On Saturday 17/7/04, Jop got married to Sarah. We all would like to offer our congratulations and wish them many years of happiness together.
Medals of Merit
On Thursday 25/9/03, the Group’s previous Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer finally got awarded Medals of Merit at our District’s AGM by one of our Assistant County Commissioners (it should have been the County Commissioner himself, but he didn’t appear). You…
Investiture
On Wednesday 9/4/03, the numbers in the Scout Troop rose dramatically when seven of the Cubs were invested into the Troop. The evening started with the Cubs getting their Moving On awards, their length of service awards and formally saying…
Ju-Beau-Lee Camp August 2002
Friday 23/8/02 We left in convoy to Beaudesert at just after 3 in the afternoon. It took us just under an hour to get there. On arrival, we were directed to our sub camp and met our sub camp chief,…
Group AGM – June 2002
At this year’s Group AGM an era ended as the current Group Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer retired after 19 years with The Group. Mike, Irene and Maureen, were presented with some lead crystal glasses, some flowers for the ladies and…
Hike near Errwood Reservoir
On Sunday 24/2/02 we went for our first hike of the year near to Errwood Reservoir in The Peak District. The weather forecast was not too good, but we went anyway. The area had a light covering of snow, but…
Camp at Kibblestone
On Friday 8/2/02, we went to Kibblestone for a weekend ‘camp’. I say ‘camp’ as the Scouts were staying in The Outpost and the only people actually camping were myself and one of the Ventures! For anyone familiar with The…
Minibus Vandalism
On Sunday 7/10/01 I had to go to the hall to check over our minibus so it would be ready for use for our forthcoming camp. Unfortunately, some vandals had broken into it, set fire to the seats and ripped…
Hoe Down 13/10/01
This hoe down was a bit of an end of an era. The caller, Cyril, who we have used for the last twenty years or so had decided to call it a day, so this was his last hoe down…
Ice Skating At Altrincham
On Wednesday 26th September 2001, we left Porthill at 7:00 pm en route for Altrincham Ice Rink near Manchester. When we eventually arrived at our destination, we had to wait for a while for Jop because he was running late…
London Trip 3/8/01 – 6/8/01
Friday 3/8/01 Everyone met up at my house at 10.45 and we left, on time(!), at 11.00. There were eight of us – Mat & Antony (Scouts), Tony, Carol & Michelle (Ventures) and Dave, Jop and myself (leaders). The actual…
Indoor Climbing
In May we went indoor climbing. We went to the wall, which is in Stafford Scout Group’s hut. When I first saw the wall I thought it was small, but some of the routes which had been planned were quite…
