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Colin: DofE Gold Completion
"This afternoon I met with Chris Vallance and old Explorer and Leader with Explorers and then later w" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Seasons Greetings
"Please send out a Big Thank You to all your teams for all the hard work during the year making a mas" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Christmas Party at Long Whatton Scout Group
"Had a great time over at Long Whatton Scouts tonight with a Christmas Party, that involved a Disco, " ...[Full Article] |
| 21/12/12 |
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Colin: Dropping of some gear
"Mr Putt dropped of the projector and laptop after borrowing it for a movie night for his group. We " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Christmas Crafts
"Had a very therapeutic afternoon with Toby, Jack, Rebecca, Julie and Jay at Ashmount Explorers as we" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Christmas Gathering
"Had a nice night out at the Anchor Inn at Hathern with Ady, Marj, Ken, Kayleigh, Jamie, Daniel, Mike" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Diseworth Mosaic
"Today I was out at Diseworth to see the unveiling of the Jubilee Mosaic where I met Andrew Bridgen M" ...[Full Article] |
| 15/12/12 |
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Colin: Thorpe Acre’s 80th Birthday
"What and interesting evening of nostalgia, old members, old photos, and even old video and I mean vi" ...[Full Article] |
| 15/12/12 |
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Lisa: Chief Scout Gold Awards
"On Tuesday I was invited to Castle Donington Scouts for the evening. Parents and friends were enter" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Meeting with an Accountant
"Met a real top bloke today called Nigel, he has agreed to look at our accounts and make everything g" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Planning meeting
"The Ashmount meeting took place at McDonalds this week where we planned for next term, a programme h" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Recruitment Stand!
"Graham popped over to pick up the banners and paper work for a recruitment stand this Tuesday at Lou" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: ADC (Development)?
"This morning I met with a potential new volunteer who may end up being ADC (Development), can’t wait" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Mini Fencing!
"Daniel popped over to pick up the mini fencing gear to do a session in south west; it was a very bri" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Nearly got a night off!
"So out SLT meeting got cancelled because I thought I would have to work but in the end I didn’t, whi" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Tea, Chat and new Volunteers
"Tonight’s meeting at Ashmount didn’t go as planned, because Archery clashed with a Staff Meeting at " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Charnwood Voluntary Forum
"This morning I went to the Charnwood Volunteer Community Forum, met lots of nice encouraging people " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Canoeing moving on
"Well I do not think it will not be too long before we can offer canoeing in the District. Two thing" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Cuppa with the Explorers
"Quick cuppa with the Explorers and a game! Explorers seem quiet tonight as they sat and planned the" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Beaver Christmas Party
"Today over 90 Beavers took part in a mammoth party with Games, Dancing, Chips, Ice Cream, a massive " ...[Full Article] |
| 02/12/12 |
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Colin: First Ashmount Explorers Invested
"Spent a great day up at the Oaks today with Lesley to see Toby and Jack our newest Young People be i" ...[Full Article] |
| 01/12/12 |
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Colin: Development Meeting
"Loads decided with Keri, Lucy and Jacob, did I mention Keri was one of my old Shelthorpe Scouts? The" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: May The 4th Be With You!
"OMG District Camp has a Star Wars Theme! How cool is that, can’t wait now it’s gonna be fab! The fir" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: District Exec
"A good exec meeting with lots to discuss, Shop, Subs, Badges, Money, I have probably given too much " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: All missions completed!
"Did lots of Scoutie stuff today and met with a Volunteer for a coffee and a chat, went to see the B" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: First Aid
"4 Adult Volunteers and 2 Explorers took part today at our first District run First Aid course, well " ...[Full Article] |
| 25/11/12 |
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Colin: SLT Meeting
"SLT meeting this afternoon to look at finances, - all seems to be on track " [Full Article] |
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Colin: Castle Donington Beaver Sleepover in an Orchid
"Managed to get over to Castle Donington Beavers Sleep Over this evening at Orchid Primary School jus" ...[Full Article] |
| 24/11/12 |
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Colin: Keeping on Target
"Thorpe Acre Scouts and Kyle a new Explorer took part in an Air Rifle Shooting Session tonight. This" ...[Full Article] |
| 23/11/12 |
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Colin: Bed, Sleeping bag and Ruck Sack
"This afternoon Toby tried out a Camp Bed, Sleeping Bag and Rucksack with Jack and Jason’s Help. I f" ...[Full Article] |
| 21/11/12 |
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Colin: District Camp 2013
"Had a quick meeting with Paul regarding next year’s District Camp, looks like it is going to be base" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: District HQ!
