribble... (Hmm! Ed says: DESC then shuffled off into dark corner muttering incoherently about rafts, sponges, paint and flags, and is helped into a nice clean white shirt with extra long sleeves with leather straps by two nice men in white coats.) |
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parish news! NEW! Loddon District St Georges Day Event, Sun 22nd April View the latest details and planned activities for the Loddon District Annual St Georges Day Event on the Memorial Ground in Woodford Park Woodley, on Sunday 22nd April 2007. Please note: All Explorers are expected to attend MANDATORY attendance. |
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@web Easter Eggs Albert? The Explorers Web Shop is your 7x24 available shopping answer for "sticks with 'orses 'ead 'andles" as well as Easter presents! Please remember to go use it because we will have real benefit at no cost to you! |
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@ctivities Hugh's Birthday Camp Fri 30th Mar - Sun 1st Apr Hugh's 16th birthday party celebration and an Explorer Led Camp, what a way to go for a spring week-end! PC Form Book Now! St Georges Day Sunday 22nd April Date: Sunday 22nd April 2007 Venue: Memorial Ground (with use of toilets in Coronation Hall), Woodford Park, Woodley Start: 13:45 End: 15:45 Main Activity Using the same basic format as the last 2 years (marquees, big rope, PA etc) we have seperate "starter" activities for Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers at 14:00. Then at 15:00 a Great Sea Trading Game and Pirate Battle commences involving all 7 sections of Scouting. (Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers, Network, Leaders and Fellowship). Details Please note: All Explorers are expected to attend Longridge WipeOut "It's a Knockout" Scout Event 7th May After last year's success we are looking for even more teams to take part to challenge previous winners the 12th Platoon Marlow Army Cadets. Come on Explorers! Click for more information Loddon District Centenary Camp, Phasels, 25-28 May 2007 £35 Explorers will be needed from midday Sat to marshal, guide, assist and generally help make the event happen. We will have radios (already ordered) our new flo-jo tabards, site-maps & knowledge of where everything is! On the Saturday 14:00 - 17:00 we are running the "Looking at the Present" activity session. Waterless raft racing and obstacle course.We wll also be running the Aerial Runway at this time. At end of each day we can have a go on any/all activities we wish; the authorised instructors will be provided after 8pm on both days. Details Outline Program PC Form Book Now! Please note: All Explorers are expected to attend Loddon District Centenary Activity Day, Woodley Precinct, Sat 7th July Aerial Runway For the Loddon District Centenary Activity Day we plan to run our Aerial Runway down Woodley Precinct! This would be an excellent project for the Explorers. Mark E and his Dad will need to be closely involved on the design and setup. Current suggestion is Mark's Dad's tower and two heavy vehicles as the anchors. Mark to purchase new bungy ropes. Colin to look at a clip and pulley rope system to pull Scouts to the top, then a leader posted at the top of tower to unclip the rope, let Scout descend free-style, then lower clip and rope end to be pulled back to start point again. This would save the complexity and risk of each Scout having to manually climb the tower. Gateway Our other plan is for a major pioneering project gateway with all the District's flags mounted on top of it at the Reading Road entrance to the precinct. Flags from all Groups will need to be borrowed for the day. Please note: All Explorers are expected to attend Scouting Centenary Sunrise, 1st August 2007, Paddicks Patch OK! I know the Explorers already have 2 Sunrise Events in our calender. BUT! For all those Explorers not able to attend either of those two Camps, we have a full blown local Loddon District Scouting Sunrise event here in Woodley at Paddicks Patch on the 1st August for the world wide renewal of the Scout Promise at 8am. Bacon sarnies supplied. Details Please note: All Explorers not on Expeditions are expected to attend at 8am for the Promise renewal Summary of previous: Bullying is NEVER OK Poster Anyone want to help on the Web or be next Web Master? Please buy our exclusive Loddon Explorer Unit leisure wear polo shirt Make sure you keep updated with the Scout Diary |
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Xpeditious IOW Revolution 2'007 Explorer & Network, 5th - 8th April £60
A fun action packed weekend designed for Explorers and Network, at a Bargain price. 2007 will be a special year with loads of missions, competitions, activities and plenty of fun. Participants come from all over the UK as far afield as Scotland. Details Young Leaders Easter 2007 Snowdon Expedition £40 Organised by Mick and the Friday Base team this YL Expedition is heading for Snowdon after some serious training in Wales! Hopefully we won't be seeing the nice yellow helicopter of the Mountain rescue services, if we all train properly and follow all the rules. Cost roughly £40. Details Book Now! PC Form Baden Wurttemberg, Germany, 7th - 14th April 2007, £320 The Easter Explorer Expedition is based at Rosendorf Nöggenschwiel (pronounced Nog-en-sh-wheel), just south of Baden Baden, within the southern part of the Black Forest in the Baden-Wurttemberg region of Germany. Details Permission to Camp Form Kit List “Golly” Camp with Ranger Guides Jul 26th – Aug 4th A combined Summer Camp between Loddon Explorers and the Hampshire Ranger Guides at their campsite near West Marden in Hampshire. Golly the ranger Guide Leader and their DC is hosting the Camp, Colin will be coming along to keep best of order, but what happens after that is anyones guess. Locally, there is plenty to do and see. The area itself is fascinating, but there will be plenty of life in the surrounding villages and towns as well hiking opportunities Details Book Now! PC Form "Dartmoor
