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Danielle: Scouting Vacancies
"Over the Christmas period whilst everyone has been enjoying their mulled wine & mince pies I have be" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Merry Christmas
"Well I hope our nearly, 1000 strong membership have a good break over christmas, in particular our 3" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: SMT Meeing
"Mince pies and cheesy balls, and another plan! We are really cooking on gas this week. now we can " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Meeting with Explorer Leaders
"How exciting a new DESC and a plan!" [Full Article] |
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Colin: Christmas Gathering
"Spent several hours with about a dozen people at the Ramanda Jarvis Hotel tonight for a small Christ" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Bag Packing!
"How pleasant it was to have my bags back by Dishley Scouts at Morrison’s this weekend. Nice to see " ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: Get your skates on!
"This evening that is exactly what 143 members of Loughborough District Scouts did!
With representa" ...[Full Article] |
| 16/12/11 |
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Colin: 150 odd people Ice Skating!
"150 odd people Ice Skating! Didn’t see much of them, I had to sit with a pile of 150 coats and bags" ...[Full Article] |
| 16/12/11 |
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Danielle: Wow, what a week!
"This week has been non-stop with Christmas parties, discos and many adult awards.
Tuesday night I" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Two for a Tenner with the QSA/DofE Gold group
"Well, spent the evening at the Plank and Leggit with Dave and Susan our new Leaders and the rest of " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Scout Tech
"Spent the afternoon with Dave our new DofE Leader sorting out logins and memory map, still not sure " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: 3rd Loughborough Leaders Christmas Do
"Spent an hour or so at the Oaks campsite this afternoon where 3rd Loughborough Leaders were having a" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Awards for Nanpantan
"Tonight I nipped into Nanpantan to award a Chief Scout Bronze award to a Beaver called Bradley. Wha" ...[Full Article] |
| 09/12/11 |
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Lisa: Maps and More
"Well, I feel very happy at the moment as I've just had two successful grant applications to fund new" ...[Full Article] |
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Andy: Now I can add Sandcastle Judge to my CV
"Popped along to 3rd Loughborough tonight to present a hard earned Bronze Award and ended up staying " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: District Exec
"The last District Executive meeting of the Year, development plan looks well on its way, district Di" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: DC & DDC’s Top Secret Chicken Meeting
"Today we all got together in a secret out of town chicken shop to discuss top secret things like St " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Visited the Appointments Advisory Committee
"Tonight the AAC was well under way with two lots of meetings going on, doubling the amount of people" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: DofE Seminar
"Another massive Scouty weekend! Today started about 10 o’clock with a DofE Seminar in Thrussington." ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Islamic Foundation
"At the next stop I met up with Byron for a meeting at the Islamic Foundation in Markfield, where we " ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: Lots of crazy questions
"This afternoon the Cubs competed for the Quiz trophy. With 8 rounds of questions ranging from entert" ...[Full Article] |
| 03/12/11 |
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Danielle: Happy Birthday Beavers!
"This evening 60+ Beavers attend the Pirate Party at Nanpantan Scout headquarters.
Everyone had a gr" ...[Full Article] |
| 03/12/11 |
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Colin: Shed Sorting and Car Loading
"A 10 am start to root around in the shed trying to get everything ready for the today’s action packe" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Cub Quiz
"Jenny, Jessica and I formed a team for the Cub Quiz and came third, rubbish quiz anyway! The only co" ...[Full Article] |
| 03/12/11 |
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Colin: Beavers 25th Party
"No sooner had the cubs all disappeared then it seemed that 70 beavers were running riot in front of " ...[Full Article] |
| 03/12/11 |
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Andy: Training, Quizzes and ...
"Full week of Scouting this week, in addition to running my own Section on Thursday night, I've been " ...[Full Article] |
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Andy: ... Shiver me Timbers!
"... so, the second part to Saturday saw a District Beaver Pirate Party! (That explains the costume b" ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: It's all coming together nicely!
"With plans well on the way for the forthcoming events, the run up to Christmas is looking like its g" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Module 16
"What a night! There must have been 16 people there tonight, all learning about why Nights Away for S" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Ground Breaking
"It was great to meet up with the Gold DofE group this lunch time out at Swithland Wood. Dave and Su" ...[Full Article] |
| 26/11/11 |
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Andy: Round 2: Loughborough
"Well, tonight was the return leg of the District Challenge trophy with Shepshed Beavers visiting 7th" ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: I followed the Bear!!
"What a fantastic day at the space Centre for Bear Gryll's visit!
There were loads of activities inc" ...[Full Article] |
| 19/11/11 |
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Colin: Chief Scout Visit to Leicestershire
"What can I say, over 1000 Scouts took the National Space Centre in Leicester by storm yesterday, It " ...[Full Article] |
| 19/11/11 |
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Colin: Chief Scout Visit
"Danielle and I spent this evening at the Space centre preparing the place for 1008 Beavers, Cubs, Sc" ...[Full Article] |
| 18/11/11 |
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Lisa: Happy Holidays!
"Well, I'm off on holiday tomorrow at some ungodly hour in the morning - I'll be back on the 26th (la" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Laptops and no Memory Map
"Well that should be Laptop without the s, 15 hours later and we are atill on the first one ... night" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Quartermaster Laws
"The District Flag has been returned and Mr Putt of 9th has just taken the fully repaired and functio" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Laptops and Memory Map
"I am considering spending the evening updating laptops with memory map and windows updates, but I ju" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: DofE Gold Session
"Well we have maps, we have two walking groups, dates, and two routes that now just need writing up o" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Thorpe Acre Cubs
"Spent 15 minutes with the Cubs and managed to decorate a Christmas tree ball for the festival that w" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Remembrance Day Service
"I spent the morning at Long Whatton taking part in the village’s act of remembrance, with Long Whatt" ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: Kegworth Remembrance
"This morning I attended the Remembrance Parade and Service along with Kegworth Beavers and Cubs. All" ...[Full Article] |
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Lesley: Castle Donington Parade
"I attended the Remembrance Day parade at Castle Donington, there was a good turn out from all sectio" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: Remembrance Parade
"I went with Lesley to Castle Donington and then also attended the service in my own village of Hemin" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: Paperwork!