"Had a good chat with Graham tonight over the District PortaKabin and how it is going to be remodelle" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Moving a bit of Gear around!
"Well I pulled up at home at 5 pm and Mr Kenney was there to help me shift a few bits of kit around f" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Circus Skills
"Well Faye then arrived to take the Circus Skills stuff over to Explorers then I had for tea
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Colin: Extra 10% at Go Outdoors!
"Had a quick nip over to Go Outdoors, saw a beaver and Sheila from Thorpe Acre, it was busy but no te" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Training Meeting and a new LTM
"Well I managed to get 20 minutes rest before Hayden, Lesley and Maria arrived. Lesley and I had a l" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Explorers, Circus Skills, and At last five minutes
"It was Faye, Ariana and David returning the circus skills, we had a long chat! And in that time I th" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Thorpe Acre Meeting
"Interesting meeting at Thorpe Acre this afternoon to sort out the Porta cabin, Shooting, and Cycling" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: DESC Number 6 in 10 Years!
"I hope so, met a fella' who is very interested in the role tonight, thats all I am saying!" [Full Article] |
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Colin: 007 for Ashmount
"Had a great night out with Jack and Toby at the Odeon in Leicester watching the new Bond Film Skyfal" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: Ready, Steady, Cook
"I was on duty at Friday Explorers tonight where we had two teams competing for the Ready Steady Cook" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Pioneering
"Two more sections of the pioneering badge completed for Long Whatton Scouts, the best probably invol" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Gold DofE
"Well managed to get to the end of the Gold DofE meeting, seems like we have a group which is fantast" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Remembrance Day Service
"It was great to see so many young people in Loughborough attending the Service today and not just Sc" ...[Full Article] |
| 11/11/12 |
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Colin: Getting Started!
"Delivered a great training session with Liam today, we had twelve relativity new and very enthusiast" ...[Full Article] |
| 10/11/12 |
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Colin: Well Done
"And a quick well done to Danielle for passing all her Mini Bus Theory Tests – Now for the practicle!" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Meeting with CC, DCC & DDC!
"Had a meeting this afternoon with the County Commissioner! Interesting so look out for a few request" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: District Team Meeting
"Small turn out but a lot decided so watch out for the 2013 District Diary coming your way soon!
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Colin: No Bake Cooking!
"Jack and Toby had a great time creating cakes and biscuit’s for the festive season. We spent a ther" ...[Full Article] |
| 07/11/12 |
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Lisa: Awards and Bonfires at Shepshed
"Well as the GSL's meeting got cancelled tonight I was invited over to Shepshed for their campfire bo" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: DC’s meeting
"Tony and I had an interesting night out at the DC’s meeting at Blaby, Safety & Census were on the ag" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Bonfire Hike
"Hooked up with Thorpe Acre out at Hoton tonight on their annual Hike over to Martin’s parents’ house" ...[Full Article] |
| 03/11/12 |
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Colin: 1st at the Oaks
"Well got to the Oaks in time to see pudding and what a great pudding it was, tin sponge and custard," ...[Full Article] |
| 03/11/12 |
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Colin: Stove Challange
"Tonight I took my collection of Stoves over to Long Whatton Scouts, where they learnt about all the " ...[Full Article] |
| 02/11/12 |
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Colin: Validation Evening
"Good to see four volunteers tonight getting modules validated. Well done for taking your training s" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Pumpkins at Ashmount
"Jack and I had a great time tracking down pumpkins actually on Halloween we ended up getting some fr" ...[Full Article] |
| 31/10/12 |
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Colin: Music for Explorers
"Managed to get to the end of Explorers tonight to see them finish their Music Quiz and I got to meet" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Resussie Annie’s out to 9th
"Spent some of the afternoon falling through the shed looking for the Resussie Annie’s for Rachael at" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Kwick Cricket Awards at Ashmount
"What a great afternoon, Jack helped Toby get his Bronze Kwick Cricket Award; it was really nice to s" ...[Full Article] |
| 17/10/12 |
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Colin: Chief Scout Silver awarded at 7th
"Had a great time tonight over at 7th Loughborough Cubs, I must have given out forty badges! A fantas" ...[Full Article] |
| 16/10/12 |
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Colin: Dave Halford - Gone Home
"Attended David’s funeral this afternoon, the church was full. It was great to hear about Dave’s ach" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: District Conference
"Today the District Exec and District Team got together to look and our new development plan, this pl" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: What a Mess!