Scouting Centenary Sunrise" The Summer Explorer Expedition will be to camp deep inside Dartmoor and watch the Centenary Sunrise over Dartmoor.Expedition & Camp 29th Jul - 8th Aug 2007 Opportunity to explore Dartmoor, and visit the local towns and shops. Locally, there is plenty to do and see. Dartmoor itself is fascinating, but there will be plenty of lif in the surrounding villages and towns as well. Details Book Now! PC Form At A Glance: Up and Coming Activities “Heads-Up”: Current Activities as a leaflet Current Bookable Activities Table Summary of previous: Gilwell Wintercamp, £35, Fri 5th - Sun 7th Jan 2007 |
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news! Monday Base: Mon 19th Mar, 19:30-21:30, "Swimming at Coral Reef" £4 The next Monday Base Explorer meeting is a Swimming Evening. Meet Monday 19th March at Coral Reef, Bracknell at 19:30 and finishing at 21:30, please do not forget your Uniform Friday Base: Fri 23rd Mar, 18:00 - 20:00 "Swimming" Next Friday Base Explorer meeting is Friday 23rd Mar, at 18:00 finishes 20:00 at Basingstoke Aquadrome Usual Uniform Policy please. You are all reminded that a helmet and bike lights are obligatory when attending Scout meetings. |
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Commissioner Chatter Mon 12th March, "Cooking" Cooking Skills Fortunately it was a fine evening, because the cooking was the real Scout variety, using the Altar fires and real wood! Stu's careful Stores Management was spiked by Colin placing several cubic yards of unwanted toys for a Car Boot Sale in front of the axes & saw cupboard! A bit of toy box mining soon uncovered the cupboard and the axes were retrieved. Surprisingly a good number of fires were then successfully lit, and several teams even produced very edible food from the intentionally limited selection of items on offer in a "Ready Steady Cook" type competition. Bill and Hazel on the Germany timetable The Germany Expedition members retired indoors to hear from Bill, Hazel and Colin on the latest planning for the various side trips and some detail on the main traveling arrangements. Dobby's brewery trip sadly turned out to be in Baden Baden (roughly the same distance from the campsite as North Wales is from Woodley. Oops! Never mind, good try! Other side expeditions initially planned by Colin, were also deemed to be similarly too far away for comfort, considering the distance already driven to the camp site. Luckily Bill had previous experience of the area and came up with some excellent plans for Gorge walking, a Waterfall boat trip, hiking, biking and general town visiting activities. The new Chubb safe, Pod tilting and leveling The arrival of the 1 1/2 ton Chubb safe into the Pod (Fet's slight over-kill on local security arrangements!) also posed a further problem to the already slowly subsiding and tilting Pod! Fortunately Mark E was on hand with a massive car jack and managed to correct the tilt, but not before causing great mirth when the safe pivoted on the existing props and lifted the entire Pod into the air like a surfacing whale! Luckily the escaping leviathan was quickly restrained by the giggling Explorers and Leaders then with blocks now correctly positioned everything came back onto the level again! Happy Birthday Dan Many happy returns to Dan, who was 18 on Saturday. Welcome to Adulthood! Your editor is pleased to have a sneak exclusive, Dan is to be offered the very first warrant in the District for an ex-Young Leader! Doubly well done than man! |
| Explorer parish news! NEW! Loddon District St Georges Day Event, Sun 22nd April View the latest details and planned activities for the Loddon District Annual St Georges Day Event on the Memorial Ground in Woodford Park Woodley, on Sunday 22nd April 2007. |
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£undraising At A Glance: Up and Coming Fundraising “Heads-Up”: Current Fundraising Activities Table Summary of previous: |