"It's never ending? I seem to spend my life at this computer doing paperwork! Aarrghh - as the kids w" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Bonfire Night Hike
"Met up with Thorpe Acre this morning out at Hoton, about to set off on the way home back to Loughbor" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: The District Flag
"Linda was over this lunch time collecting the District Flag in readiness for all sorts of Services g" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: District Commissioner is back at his old group
"Had a great time covering for Ed yesterday at Long Whatton Scouts. While Jenny and a team of Scouts " ...[Full Article] |
| 04/11/11 |
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Colin: SMT Meeting
"Spent several hours discussing the finer parts of the district hopefully we are moving forward! " [Full Article] |
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Danielle: On your marks get set, GO!!!!
"This evening Jackie (District Exec Member) & I went to visit the Charnwood District Swimming Gala.
" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Top Secret Meeting!!!
"Well Lisa, Danielle and I managed to get together for some cake and coffee this afternoon, and I thi" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Decision made!
"Well it’s only taken since August but the DofE Gold/QSA Group have finally set dates and decided to " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Good food, good people!
"Well I popped into the ‘First Conference in Loughborough to Showcase Islamic Contributions to Leices" ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: LES Campfire at Fox Coverts
"This evening Georgie (DCSL) and I went along to Fox Coverts Campsite to visit Loughborough Endowed S" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Fresher Camp
"Well after spending hours speaking to loads of students from all over the world at the fresher’s fai" ...[Full Article] |
| 22/10/11 |
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Colin: LES First Group Camp!
"Well what a great afternoon and evening I had with Loughborough Endowed Schools Scout Group. It was" ...[Full Article] |
| 22/10/11 |
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Lisa: JOTA/JOTI
"Yesterday I visited 4th Shepshed who were hosting Jamboree on the Air and Jamboree on the Internet f" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Leaders Backwoods Camp
"I think this is my 4th visit to Stonepit wood campsite this year, however it was great to see leader" ...[Full Article] |
| 15/10/11 |
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Colin: Disco Light, Maps and Barrels
"On my way home from Maplin where I have just bought the best disco light ever where I now need to or" ...[Full Article] |
| 14/10/11 |
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Danielle: Team work with 1st Loughborough Beavers!
"I popped along to visit 1st Loughborough Beavers this evening and the Colony were undertaking team b" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Thorpe Acre Camp Visit
"A quick visit to see Thorpe Acre at camp at the Oaks, the best bit I understand was the hay box cook" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Fresher Bazaar
"Spent the afternoon at Loughborough Uni’s Freshers Bazaar, what a great afternoon, found lots of gre" ...[Full Article] |
| 09/10/11 |
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Colin: County Ball
"Well a table full of the District Team/ Exec enjoyed the Second Annul County Ball. A great night wi" ...[Full Article] |
| 08/10/11 |
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Kirstie: Sunflower Competition
"Being new to Loughborough - finding 3rd Loughborough meeting place took all my Scout skills to start" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: Training
"Attended my first Training Advisers meeting last night along with Jonny, Andy, Danielle, Claire, Bri" ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: DDC's Chippy lunch!
"Lisa & I decided today was a day for chips and had lunch together. Whilst discussing the training me" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Kegworth are on the up
"Well I sat in on what seemed to be a very productive Executive Meeting at Kegworth last night, they " ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: Chief Scout Bronze Awards
"It was an honour to be invited along to 3rd Loughborough on Wednesday evening to award Christian and" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: 1st Prize to Shepshed
"Well done to Penny and her team at Shepshed - they are the first group I have received all programme" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Day 2 – County Conference
"What an amazing breakfast, it was everything you could imagine, and then we went on to all the posit" ...[Full Article] |
| 01/10/11 |
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Colin: Patrol Leaders Training Weekend
"We managed to catch up with the PL’s weekend where around fifteen potential Patrol Leaders were bein" ...[Full Article] |
| 01/10/11 |
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Colin: No Scouting
"Mmmm .... No Scouting since Monday, thats going to stop soon!" [Full Article] |
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Colin: Day 1 – County Conference
"Had a rather splendid dinner with Tim as I call him, that’s Mr Kidd to everyone else, Chief Commissi" ...[Full Article] |
| 30/09/11 |
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Andy: Round 1: Shepshed
"Took 7th Beavers to visit Shepshed Beavers tonight for the first night of our trial-run for the Dist" ...[Full Article] |
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Kirstie: Coming Back With A Splash
"I returned to Loughborough by attending Splash Camp with Loughborough Explorers and 3rd Loughborough" ...[Full Article] |
| 27/09/11 |
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Colin: QSA/DofE Gold Group meeting No 2
"What a great night, some decisions were made, not sure what they are but Dave and Sue, the soon to b" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Emails & Badges
"Did a gazillion emails today, had a go at the Badge Machine. The Badge Machine is really cool! Than" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Top Secret Meeting 1
"Had a Top Secret meeting with Tony and .... ..... ...... ..... .... ....
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Colin: Top Secret Meeting 2
"Had a Top Secret meeting with Darren and .... ..... ...... ..... .... ....
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Colin: Splash Camp 2011
"Jenny, Jessica and I headed off about lunch time via the chicken shop. The Group we ran into first w" ...[Full Article] |
| 24/09/11 |
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Colin: 9th Loughborough Scouts at the Oaks for the day
"After Splash Camp we headed up to the Oaks and bumped in to Joe who was leading 9th Scouts through a" ...[Full Article] |
| 24/09/11 |
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Colin: Praise to the Oaks!