"The Cub Scrapheap Challenge took place at Shepshed today with Cubs from all over the District Taking" ...[Full Article] |
| 13/10/12 |
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Colin: Stove Challange
"Tonight I spent time with Thorpe Acre Scouts, looking at and trying out lightweight backpacker stove" ...[Full Article] |
| 12/10/12 |
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Lisa: 1st Prize to Belton & Hathern
"Well folks the 1st Prize for returning the Health and Safety Audit goes to Dee and the team from Bel" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: 5th Loughborough Scouts!
"Had a fantastic meeting with Clare the Head Teacher at Shelthopre School today, she loves scouting b" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: SAS - Loughborough District!
"Met with Phil county SAS manager and Graham tonight, we have a plan to SAS get going and I can’t wai" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Ashmount Explorers
"Had a great time with Ashmount Explorers in the outwoods this afternoon when we went hunting for the" ...[Full Article] |
| 10/10/12 |
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Colin: Section Leaders Meeting
"Nice to have a cuppa at the Section leaders meeting yesterday and to see a good turnout, lots of cak" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: Duke of Edinburgh/CSA
"Well last night I was both a proud mum and leader as three of our Explorers were invited to Blaby to" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: 80th Birthday Plans
"Ended up at Thorpe Acre’s Exec meeting tonight, there were making plans for their 80th Birthday cele" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: Exec Training
"Thank you to Lyn and Adrian for running the Exec Training Session for us at Loughborough. Thanks Co" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Cubs sleep over at Belton and Hathern!
"The day started with a flu jab then a visit to the Belton & Hathern Cub sleep over where they had be" ...[Full Article] |
| 06/10/12 |
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Colin: ASDA Shepshed
"Met a lovely check out girl in Shepshed ASDA, training to be an Art Therapist as I was collecting lu" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Executive and Module 1 Training
"Next stop cooking soup with Lesley again. It was great to see Lyn and Adrian delivering training to" ...[Full Article] |
| 06/10/12 |
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Colin: Thorpe Acre at Grace Dieu
"It was great to see Matthew and Ian out with their Scouts this afternoon, in between soup and washin" ...[Full Article] |
| 06/10/12 |
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Colin: New Young Person Volunteer
"When all the washing up was done it was over to KFC in Loughborough, I only had a drink mind you, to" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Preparing for Gold
"Met up with Dave P to have a look around the Thorpe Acre Cabin this afternoon, need some heaters and" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: Yippee!!
"I've just passed my minibus driving test - how cool is that? The only problem is that I'm now allowe" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Mayor of Charnwood Visit
"What a great time we had in the council chambers tonight with Long Whatton Scouts, we learnt a lot a" ...[Full Article] |
| 05/10/12 |
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Colin: SLT Meeting
"Great meeting tonight, progress made, I think, still its top secret so I can’t tell you anything Soz" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: Explorers
"Had a very useful chat with the Explorers and their volunteer leaders around some issues - lots of v" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Trainers, Training Advisors and Validation Evening
"Well it was nice to see people getting validated for modules last night, we seem to have had a few i" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Media Training Day at Blaby
"Had an interesting day at Blaby met Fozzy, Andrew and Justin. Learnt how to write a press release, " ...[Full Article] |
| 29/09/12 |
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Colin: District Exec
"Seems like ages since we were altogether, got a few bits done, we welcomed back Graham Knight to Sco" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Expedition Tucker
"Ashmount had its third meeting tonight and Toby learnt all about expedition food. He tucked in to a" ...[Full Article] |
| 26/09/12 |
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Lucy: Thanks everyone!