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@ctivities Hugh's Birthday Camp Fri 30th Mar - Sun 1st Apr Hugh's 16th birthday party celebration and an Explorer Led Camp, what a way to go for a spring week-end! PC Form Book Now! Loddon District St Georges Day Event, Sun 22nd April View the latest details and planned activities for the Loddon District Annual St Georges Day Event on the Memorial Ground in Woodford Park, Woodley on Sunday 22nd April 2007. Helium Balloon Spectacular Lynda suggested sponsored purple helium balloons, one for each Scout in the District (well over 1000) whether present or not, and then have a grand release, with the press watching, in the shape of the Scout Fleur-de-Lisle. There was some discussion on "authorisations" required for a mass helium balloon release, Lynda to investigate legal issues with the professionals who market the gas and balloons. Main Activity Arena Using the same basic format as the last 2 years (marquees, big rope, PA etc) we have an activity for Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers, then a Grand Final joint section event involving all 4 sections working together! All Explorers are expected to attend Stonker III ! Warmwell, Dorset, 27th - 29th April 2007, The Explorer Stonker is a wild week-end of fun and entertainment based at the WarmWell Holiday Camp in Details PC Form Book Now! Longridge WipeOut "It's a Knockout" Scout Event 7th May After last year's success we are looking for even more teams to take part to challenge previous winners the 12th Platoon Marlow Army Cadets. Come on Explorers! Click for more information Loddon District Centenary Camp, Phasels, 25-28 May 2007 £35 Explorers will be needed from midday Sat to marshal, guide, assist and generally help make the event happen. We will have radios (already ordered) our new flo-jo tabards, site-maps & knowledge of where everything is! On the Saturday 14:00 - 17:00 we are running the "Looking at the Present" activity session. Colin suggested he has some devious plans for waterless raft racing and obstacle course, probably combined! We wll also be running the Aerial Runway at this time. At the end of each day we can have a go on any/all activities we wish; the authorised instructors will be provided after 8pm on both days. Details Outline Program PC Form Book Now! Loddon District Centenary Activity Day, Woodley Precinct, Sat 7th July Aerial Runway For the Loddon District Centenary Activity Day we plan to run our Aerial Runway down Woodley Precinct! This would be an excellent project for the Explorers. Mark E and his Dad will need to be closely involved on the design and setup. Current suggestion is Mark's Dad's tower and two heavy vehicles as the anchors. Mark to purchase new bungy ropes. Colin to look at a clip and pulley rope system to pull Scouts to the top, then a leader posted at the top of tower to unclip the rope, let Scout descend free-style, then lower clip and rope end to be pulled back to start point again. This would save the complexity and risk of each Scout having to manually climb the tower. Gateway Our other plan is for a major pioneering project gateway with all the District's flags mounted on top of it at the Reading Road entrance to the precinct. Flags from all Groups will need to be borrowed for the day. All Explorers are expected to attend Scouting Centenary Sunrise, 1st August 2007, Paddicks Patch OK! I know the Explorers already have 2 Sunrise Events in our calender. BUT! For all those Explorers not able to attend either of those two Camps, we have a full blown local Loddon District Scouting Sunrise event here in Woodley at Paddicks Patch on the 1st August: Details Summary of previous: Bullying is NEVER OK Poster Anyone want to help on the Web or be next Web Master? Please buy our exclusive Loddon Explorer Unit leisure wear polo shirt Make sure you keep updated with the Scout Diary |
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Xpeditious IOW Revolution 2'007 Explorer & Network, 5th - 8th April £60
A fun action packed weekend designed for Explorers and Network, at a Bargain price. 2007 will be a special year with loads of missions, competitions, activities and plenty of fun. Participants come from all over the UK as far afield as Scotland Details Young Leaders Easter 2007 Snowdon Expedition £40 Organised by Mick and the Friday Base team this YL Expedition is heading for Snowdon after some serious training in Wales! Hopefully we won't be seeing the nice yellow helicopter of the Mountain rescue services, if we all train properly and follow all the rules. Cost roughly £40. Details Book Now! PC Form Baden Wurttemberg, Germany, 7th - 14th April 2007, £320 The Easter Explorer Expedition is based at Rosendorf Nöggenschwiel (pronounced Nog-en-sh-wheel), just south of Baden Baden, within the southern part of the Black Forest in the Baden-Wurttemberg region of Germany. Details Book Now! “Golly” Camp with Ranger Guides Jul 26th – Aug 4th A combined Summer Camp between Loddon Explorers and the Hampshire Ranger Guides at their campsite near West Marden in Hampshire. Golly the ranger Guide Leader and their DC is hosting the Camp, Colin will be coming along to keep best of order, but what happens after that is anyones guess. Locally, there is plenty to do and see. The area itself is fascinating, but there will be plenty of life in the surrounding villages and towns as well hiking opportunities Details Book Now! PC Form "Dartmoor
Scouting Centenary Sunrise" The Summer Explorer Expedition will be to camp deep inside Dartmoor and watch the Centenary Sunrise over Dartmoor.Expedition & Camp 29th Jul - 8th Aug 2007 Opportunity to explore Dartmoor, and visit the local towns and shops. Locally, there is plenty to do and see. Dartmoor itself is fascinating, but there will be plenty of lif in the surrounding villages and towns as well. Details Book Now! PC Form At A Glance: Up and Coming Activities “Heads-Up”: Current Activities as a leaflet Current Bookable Activities Table Summary of previous: Gilwell Wintercamp, £35, Fri 5th - Sun 7th Jan 2007 |
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