Being a Cub, Scout, or Guide opens up a world of opportunity – and local young people have seized that chance to enjoy success and develop as people down the years. One example was when canoeists from 1st Kendal Scouts and Guides were national champions in 1989 after success in the National Scout Canoe Championships on Windermere. The event was part of the National Scout Marathon. PARADING: Kentdale Scouts taking part in the St George’s Day Parade in Kendal in 1993 Five competitors from Kendal became champions out of 130 entries from all over the country. A stiff breeze down the lake was in the competitors’ favour. But it made conditions choppy on the juniors’ six-and-a-quarter-mile course and seniors’ seven-and-a-half-mile course from Bowness Bay to Fellfoot Park.