"Sincere thanks to everyone who was involved in Loughborough District Beaver Camp at the weekend. Wh" ...[Full Article] |
| 24/09/12 |
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Colin: District Beaver Sleepover
"What can we say – Lucy & Liam have done a fantastic job on our 1st District Beaver Sleepover, with 1" ...[Full Article] |
| 22/09/12 |
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Colin: Splash 2012
"Four Loughborough Groups spent the weekend at the County Water Activities Camp – Splash, 9th, 3rd, D" ...[Full Article] |
| 22/09/12 |
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Colin: Chocolate, Cream and a Programme
"At Long Whatton tonight it was programme planning, we were joined by a new young leader, Dan from th" ...[Full Article] |
| 21/09/12 |
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Colin: Ashmount Explorer Unit
"Tonight saw the second meeting of Ashmount’s new Explorer Unit. We have only one member and a new A" ...[Full Article] |
| 19/09/12 |
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Colin: DofE Gold Review Meeting
"Well Susan, Dave, Carl, Ed and I all got together tonight to review the past year of Gold nothing wa" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Tea and Cake Meeting
"Spent the afternoon at the Oaks had a Tea and Cake meeting with Simon and Lesley, that was quite goo" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: 1st Loughborough Cub Camp
"Didn’t see may Cubs they were far too busy having a good time. Spent some time with the leaders; lea" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Running Long Whatton Scouts
"With Jenny on holiday she had left me in charge of her Scouts and Cubs, how scary is that? So we loo" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: District Team Meeting
"Well the ideas were really flowing last night for the new development plan and 2018 vision, trouble " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Explorer Visit
"Explorers was buzzin’ tonight with everyone busy doing there DofE bits, we had a new lad from Hong K" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: AAC Meeting
"Popped in for a cuppa at the AAC meeting tonight, several new volunteers were signed up including Jo" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Afternoon Tea
"Well over fifty people attended, several people reaffirmed their promise as they took on new roles o" ...[Full Article] |
| 09/09/12 |
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Colin: DofE Gold
"DofE Gold have returned safely back the Yorkshire Dales all successfully completing their Gold Exped" ...[Full Article] |
| 07/09/12 |
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Colin: Our Newest member from Ashmount Explorers
"Tonight saw our newest recruit Toby at Ashmount Explorers along with his mum Julie both signed up t" ...[Full Article] |
| 05/09/12 |
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Colin: Leicester Pride!
"What a very colourful event! Had a great time with the team, met a lot of interesting people, it was" ...[Full Article] |
| 01/09/12 |
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Colin: Another Day in the Life of the Commish!
"2pm had lunch with Chris a potential new volunteer for the role of ADC (Voice of Young People), 4.30" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Ginger Cake, GSL’s and Training
"Well another night sorting out the District with Lesley and Lisa, the cake was nice!
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Colin: Cookies and Rainbows
"Well Lucy, Sam, Jay and Jessica have spent the day at my place baking rainbow cookies and making a m" ...[Full Article] |
| 29/08/12 |
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Colin: Final DofE Gold Preperation
"Final Preparation for the Gold DofE Expedition took place tonight With Carl, Ed, Dave and I. Everyt" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Rainbow Cookies
"Jessica and I go to Tesco to get the ingredients to make 500 arrow head and rainbow cookies. Loads " ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: Holiday & D of E Attempt!
"I've just returned home from a nice weekend break in the Peak District. Whilst there I thought I wou" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Knight in shining armour!
"Graham Knight, once GSL at Hathern some 15 years ago, had a cup of tea with me tonight to talk about" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Final DofE Silver preparation
"Paul was over collecting kit for the Silver groups that are going out this bank holiday weekend, wel" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Vision 2018
"Lisa and I have spent the last 3 hours trying to make some sense of the Scout Associations 2018 Vis" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: DofE Gold & Silver
"Dave and I got together last night for a cuppa and a chat, Silver seem ready for their expedition bu" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Long Whatton Summer Camp 2012
"Well spent the week with Jenny, Ed and Willi from Germany, Built a monkey bridge, had my birthday an" ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: 7th Cub Camp
"I popped up to the oaks at about 10:30am to say Hi to 7th Loughborough Cubs on camp, with the intent" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Arrow Head Cookie Cutters
"Arrow Head Cookie Cutters arrived today because we are making tons of cookies for Leicester Pride in" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Getting ready for Camp
"Spending time getting ready to load a van for Long Whatton’s Summer Camp, got a few personal bits re" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Climbing Gear, Survival and Trout
"Duncan came over to borrow the climbing gear for his camp, and we had a good idea for the Explorers " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: More Getting Ready for Camp
"Ed, Jenny and I spent from 10 this morning to 7 this evening getting ready and loading a van for Lon" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Loads of Production from Lucy
"Lucy one of our New DSL for Development has been very busy today getting stuff ready for Leicester P" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Badges
"Got some printing done at staples, dropped of all the Badge Machine and other stuff to Lucy’s, well " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Back Garden Meetings
"Ed and Jenny started off with sorting out Long Whatton Summer Camp, while I sorted Carl and Donna wi" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Leicester Pride
"Had a meeting with my team who are heading up the Leicester Pride Awareness Raising Stall, Ben from " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Top Secret Meeting with Lesley
"Lesley and I got together for a bit of a chat but it was so secret i cant possibly tell you about it" [Full Article] |
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Lisa: Development
"Had a very productive evening with The Commish reviewing the District Development Plan and looking t" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Development
"As Lisa said a very productive meeting – I think we have done it!" [Full Article] |
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Colin: Thorpe Acre & 1st Dinting at the Oaks
"It was great to see Thorpe Acre at the Oaks this morning. It looked as if the group were having a g" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: They Are back!