"Moving on a little from there I met a fella’ who was a GSL from Coventry, he was here with his group" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: 7th Loughborough Cub Camp
"Our next stop at the Oaks was 7th Loughborough Cubs with Pip and Lee looking after them while Linda " ...[Full Article] |
| 24/09/11 |
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Colin: Big Society Road Show
"Went to the Big Society Road Show this afternoon at Packington Memorial Hall, a small village out ne" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: The SAS are on the way!
"Spent the evening with Michael Cefai planning what the Scout Active Support will look like. The bes" ...[Full Article] |
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Andy: Beavers behind Bars!
"7th Beavers had a visit from one of our local Police officers tonight who explained about her job, l" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: County Commissioners CSA’s Evening
"What a great event with three Thorpe Acre Scouts getting their Chief Scout Gold Award, well done, ni" ...[Full Article] |
| 19/09/11 |
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Colin: Emails
"So far spent the day catching up on emails!" [Full Article] |
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Colin: Nanpantan Family Camp
"Spent a couple of hours up at the Oaks tonight with Nanpantan’s Family Camp, apparently over 75 peop" ...[Full Article] |
| 17/09/11 |
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Vicki: Hello from SCOGUI!
"Hello! I'm Vicki and I'm the Publicity Officer for Loughborough Students Scout & Guide Club, otherwi" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Moaning & Planning
"An afternoon of reviewing the development plan, we managed to get through Priority 1 in 3 hours, but" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Visit to 3rd
"Spent a couple of hours over at 3rd tonight, it was great to get out and visit for a change. The Be" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: District Team Meeting
"Well in between all the other exciting stuff we have to deal with this week we managed to get a team" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: 9th Birthday for Explorers
"Well I hope the Explorers have a great time tonight celebrating their 9th Birthday at Pizza hut, unf" ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: Skate Park & Pizza!
"This evening Shepshed and Long Whatton cubs took over the skate park at Southfields Park. With rolle" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Just when you thought you had a morning off
"Tony the District Chair and I got together for a Breakfast meeting, well I ate my bacon sandwiches a" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: 10th Anniversary of Belton and Hathern
"What pleasant afternoon spent at Belton School, enjoying B&H Scout Group celebrate 10 years, there w" ...[Full Article] |
| 11/09/11 |
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Colin: I was just about to take my boots off when . . .
". . . the B&H mob turned up to drop the Marquee and Sound System off. We managed to break two wheel" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Summer Camp 1983
"So being at Belton and Hathern’s do today got me thinking of photos, so as I said I was a scout at H" ...[Full Article] |
| 11/09/11 |
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Danielle: 7th Loughborough are in town!
"If you are in town today why not come along and buy a raffle ticket & some freshly baked cakes!! The" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: No Star Wars
"Well my Star Wars HD Blu Ray box set may not have arrived in the post this morning but two Wood Badg" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: No Victoria Sponges either!
"All the Victoria sponges had gone by the time I arrived at 7th’s Market Store in Loughborough, but I" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Saucepans for Donington
"Just when you thought it was safe to relax Ian from Castle Donington arrives to borrow some big sauc" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Quatermaster Laws! at your service!
"I then had to get the sound system out to check it before leaving about 10 minutes to draw how to pu" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Group Managers Meeting
"Well the Group Managers meeting went well tonight, I think. It was nice to see everyone and catch u" ...[Full Article] |
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Andy: New term, new colony!
"First week of term and a new start with 9th, played some games with the Beavers and then 6 left to m" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: Duke of Edinburgh
"It looks as though the DofE programme has really gone from strength to strength with the start of th" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Thank You BBQ
"Thanks to Jackie and Joe and their team for organising the Thank You Barbie today, thanks to the Oak" ...[Full Article] |
| 04/09/11 |
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Danielle: Shepshed Beaver Camp
"This weekend I joined Shepshed Beavers on their overnight camp. With 12 Beavers, 4 leaders and sever" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Scout Free Day - NOT!
"Was looking forward to a Scout free day, however have to get all the certificates ready for tomorrow" ...[Full Article] |
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Andy: Fun and Campfires!
"Visited Shepshed Beavers camping up at the oaks the night before the District BBQ. Had a quick check" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Top Secret Senior Management Team Meeting
"Tonight we welcomed Marie my new volunteer administrator who you will all hopefully get to meet over" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: BBQ and Randon Stuff!
"Jackie and Danielle came over today to raid my shed for this weekend’s thank you BBQ, a great opport" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: More Paper Work
"Only two more reviews, some expenses and a DofE book to do then caught up 'ish, yipee!" [Full Article] |
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Colin: Paper Work
"Well spent most of the day catching up on paper work. Paul returned some of the kit borrowed for 3r" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Long Whatton Village Show
"For the 10th year running it only seems like yesterday, anyhow the weather stayed sunny we had a ste" ...[Full Article] |
| 28/08/11 |
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Colin: 75 people on camp!
"Unfortunately it had been raining all day but this did not seem to dampen the spirits of 1st & 3rd B" ...[Full Article] |
| 26/08/11 |
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Lisa: 3rd Loughborough
"Danielle and I joined 3rd Loughborough and the Explorers for dinner on their Summer Camp at Drum Hil" ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: Planning, planning, planning!
"This evening Lisa & I joined Susan & Mike, Shepshed Cub Leaders, and their group chairman Ady in the" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Top Secret Meeting with Lesley & Margaret!
"Today at tea time Lesley, Margaret and I all met to discuss plans for the way forward with Appointme" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: The Chief Scout is on his way!
"Well tonight I was out at Blaby with the small group of leaders who are helping to organise all the " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Duke of Edinburgh Gold is on!
