On Wednesday 9th May Winlaton Beavers went for a walk in the Woods starting at the Thornley Woodlands Centre. 
They had great fun exploring, taking texture rubbings, finding woodland creatures carved into trees and logs, finding different leaves and also collecting as many fir cones as they could in a minute. It was also an opportunity to invest one of our new Beaver Scouts.

After completing all the required stages of the art badge , Chopwell cubs were allowed to go a little abstract. Armed only with paint , paper and a plastic straws , they created masterpieces on the paper … and the table , floor , themselves and any leader that got too close !

Blaydon Scout District were again proud to support our neighbours in Northumberland Scout County at at Newcastle Gang Show, which was held from 1oth – 15th of April. Although the six shows were on at the People’s Theatre in Heaton during Easter week, there have been a considerable number of people from Blaydon Scout District involved in the show for many months.
Explorer Scouts Lucy, Jess and Stef were members of the cast and earned either their Performing Arts Activity Badge as new members of the cast or their Activity Plus Badge (Performing …

On Saturday 17th March, 1st Winlaton Scout Troop (plus two Explorer Scouts from the Phoenix Explorer Scout Unit) visited the high ropes course at Aerial Extreme just outside Bedale in North Yorkshire.
Despite a few showers, most of the fantastic high ropes course was completed without too many incidents – although one Scout Leader did have a scramble to get back on the course after a slip and the other Leader managed to get whacked on the head by an attachment device!
There were a 25 challenging sections which gradually got higher …

You may or may not be aware that Blaydon Scouts has a thriving troop based on Delacour Road, Blaydon, holding weekly meetings for Cub Scouts on a Monday evening and Beaver and Scout sections on a Tuesday evening.
These meetings are heavily subscribed, with waiting lists held for all sections, due to the fact that the young people attending thoroughly enjoy the activities provided. However with success comes the problem of supervision.
At present, the leaders are in a state of flux, with long serving members wishing to move on and/ or …

It’s that time of year again, Shrove Tuesday. To the majority of us, that’s pancake day and means that a lot of us will be filling our selves up on pancakes & sweet foods. Cooking pancakes is a tradition with all Scout groups, not just Chopwell. This year there was lots of treats on offer, and the Beavers also joined in with the flavour tasting. We even brought back our amazing Chocolate & Marshmallow pancakes as featured in the UK Scouting magazine - this is normally a treat we only have …