"OMG! the Explorers are back and packed away and gone home. Looks like they had a good camp. Well do" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Catching up
"Lisa, Danielle and I had a bit of a catch up meeting tonight, can’t say we did any work but we ate l" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: And they're off!
"The Coach arrived at 8.30am not 9 as expected. For a little while we were worried, I say we, I mean " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Archery Kit
"Picked Jack up from Tesco’s and went over to Merlin at Bull in the Hollow Farm to collect some repla" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Kit Check for Explorer Summer Camp
"Jack and I then went over to my place and put the new archery gear away and proceeded to get all the" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Swadlincote Ski Centre
"The next stop tonight was Snow Tubing and Tobogganing with Long Whatton Scouts and I had go, which w" ...[Full Article] |
| 20/07/12 |
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Colin: District Executive
"Well a pleasant meeting, everything went smoothly and I do believe we had a laugh!" [Full Article] |
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Lisa: BEL Assessment
"The next time Colin tells me "you need to do this - it will be good experience for you" remind me to" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: BEL Assessment
"The next time Colin tells me "you need to do this - it will be good experience for you" remind me to" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: District DofE
"Had a great meeting with the DofE team this afternoon, all the dates are set for just about everythi" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: BEL Assessment
"Today was our first day of my assessment week-end. We did 12.5k and walked for about 7 hours (we are" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: BEL Assessment
"Well I'm off up to The White Peak for my British Expedition Leadership assessment weekend - in the r" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Archery for Long Whatton, Castle D, Sheppo & Explo
"Ben and I started at 5.30pm tonight setting the archery gear up for a long session, we have 12 young" ...[Full Article] |
| 13/07/12 |
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Danielle: GSLs & District Team
"Tuesday evening was the latest Group Scout Leaders' meeting at Diseworth, run very efficiently by Li" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Meeting With Dishley Chair
"Tonight I met up with Steve the Chair at Dishley to look at ways forward with the Group, the good ne" ...[Full Article] |
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Lucy: District Commissioner gets new transport!
"The DC was presented with the keys to the Mayor's car- but only to move it in to the wash bay! Colin" ...[Full Article] |
| 09/07/12 |
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Colin: Debrief!
"Well I spent this evening debriefing the two DofE walking groups from the weekend, and they have pas" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Arts and Craft
"Marbling, Hanna beads, Glass Painting, Pyrography and Mask Making for Explorers tonight and what a c" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Day 2 at DofE Central
"Up Early again for DofE Bronze – well again they all got on with it and seemed to know what they wer" ...[Full Article] |
| 08/07/12 |
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Colin: Car and Body Wash
"Well the best bit of the day was driving the Mayors Car, don’t know if it was washed very well but w" ...[Full Article] |
| 08/07/12 |
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Colin: Assessing a DofE Bronzr Group
"Today was an early start out at Ticknell the other side of Ashby where I met one of the DofE Bronze " ...[Full Article] |
| 07/07/12 |
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Colin: AGM at Dishley
"Well I managed to get there as it was finishing, however I did manage to have a good chat with the c" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Village People
"Managed to catch up with the Village People Explorers at the Chip Shop – lucky me – 9 young people a" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: Are you smarter than 3rd Beavers & Cubs?
"Well yesterday saw the annual quiz at 3rd Loughborough where the beavers and cubs challenged the tea" ...[Full Article] |
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Kayleigh: DofE Gold Practise Expedition.
"Well I'm home after 4 days with 8 of my fellow Network members hiking in the Peak District for our G" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Charnwood Borough Council Meeting
"Spent two hours with Sarah Coupe yesterday going through our successful £5000 bid to help develop th" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Pre Expedition Check
"Tonight I met two Bronze Duke of Edinburgh walking groups who this coming weekend will be completing" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: Backwoods Camp - The Unofficial Visit!
"Nipped over to see Jonny and the team at backwoods camp this morning to see how my fellow scouting c" ...[Full Article] |
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Lucy: Triple Bronze Beavers!