"Duke of Edinburgh Gold is on! - Nine young people attended the gold DofE meeting and are determined " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Things are picking up momentum
"Well spent the last week in-between work loading up the Charnwood photos to www.loughboroughscouts.o" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: LES Summer Camp - Later on that day!
"Well Danielle that was far too early for me! Jenny and I arrived at Walesby just after 7pm to see f" ...[Full Article] |
| 18/08/11 |
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Danielle: Loughborough Endowed Schools Scout camp
"This morning, early doors, I paid a visit to Walesby scout camp to see the Loughborough Endowed Scho" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: Explorers
"Well, I went to Explorers to meet with Laura, ACC Explorers. Jenny popped in to sort out some camp " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: A Slow Week
"Well it’s been a bit of a slack week, deliberately, I might add, bit of packing away from Charnwood," ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Charwnood 2011 - The Aftermath
"Well spent the last few days recovering from Charnwood, packing stuff away and going through the 6,5" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: Development
"Well, Danielle and I had a really productive meeting last night with Natalie, Regional Development O" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: Charnwood 2011 - The End
"Well it's 5.15pm and all the kit has now been loaded onto the van (more than once) and then re-distr" ...[Full Article] |
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Kev: My first Charnwood Experience
"Today I had the pleasure of being invited to visit Loughborough District Explorers, Long Whatton and" ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: Charnwood 2011 - Day 7
"The end of the week came round very quickly and Friday was sub camp challenges and chill out time fo" ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: Charnwood 2011 - Day 6
"Today was the Explorers and the Germans off site adventure day. Willi and Gerd went to Bosworth Batt" ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: Charnwood 2011 - Day 5
"Wednesday was visitors' day and Castle Donington Cubs and Beavers came to join in the fun with Archi" ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: Charnwood 2011 - Day 4
"With the Scouts heading for off site adventure and the Explorers in the Adrenalin zone it was an ear" ...[Full Article] |
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Andy: 'Ant'ics at Charnwood 2011
"Took 7th Beavers to Charnwood International Camp for the day, met Archie Ant and his friends (or sho" ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: Charnwood 2011 - Day 3
"Today saw the start of the activity zones with the scouts in the skills zone doing a variety of acti" ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: Charnwood 2011 - Day 2
"A day of challenges around the camp site started on our own sub camps, Ice & Jungle, with 50 challen" ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: Charnwood 2011 - day 1
"Final touches were made to the camp area, with all the gas connected and what seemed like enough foo" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Alex from Loughborough meets Bear
"Check this out - Copy and paste into a browser - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLA39YGUYl8&feature=" ...[Full Article] |
| 29/07/11 |
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Colin: Charnwood 2011 from the DC's perspective - Part 19
"So far this morning it has been great to see Alex meeting the Chief Scout on You Tube, however we pr" ...[Full Article] |
| 29/07/11 |
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Colin: Charnwood 2011 from the DC's perspective - Part 20
"Well we arrived on site just after midday; the Marquee went up quickly and well. The mess tents wen" ...[Full Article] |
| 29/07/11 |
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Colin: Twitter – Can’t even figure out why it even exists
"Today started with a fiddle around on Twitter, have no idea how it works at all, sent a message to G" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Charnwood 2011 from the DC's perspective - Part 15
"Making a list and checking twice. Any minute Jo will come flying through the door and Charnwood stu" ...[Full Article] |
| 28/07/11 |
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Colin: Charnwood 2011 from the DC's perspective - Part 16
"Well Jo arrived; we picked the van up from Kevs Vans and then went off to Sainsbury’s to stock up on" ...[Full Article] |
| 28/07/11 |
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Colin: Charnwood 2011 from the DC's perspective - Part 17
"By the time we arrived home Ed, Rhian, Danielle, Jack and the Newton brothers had arrived, which was" ...[Full Article] |
| 28/07/11 |
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Colin: Charnwood 2011 from the DC's perspective - Part 18
"A photo has come through of the fantastic flag Carys is making for the Explorers. Carys well done i" ...[Full Article] |
| 28/07/11 |
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Colin: Reminiscing about Light Weight Camping
"Well spent the morning trying to figure out how many light weight camps I have done since 1982, but " ...[Full Article] |
| 27/07/11 |
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Colin: Charnwood 2011 from the DC's perspective - Part 12
"Have shifted a gazillion gas bottles ready for the delivery later on today, managed to salvage a fe" ...[Full Article] |
| 27/07/11 |
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Colin: Meeting at the Bangladeshi Social Association
"It an attempt to expand and widen participation in our District I had a very positive chat with Hiro" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Charnwood 2011 from the DC's perspective - Part 13
"13 gas bottles were delivered today, the Driver told me he had just dropped off a 100 at Whatton Hou" ...[Full Article] |
| 27/07/11 |
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Colin: Charnwood 2011 from the DC's perspective - Part 14
"Well just as I thought it was all over for the day I decided to have an afternoon kip to which I was" ...[Full Article] |
| 27/07/11 |
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Colin: Young Leaders Certificates
"I had time to print 20 odd Young Leaders Certificates in between everything else; hopefully we can a" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Charnwood 2011 from the DC's perspective - Part 11
"Another early start to the day, and I will try to get it all in one entry, because hopefully I have " ...[Full Article] |
| 26/07/11 |
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Colin: Charnwood 2011 from the DC's perspective - Part 8
"Well today started with Jessica and me picking up Carys from Shepshed and bringing her back to my pl" ...[Full Article] |
| 25/07/11 |
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Colin: Pioneering - Self Locking Bridge !
