Thunderbird 2024

Last weekend, our annual Scouts Thunderbird Competition took place. The 2 day incident hike weekend, ran from Blanchland, seen 5 patrols of Scouts compete in several challenges ranging from first aid to traditional Scouting skills. This year the Thunderbird trophy…

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Paisley Challenge 2024

1st Chopwell and 1st Blaydon jointing won this year’s Paisley Challenge competition. The adventure afternoon in Chopwell Woods had the Cubs taking part in 4 different challenges, working together as a team to earn points. Activities included soft archery, pirate…

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District Scout Orienteering Night

Over 50 Scouts form three of the District Scout Troops (1st Winlaton, 1st Blaydon & 2nd Crawcrook), took part in a joint Orienteering training evening at Gibside NT on Tuesday night. Along with enjoying game of capture the flag and time to socialise…

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District Cub Camp 2020

Over 30 young people enjoyed our Christmas themed Cub Camp at Moor House this month. Along with our own activities including crafts and backwoods cooking, young people also had a chance to do some archery, crate stacking and caving in…

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Paisley Challenge 2019

Back for 2019, our district Cub competition was more popular than ever, with 6 teams from across the district taking part. This year, the theme of witches and wizards took us to a magical land, challenging our mental and physical…

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Empire & Flag Weekend at Beamish

Empire Day was first celebrated in 1902 and was traditionally held on 24th May on the birthday of Queen Victoria. The day was intended to encourage people, especially children, to be aware of their duties as citizens of the British…

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Cub adventure camp at Moor House

30 young Cub Scouts enjoy a weekend of adventure at Moor House for activities including climbing, archery and bushcraft. The weekend started on Friday 22nd February with an evening of puzzles and wide games. Our Young Leaders did fantastic at organising 30 Cubs into teams in the bitch black! Saturday was our big adventure day, with three rotational…

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