"Congratulations (sorry its late!) to Owen Newton, Adam Brewin and Joshua Wilkinson from 1st Nanpanta" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Family Camp at Fox Coverts
"40 odd young people having a great time at Fox Coverts this week end thanks to Leah and her team fro" ...[Full Article] |
| 30/06/12 |
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Colin: Backwoods Camp Official Visit by the DC
"Backwoods Camp looked amazing, it was great to see Stu again and being at The Brand brought back loa" ...[Full Article] |
| 30/06/12 |
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Colin: 12th 74th Visit the Oaks
"Last stop of the day – the Oaks to see the 12th/74th Muslim Scout Group, it was great to see my old " ...[Full Article] |
| 30/06/12 |
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Danielle: A scouty weekend
"I started this weekend with a visit to Fox Coverts to see Leah and the team at Belton & Hathern on t" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Explorers DofE
"Explorers were having a few last minute training sessions for the qualifying expedition next week it" ...[Full Article] |
| 29/06/12 |
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Colin: Village People Fencing
"Friday Night Explorers had a go at Fencing , with our new qualified instructor Joe,which they really" ...[Full Article] |
| 29/06/12 |
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Colin: Scouts Backwoods Camp
"Very quick nip over to Backwoods camp where the teams were building fire pits, dropped off some Dist" ...[Full Article] |
| 29/06/12 |
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Colin: Gold Equipment
"Joe P was over to finalise his equipment for his gold Expedition, we had a bit of look at my new can" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Gold is nearly ready to go
"Tonight Dave and Susan were over to finalise all the Gold DofE expedition paper work and equipment, " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Paul and DofE Bronze
"Paul came over to collect the gear for the bronze qualifying Expedition next weekend everything seem" ...[Full Article] |
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Kayleigh: The centenary of the Fraser Shield
"This weekend I had the privilege of being invited along to help judge Market Harboroughs 100th Frase" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Dishley Cub & Scout Camp
"Popped over to Johns Lee Wood this morning to Dishley Cubs and Scouts have a damp but enjoyable camp" ...[Full Article] |
| 24/06/12 |
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Colin: District AGM
"Well my second AGM as DC, surprised I got this far! It’s always good to reflect on the previous year" ...[Full Article] |
| 23/06/12 |
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Colin: Oaks Service Team
"Had afternoon tea with the Service Team, after doing all the AGM washing up with Tony and Lesley, wh" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Explorer Skills Camp
"Quick visit to see Kirstie and Jo on camp with the Explorers at the Oaks, the Explorers were cooking" ...[Full Article] |
| 23/06/12 |
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Colin: £307 raised
"Last Saturday some of the Explorers raised over £300 in a bag pack at Morrison’s in aid of Ashmount " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Senior Leadership Team Meeting
"Well we finalised some decisions about the District AGM and have decided on some structural changes " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Limehurst School
"Have had a very positive meeting with Limehurst School about developing Scouting to the Asian Commun" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: £5000 Grant
"Well, I opened the post this afternoon and a big thank you to Charnwood Borough Council for a Commu" ...[Full Article] |
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Lucy: 3rd Loughborough Beavers get their new neckers!
"The Beavers were presented with the original 3rd Loughborough Pale Blue and White neckers on Wednesd" ...[Full Article] |
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Lucy: Congratulations to Nanpantan Early Beavers!
"Nanpantan Early Beavers (so early they now meet on Wednesday instead of Friday) are up and running a" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Lunch Time
"Spent this Lunch Time in Morrison’s in Coalville Shopping for the Explorers BBQ tonight
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Colin: Tea Time
"Spent this Tea Time digging out the Big Games at Long Whatton HQ
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Colin: Thorpe Acre Cubs
"Popped in to do a flying visit at Thorpe Acre Cubs met an old pal of mine Vjay who was walking his d" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Explorer BBQ
"Dropped all the food and some disposable BBQ’s of at Explorers
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Colin: Alan’s Wood badge
"Rushed over to Parish to award Alan his wood badge, have a cuppa and speak to a circus skills man, s" ...[Full Article] |
| 18/06/12 |
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Colin: Explorer BBQ Part two
"Everything was well under way although the disposable barbies were a pain in the backside, far too s" ...[Full Article] |
| 18/06/12 |
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Danielle: County Cub Camp Chaos!
"80 Cubs and their leaders joined approximately 400 others on county Cub Cam this weekend.
After pi" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Bag pack at Morrison’s for Ashmount
"Well there was a reasonable turnout, eight Explorers, me, Jo, three from Ashmount and Dave the Headm" ...[Full Article] |
| 16/06/12 |
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Colin: Meeting with the Chair
"Tony and I shared a few thoughts this afternoon in a wet Morrison’s car park
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Colin: DofE Gold & Billy Tea around the fire
"Dave and I share a cup of ‘Billy Tea’ around my fire pit this afternoon while we discussed the finer" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Another New Volunteer!