"Tonight’s Explorer meeting happened at Long Whatton’s HQ, ‘cause that’s where we keep all our pionee" ...[Full Article] |
| 25/07/11 |
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Colin: Charnwood 2011 from the DC's perspective - Part 9
"And just when I though it was safe to relax and have my tea, about 9.45pm, Jenny arrives back from M" ...[Full Article] |
| 25/07/11 |
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Colin: Charnwood 2011 from the DC's perspective - Part 10
"Two interesting things, a midnight run to Tesco for some gravy granules for all the stuff Jenny is c" ...[Full Article] |
| 25/07/11 |
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Colin: Charnwood 2011 from the DC's perspective - Part 6
"Today, thanks to the help of Jack we manage to get all the gas appliances out and checked, all the g" ...[Full Article] |
| 24/07/11 |
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Colin: Charnwood 2011 from the DC's perspective - Part 7
"We also had to dig a fridge and a freezer out of the back of the shed to put the cottege pies in tha" ...[Full Article] |
| 24/07/11 |
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Danielle: Cheese & Pickle sandwiches in an open space!
"Today was our big day at Picnic in the Park. Once everything was set up the crowds seemed to come & " ...[Full Article] |
| 23/07/11 |
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Colin: I had Cheese and Tomato
"As reluctant as I was to do Picnic in the park at short notice and to get up early! It was a real su" ...[Full Article] |
| 23/07/11 |
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Colin: Falcons, Coffee & Cake
"The next stop today was to see the Bosworth Battle Field. I was invited to their send off do which " ...[Full Article] |
| 23/07/11 |
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Colin: Lumberjack Laws
"Tonight I have been cutting up wood for tomorrows Picnic in the Park in Loughborough, so all the peo" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Charnwood 2011 from the DC's perspective - Part 5
"Cottage Pies are turning up in unexpected places and I am not allowed to eat them!" [Full Article] |
| 22/07/11 |
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Colin: This week...
"I have mostly been asking people to join Scouts and making flags for Charnwood.
This week I hav" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Charnwood 2011 from the DC's perspective - Part 4
"I went to pick up the gate plaques from Ian at the sign shop today, we had one made for Ice and Jung" ...[Full Article] |
| 21/07/11 |
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Colin: Charnwood 2011 from the DC's perspective - Part 3
"Today the new super safe washing up bowls with handles arrived, wonder how long it will take before " ...[Full Article] |
| 20/07/11 |
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Colin: Charnwood 2011 from the DC's perspective - Part 1
"I have made over 70 Pink and Blue flags for the opening ceremony at Charnwood and have a bruised fin" ...[Full Article] |
| 19/07/11 |
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Colin: Charnwood 2011 from the DC's perspective - Part 2
"Today Jessica and I went out to look for a water filter system for waste water on Charnwood, met Jon" ...[Full Article] |
| 19/07/11 |
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Danielle: Tweet Tweet!
"You can now follow Loughborough District Scouts on twitter.
@loughboroscouts" [Full Article] |
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Colin: Body Zorbing with LW&D
"All I can say is look at the pictures! " [Full Article] |
| 15/07/11 |
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Kirstie: New Facebook Page for Explorers
"Since Facebook has changed it's groups the old group did not have as much functionality.
I have " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Bronze Chief Scouts Award at 7th
"All I did was pop down to see how the Archery was going and ended up presenting 3 Bronze Chief Scout" ...[Full Article] |
| 14/07/11 |
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Danielle: Bronze & Silver for 3rd Loughborough
"I was invited to join the Beavers and Cubs on their last meeting before their summer programme start" ...[Full Article] |
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Andy: Water Wars in Shepshed!
"Last night with Shepshed Beavers, and they gave me a soaking! Good thing I was prepared and brought " ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: Duke of Edinburgh Expeditions what an experience
"This weekend I got my first experience of a D of E expedition. I went with the D of E team and some " ...[Full Article] |
| 10/07/11 |
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Colin: Day Four DofE Derbyshire
"The last day and all groups were starting from Tansley Wood this morning. A bit of a walk into Matlo" ...[Full Article] |
| 10/07/11 |
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Andy: Students descend on Loughborough!
"Home from the latest Student Scout and Guide Organisation (SSAGO) rally, not too far to travel to th" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Day Three DofE Derbyshire
"Today the Bronze Groups joined us for breakfast before setting of, the Silver group still fending fo" ...[Full Article] |
| 09/07/11 |
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Colin: Day Two DofE Derbyshire
"Danielle cooked a fine breakfast for the Silver Participants before they headed off in to the wilder" ...[Full Article] |
| 08/07/11 |
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Colin: Day One DofE Derbyshire
"Well Jo and I set of at about 10pm after a bit of a works do and were eating pizza lovingly prepared" ...[Full Article] |
| 07/07/11 |
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Lisa: Best Foot Forward
"Well I spent the evening at Explorers going through the Duke of Edinburgh pre-expedition kit check. " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: County AGM
"Well looks like we have had another year of growth across the County, which next year I think Loughb" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Terry's Goodbye Celebration
"Toady I went out to LOPC to see 4th Shepshed Cubs having a great time with canoes, water and sandwic" ...[Full Article] |
| 03/07/11 |
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Colin: Another Day Commishing
"So shortly after that I went up to the Oaks to help Long Whatton Cubs break Camp, all seemed to have" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Kegworth Fair
"Had a quick buzz over to Kegworth Fair to see the leaders hard at work trying to recruit new members" ...[Full Article] |
| 02/07/11 |
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Colin: Fire Lighting with Long Whatton Cubs
"This afternoon went over to the Oaks for fire lighting with Long Whatton Cubs, which went down a tre" ...[Full Article] |
| 02/07/11 |
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Lisa: And We Have A Winner!!!
"I'm posting this on behalf of Joe who rang me yesterday to say that he had now managed to add up all" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Over 40 investitures at the LES Scouts
"Well what an exciting afternoon, I started off at LES Scout Group to meet a new Volunteer, Sarah. I " ...[Full Article] |
| 01/07/11 |
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Danielle: How much kit??
"This morning saw organised chaos in Colin & Jenny's back garden as the kit was prepared for Long Wha" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Piccadilly Circus at Piper Drive!!
