Group Camp,1st Wigton Baden-Powell Scouts Scout Land and the woodland owned by 1st Wigton Baden-Powell Scouts reverberated to the excited sound of Beaver, Cubs and Scouts enjoying meetings once again. Cubs and Scouts enjoying meetings once again. Beavers have been exploring, had a scavenger hunt and learned about the many animals and birds on Scout Land. Meanwhile, Cubs have been fire lighting and cooking, with a week of den building for the newest Cubs. Scouts had a fire competition to see who could light their fire the fastest and get it burning high enough to burn through a piece of rope, they have also each gutted a fish and then cooked it in newspaper over a fire, whilst older Scouts grilled their fish directly over the fire.
Andrew Thomas Gazette columnist Andrew Thomas is talking all things Westmorland.. ON a visit to Kendal’s twin town Rinteln some years ago a German friend who was showing me around indicated a statue of Kaiser Wilhelm 1 and he said whenever he returned to the area it was seeing the monument on a hill that made him realise he was home again. Which local landmarks or characteristics about the place where we live give us a real sense of belonging? Over the years when I have returned to Kendal from other parts of the country or from abroad it is the sight of Farleton Knott, rising above me to my right as I drive along the M6, that makes me feel I am back home.
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