"Met another potential volunteer today, looks like we are growing again and Thorpe Acre may get a new" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Fencing Gear For County Cub Camp
"It chucked it down with rain as I got the fencing kit out the shed - oh well another Great British S" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Long Whatton AGM
"The Group is 15 years old this year, which is a fantastic achievement. We came up with a bit of a s" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Late Explorer Leader Meeting!
"Ben and Joe popped over for a bit of a chat about Friday Explorers and came up with a plan on how to" ...[Full Article] |
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Kayleigh: District Necker goes international
"Although not strictly a scouting visit, myself and Jamie couldnt help but take a visit to the WOSM H" ...[Full Article] |
| 13/06/12 |
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Danielle: Learning to sign
"This evening I took a trip to Thorpe Acre Cubs to teach them some basic sign language. After a brief" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Loughborough Mela
"Loughborough Mela - Last Sunday Lucy, Tony, Jessica, Jenny, Hisham, and some new potential volunteer" ...[Full Article] |
| 10/06/12 |
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Danielle: Jubilee Celebrations
"This evening over 70 Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and their leaders went to the Oaks campsite to enjoy wide" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: New Volunteers!
"Had a fantastic meeting with three potential new volunteers last night who are full of enthusiasm an" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Picnic in the Park 2012
"Well another early start and a whole day scouting. First thing we did was set up and Rick built a b" ...[Full Article] |
| 05/06/12 |
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Colin: Jubilee Church Service at Long Whatton
"Wow got a mention as District Commissioner and special guest at the service today. Today was all abo" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Boiler and Gas
"Next stop the Community Centre to drop of a water boiler and gas; they are a bit worried that they w" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Jubilee Tree Planting at Long Whatton
"Chucking it down with rain as we gathered at the new Jubilee Oak Tree that has been planted in the v" ...[Full Article] |
| 03/06/12 |
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Colin: Long Whatton Scout Group Jubilee Celebrations
"Had a very Red White and Blue evening as well as cakes and stuff at Long Whatton Scouts and Cubs las" ...[Full Article] |
| 01/06/12 |
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Lisa: BBQ, Campfire, Wide Games!
"Last night I attended my first AGM of the season at 7th Loughborough. The AGM was held around a cam" ...[Full Article] |
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Lucy: Kegworth Bronze Beavers
"Really happy to present 4 Chief Scouts Bronze Awards to Emma, James, Ryan and Lewis from Kegworth to" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Explorers at Charnwood Water
"Started off with a massive wide game around the lake followed by a spider’s web session and we finis" ...[Full Article] |
| 28/05/12 |
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Lisa: Castle Donington May Ball
"On Friday evening I attending Castle Donington's May Ball - Lesley, Jane, Richard and Simon were the" ...[Full Article] |
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Lucy: Visit to Belton and Hathern Beavers!
"Visited Belton and Hathern Beavers on Weds last week. I was challenged work with a lodge to design " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Diversity Weekend
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Spent the weekend with colleagues from around Leicestershire, learning about how to promote Scouti" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Kristie’s Last Night
"Well tonight was Kristie’s official last night, this was celebrated by a Cheesy Disco and Buffet, T" ...[Full Article] |
| 25/05/12 |
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Colin: Disco Fever!
"Ben, Rhian and I sorted out the discos Stuff tonight for the Explorer Disco on Friday, all is ready," ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: District Executive
"Lot of time preparing and getting ready for the District AGM." [Full Article] |
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Danielle: Some fun for leaders
"This weekend I went away with a couple of my leader friends, who help both us and Charnwood District" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Module 38 the Return
"Just when you thought you had a day off, half the Loughborough candidates from module 38 turn up to " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Module 38
"First Stop of the morning Module 38 at the Oaks, some interesting stuff going on, some interesting t" ...[Full Article] |
| 19/05/12 |
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Colin: New Troop
"Next stop Nanpantan to see if anyone would turn up for the our new troop, unfortunately no one did a" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Back to Module 38
"To see the participants planning a hypothetical camp, which Jo and I are going to turn into a real c" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Secret Visit to Shepshed Camp
"Popped in for a very quick illegal visit to 7th & Shepshed’s Beaver Camp while Lisa wasn’t looking m" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Village People Explorer Unit
"Two young people returned to take part in Ready Steady Trangia Cook! Leaders verses Explorers. The " ...[Full Article] |
| 18/05/12 |
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Colin: Quartermaster Laws again!