"Well this morning I ended up going to work for a rest! By 9.30 am it seemed like Piccadilly Circus " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Lost in Groby!
"‘Meet us a the A46/A50 roundabout’ she said, ‘follow us in’ she said, we know where we are going’, y" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Leicestershire First Awards Evening
"So Joe Putt and I went to the Leicestershire First Awards tonight, Joe was nominated for and won the" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: An Evening at the Oaks
"Spent some time up at the Oaks tonight. It was a very busy evening with Beavers doing archery, Guide" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: A very wet Explorer meeting
"While Danielle and Lisa were occupied with a Cub Leaders meeting I snuck off to the Explorer meeting" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Catching Up
"Well this morning as I am catching up with my blog, Jenny, Jessica, Danielle and Lisa are all potter" ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: Race for life
"Well all I can say is what a fantastic morning! 10 girls and ladies (along with 3 smaller children) " ...[Full Article] |
| 26/06/11 |
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Danielle: We are sailing
"With sailing, their AGM and a BBQ great fun was had this afternoon by Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Leaders" ...[Full Article] |
| 25/06/11 |
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Colin: BP House
"Today I went to BP House as a New National Volunteer for Scouts. I spent the day with about 30 othe" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Circus Skills at Long Whatton!
"With Jenny off on a night out, I was ordered to be at Long Whatton Scouts for the evening. The prog" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Module 37
"Lovely to see Prit, Martin, Rosie, taking on a little bit more to help the District move forward, we" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Another AGM - This time at Kegworth
"Lost count now on AGMS, but the unique thing about this AGM was it was the First AGM of the newly fo" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Climbing in the Outwoods
"Well I managed to get up to the Outwoods Outcrop last night in between buzzing around for my day job" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Final Day of County Cub Camp
"Well I was up the Oaks helping Loughborough pack away and it looked as if the Cubs had had a great t" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Parliamentarians Take Diseworth
"This morning I joined forces with Colonel Robert Hammond’s Regiment of Foote who just happen to be i" ...[Full Article] |
| 18/06/11 |
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Colin: County Cub Camp – Day 2
"Day 2 of Cub Camp, lots of cubs were taking part in fencing which was good to see, and of course was" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: En Garde
"With Danielle feeling a little poorly it fell to me and Simon to sort out the Fencing Marquee for th" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: The Fencing Gear is now in place!
"Well after helping put up a couple of tent the night before in the rain, it seems appropriate not to" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: 4th Shepshed AGM
"I went along to Shepshed AGM with Danielle and Tony as the District Representatives. It was lovely " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: The NEW Module 1 has arrived!
"Spent the evening with Margaret as she delivered the new Module 1, how exciting! It was however gre" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: A Celebration of 90 Years of the Poppy Apeal
"This afternoon I celebrated 90 years of the British Legion Poppy Collection at Diseworth Heritage Ce" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Monkey Bridge
"First stop of the day, The Parish Church in Loughborough for a church fete where 1st Loughborough ha" ...[Full Article] |
| 11/06/11 |
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Colin: It’s a Celebration!
"Next stop was a meeting for the Scout Show where plans seem to be moving on. It’s going to be at th" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Family Camp at Walesby
"And finally off to Walesby to for a BBQ at Belton and Hathern’s Family Camp, we arrived during a cli" ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: Show us how you 'Celebrate'
"What a busy day it's been for some of the district team, after Colin's morning out at 1st Loughborou" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: Driving Miss Daisy
"Well, it seems that my input to the District this fine sunny Saturday was... paperwork... and more p" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: 9th AGM at Nanpantan Scout Group
"Well it was very well attended, which was lovely to see. Nanpantan seem to be really putting the Out" ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: 14 Years Young
"Long Whatton & Diseworth Scout group are now old enough to join Explorers!
Cubs, Scouts, Parents a" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: SCUBA with Explorers
"Tonight we had a great time SCUBA Diving over at Lutterworth with the Leicestershire Scout Sub Aqua " ...[Full Article] |
| 09/06/11 |
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Danielle: Don't 'leaf' me here!
"Fortunately the weather held for tonight's unexpected but very pleasant trip to the outwoods with Ke" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Filming for the Leicestershire First Awards and Pa
"I had to go over to 9th Loughborough this evening to film an interview for Leicestershire First Awar" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: The Germans are coming to Charnwood!
"There was a lot of correspondence over the last few days between Will, myself and the Charnwood orga" ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: Knot what I expected!
"Tonight saw a trip to visit 1st Loughborough Cubs who were designing and making pioneering projects." ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: Pancakes in June
"This evening I took a trip to Thorpe Acre cubs to find them making mini cookers and frying pans out " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Quarries and Duel Carriageways
"Well, spent time with Explorers who are planning for their DofE expeditions in July to explain the f" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Chief Scout at the Space Centre
"Spent this morning at the space centre helping to organise the Chief Scout’s Visit to Leicestershire" ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: Climbing & chicken wraps!
"This morning I headed up to the Oaks campsite to visit Shepshed Cubs on their weekend camp. As I arr" ...[Full Article] |
| 04/06/11 |
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Colin: AGM 100 (8th altogether)
"The District AGM, what a joyous occasion, around 40 members of the Scout Council were there to elec" ...[Full Article] |
| 04/06/11 |
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Colin: Burgers & a Campfire with Shepshed Cubs
"What a busy day so far! Darren and I latter visited Terry, Sue, Lee and Mike up at the Oaks with the" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: 7th AGM at The Oaks Scout Campsite
"Uneventful really, the Oaks is still the best campsite ever, it’s still attracting loads of people, " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Axe & Saw
"Over with the Explorers tonight who were being taught how to use Axes and Saws correctly by Skip (Al" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Hathern & Belton - Back to Basics
"Spent a great evening with Belton & Hathern Scouts camping up at the Church in Oaks in Charnwood, th" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: SCOGUI Annual Dinner
"It was quite an honour to be invited to SCOGUI’s reinvented Annual Dinner. It was a great evening a" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: Adult Recruitment Strategy
"Great News!! The District have received a grant of £500 toward their Adult Recruitment Strategy fro" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: 6th AGM at 7th
"Well a camp fire, a BBQ, fire juggling, a sing song and coffee all at the Oaks. The camp fire was ma" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: ADC (Taxi)
"Went out to Shepshed Cubs to see them preparing for camp and learning how to pack a ruck sack, they " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Expedition to Hoton!
"Thorpe Acre Scouts started a gruelling expedition from Zouch yesterday to deepest darkest Hoton, the" ...[Full Article] |
| 21/05/11 |
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Colin: 5th AGM of the year – 9th on Beacon Hill!
"A family picnic on Beacon Hill encouraged a good turnout of parents to 9th Loughborough’s AGM; it wa" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: County St Georges Day Awards Celebration
"What a great evening, Jenny, Lisa Danielle, Rachael, Janet and Nick all gained awards in recognition" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: 4th AGM of the year – Castle Donington
"Well it turned out that the Scouts were cleverer then the Leaders in a ‘are you smarter than a ten y" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Brownsea Base!
"3 Commissioners, (Lisa, Danielle and I), an Explorer Leaders, (Jo P), and three dogs, (Scratcher, Bi" ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: Don't forget your passport
"Last night I enjoyed a fantastic evening at East Midlands Airport organised by Long Whatton & Disewo" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Busy evening out and about!
"Quick visit to Thorpe Acre to drop off adult appointment forms for their up and coming family camp; " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: DofE Award training for our Bronze Young People
"Several hours of discovering, Expedition Tents, Expedition Food, Trangias, and how to make stuff sma" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: 3rd AGM of the Year, 8th Thorpe Acre?
"But 2 AGMs in less then 24 hours, the mind is boggling! What a sight to see the newly formed amalga" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Over 40 New Members at LES
"This afternoon saw the inaugural meetings of Loughborough Endowed Schools Scout Group’s new Beaver C" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: 2nd AGM of the Year - Dishley
"Tonight it was Tea and Cakes when Danielle and I attended Dishley’s AGM. It sounded to me like they" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: 1st AGM of the year at 3rd!
"As AGM’s go it was . . . an AGM, but the great thing is it did give me an opportunity to say a big " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Royal Wedding Party at Long Whatton
"Now this week the brand new Long Whatton Cub Pack put on a party to celebrate the Royal Wedding, the" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Fires and Explorers
"I later that evening caught the end of the Explorer meeting. They had a fire going and it looked li" ...[Full Article] |
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Andy: Windsor Parade
"Out representing the District at the Queen's Scout Parade in Windsor. In total there was five of us " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Centenary Camp
"What can I say? Every group in Loughborough District represented, over 300 Environment Partnership A" ...[Full Article] |
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Andy: District Camp
"Back from District Camp now! Despite the Beavers only being there one night it seemed like so much l" ...[Full Article] |
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James: Kubb. You mean Cubs? No! Kubb!
"So since my last post there's been plenty going on with Network. We've had an action packed few week" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: Walk, Walk, Moan, Moan
"After two days hiking and an overnight stay at Willesley it was lovely to see the smiling faces of t" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Around the old Campfire!
"Daniel and I went up to the Oaks to Shepshed Cubs Camp Fire. Daniel to sing, as she does it very wel" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Explorers DofE Deonze Assessed Weekend
"Darren and I spent the weekend hanging around country lay bys, farm tracks, and footpaths waiting fo" ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: Investitures, fencing, athletics & crafts!
"Monday saw Nanpantan invest their first 5 cubs into their 2nd cub pack, a big well done to Grattan, " ...[Full Article] |
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James: Mighty Mighty Network!
"So as Area Network Chairman I have kindly been given the opportunity to write a district blog so now" ...[Full Article] |
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Mark: The Hills are Alive to the Sounds of Leaders?
"Julie Andrews it wasn't but congratuations to the Scout Leaders who put themselves forward to be ass" ...[Full Article] |
| 03/04/11 |
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Mark: Open Day with 4th Shepshed
"Well done 4th Shepshed for successfully hosting an open day to raise the profile of Scouting and to " ...[Full Article] |
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Kev: Fire Fire!!! Pour on Water, Pour on Water!!
"The planning for the camp fire at the April 2011 District Camp is well underway and is looking like " ...[Full Article] |
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Andy: Beavers catch up and the first Sunflowers!
"I'll start with a small confession, last week I visited 9th Beavers for a games night that I haven't" ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: What a busy couple of weeks!
"First of all boys & girls my apologies for taking so long to getting round to updating on what's goi" ...[Full Article] |
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Mark: They go uppity up up, they go ...
"A gang of Scouts and Adults from 1st Nanpantan, 3rd Loughborough, 4th Shepshed, Belton & Hathern, Th" ...[Full Article] |
| 19/03/11 |
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Andy: Mud, Mist and Miffed Cows!
"Pulling one of my other Scouting hats from the bag, last night I was involved in the SCOGUI (Loughbo" ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: Coca-cola, Bungalow, Black socks and new friends
"Saturday evening saw the first opportunity this year for my campfire blanket to come out. With an in" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: More Pancakes with 2 Bronze Chief Scout Awards
"More Pancakes with 2 Bronze Chief Scout Awards and a missed Circus Skills Box!
Interesting week, " ...[Full Article] |
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Mark: Navigation at Thorpe Acre
"Tonight saw me attempting to teach some navigation to the Scouts at Thorpe Acre. Difficult subject t" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Wood Badge gained at Nanpantan
"Tonight I presented Prit with her Wood Badge and invested 4 new scouts - what a great evening - apar" ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: Chocks Away!!
"Over 1000 cubs, scouts, leaders & parents from across Leicestershire descended on RAF Hendon with 21" ...[Full Article] |
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Andy: Spring comes at last for Castle Donington Beavers!
"Dropped in unexpectedly at Castle Donington tonight, where the Beavers talked about Spring and made " ...[Full Article] |
| 04/03/11 |
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Lisa: Nanpantan Cubs
"Nanpantan opened their doors tonight to their second Cub Pack. The new Cubs were having a great tim" ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: A baker's dozen and more to follow
"With Nanpantan opening their 2nd pack this evening this now takes us to 13 packs across the district" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Loughborough District Scouts Celebrate 100 years
"100 Adult volunteers and supporters from Loughborough District Scouts gathered at the Yew Lodge Kegw" ...[Full Article] |
| 26/02/11 |
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Colin: Rotary Presentation
"Tonight Cary’s and Jack, our two Young Spokes Peoples collected a cheque from the local Rotary Club " ...[Full Article] |
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Mark: Navigation at Nanpantan
"This evening saw me at Nanpantan, but this time it wasn't a drop in, they'd got me doing Navigation," ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: You've got how many???
"Following a flying visit to Thorpe Acre cubs to say hi and collect some trip money, I was off to Cas" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: UK Chief Commissioner flies into Loughborough
"Wayne Bulpitt, the Scout Association Chief Commissioner for the UK with responsibility for leading o" ...[Full Article] |
| 13/02/11 |
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Mark: Adventures on a Mountain!
"What can be more natural than a party of Explorers and Scouts in the Peak District?
Folk from Sheps" ...[Full Article] |
| 12/02/11 |
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Mark: "Nellie the Elephant"
"1 evening, 2 Troops both with "Nellie".
Belton and Hathern first, I heard strange singing as I clim" ...[Full Article] |
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Mark: "Shoot when Ready"
"Tonight I visited 4th Shepshed Scouts. Badgework, & Activities were very much the order of the day. " ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: Making a splash
"And what a big splash it was, with over 70 cubs taking part in this years swimming gala. With an ass" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: Vodka Martini, Shaken not Stirred (or not)
"Popped into Kegworth Beavers who had become spies for the night. I was hoping for Daniel Craig and " ...[Full Article] |
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Andy: Big Commish, Little Commish, Cardboard box!
"Tonight's meeting at 7th started with a visit by Colin to teach the Beavers the dance to "Big Fish, " ...[Full Article] |
| 03/02/11 |
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Andy: Learning French with 1st Loughborough
"J'ai visité 1er Loughborough Beavers soir. That's enough of that! For the non-French-speakers, I vis" ...[Full Article] |
| 31/01/11 |
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Mark: Shivering on Shivering Mountain
"Colin, the DC, Danielle, ADC(Cubs) and my family went to suss out an Activity Day for the Cubs as pa" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Secret visit to Castleton & Mam Tor
"So this is Top Secret, while Mark and Danielle went up the big hill, I went to Explore through Winne" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: Race for Life
"Ok then ladies I've done it - I've never taken part in the Race for Life before but I've registered " ...[Full Article] |
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Andy: Endangered Animal Skittles and Colony Planning
"Tonight was a busy night! Started off at 3rd listening to the presentations on aircraft for their Ai" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Egg Drop with Belton & Hathern
"Visited B&H Scouts tonight where the scouts had to construct a device to help an egg drop from an hi" ...[Full Article] |
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Andy: Network Burn's Night
""Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face, Great Chieftan o’ the Puddin-race!" Just got back from a thoroug" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Blood, Modules, and a Wood Badge
"Ten Explorers passed their Red Cross Basic First Aid, which includes their Level 4 First Aid Badge, " ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: Signs, Handshakes and new names!
"With a new colony forming at Kegworth I spent an enjoyable hour teaching the new Beavers about the s" ...[Full Article] |
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Andy: 7th Loughborough Beavers walk on the wild side!
"My lot (7th) had a visit from Kegworth Cub leader Steve and his interesting animals tonight. Steve b" ...[Full Article] |
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Mark: Scouts, Scouts, Scouts!
"A whistlestop tour of Scout Troops today, attempted 4 Troops, got three!
9th were on a hunt for new" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: Castle Donington - Orchard Cubs
"Popped in to Orchard Cubs tonight to have a chat with their Young Leader (doing my checking up bit) " ...[Full Article] |
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Mark: Paperwork to the DC
"I had to drop paperwork round to the DC to enable some of the older Scouts of 3rd Loughborough gain " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Centenary Badges, Red and Blue Neckers and Tea
"Bit of a World Tour Tonight; Started at 1st Loughborough Beavers, where they were getting their cent" ...[Full Article] |
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Mark: What do you call a collection of Scout Leaders?
"If you know please tell me! But I had a collection tonight, meeting up to talk about the various iss" ...[Full Article] |
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Andy: Great start to Kegworth Beavers!
"Tonight Lisa and I went along to the first (proper) meeting of the Kegworth Beaver Colony. The five " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: County Awards Evening
"Well Done to Joe, Matt, John and Jamie, for getting A Chief Scout Award, Joe recieved his Leicesters" ...[Full Article] |
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Kev: District Camp Planning
"The plans for the District Centenary Camp are well underway and it is set to be a fantastic event fi" ...[Full Article] |
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Kev: NEW: Recommended Companies and Services
"I have recently added a new feature to the website resource centre (via the link on the left) which " ...[Full Article] |
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Mark: Mountain Activities Meeting
"I attended the County Mountain Activities Meeting at Blaby, where some of the upcoming events featur" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: New Year Camp
"Went extremely well with representation from Thorpe Acre, 3rd Loughborough & Long Whatton. The youn" ...[Full Article] |
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