"Two patrols turned up from Module 38 to collect gear from the shed, Jo and Kirstie along with Maria," ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Gear!
"Spent a bit of time getting fencing gear ready, then climbing gear as I am getting ready for a coupl" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Olympic Torch Event
"What a fantastic Olympic event, Loughborough District over 250 people talking part in various sports" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: 3rd and 4th - but in reverse!
"First stop was 4th Shepshed to sort out equipment with Mike for the upcoming Beaver camp with 7th Lo" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: GSL's Meeting
"Had a very productive GSL's meeting tonight - thank you all for your attendance and input. Some pos" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: DofE Silver
"It seemed very quiet this week at the Silver meeting with all the young people beavering away, looks" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Great Nephew, Oaks Spring Service, AGM and Jubilee
"Well apologies to everyone but I missed the Service because of a stinking headache which I still had" ...[Full Article] |
| 13/05/12 |
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Colin: Muslim Scouts Update
"We now have new Leaders and support from current Adult volunteers, unfortunately no young people yet" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: 1st Loughborough Group Camp
"Jenny and I visited Liam, Lucy, and the team up at Johns Lee Wood this evening, tea was being cooked" ...[Full Article] |
| 12/05/12 |
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Colin: Great Uncle Colin goes visiting
"It’s getting to be a regular story but the next stop was the Oaks in search of my Great Nephew Andre" ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: JOTT
"On Saturday afternoon I joined with Castle Donington Scout Group at Staunton Harold Estate and we se" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Village People are Back!
"After a couple of years without Friday Night Explorers it has return with 3 members, just what we st" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Shelters, Fires & CSA at Thorpe Acre
"Had a great time tonight at Thorpe Acre Scouts where the Scouts made Shelters, Fires, with which the" ...[Full Article] |
| 11/05/12 |
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Colin: Village People Part 2
"The interesting thing is this unit opened about nine and a half years ago; it hasn’t run for about t" ...[Full Article] |
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Kayleigh: Scouts looking at world issues!
"This evening I put my dinner on hold and trekked out to 'surprise' Castle Donington with my first gr" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Explorer Sob Night!
"Chocolate Fountains, Wii’s and PS2’s, not your average night but one requested by the Explorers, it " ...[Full Article] |
| 07/05/12 |
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Colin: Muslim Scout Fellowship National Camp at Kibblesto
"What a great afternoon, Jenny, Jessica and I visited the National Muslim Scout Fellowship Camp and m" ...[Full Article] |
| 06/05/12 |
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Colin: South West District Camp Visit
"Went over to Willesley this afternoon to see Danielle Fencing and quite a lot of Scouts having a goo" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: DIY!
"Spent some of this evening making the Air Rifle Shooting boards safe at Shepshed Scout Hut by strapp" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Village People!
"The Village People are returning! Who are the Village People I hear you say? Well the Village people" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Quick Visit to Ashmount
"A flying visit to Ashmount to see how our leaders are doing, dropped off some Scout Polo shirts, sai" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: A life on the Ocean Wave!
"Tonight I met some pretty amazing young people and Volunteers at the Sea Cadet in Loughborough, Lt K" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Two new Volunteers
"Met two potential volunteers in the Moon and Bell tonight Ella and Chris, very enthusiastic, young a" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Explorers Got Talent
"What a night! Explorers really did have talent, we saw circus skill, a human pyramid, a female dance" ...[Full Article] |
| 30/04/12 |
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Lisa: Outdoor First Aid
"Well today is the second day of my Outdoor First Aid course - what a great day to be practising scen" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Fencing Gear of to South West’s District Camp
"Steve, DC South West, came over this morning to collect the fencing gear for his district camp next " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: New District Scout Troop on the way
"Today I met with Kev, Hisham and Hocine to plan for the New Scout Troop being developed for the Musl" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Kit returned
"SCOGUI returned the PA system and said they had a great night at their annual dinner. We loaded the" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Long Whatton Summer Camp pre visit
"Spent part of this afternoon up at Willesley planning Jenny’s summer camp, we have decided on the si" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: 7th Loughborough Cubs at Johns Lee Wood
"Shortly after that we were at Johns Lee Wood to see 7th Loughborough Cubs having a great time with F" ...[Full Article] |
| 28/04/12 |
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Colin: Kegworth Group Camp at the Oaks
"Next stop The Oaks to see Kegworth Scout Group having a great time with fires, marshmallows and bana" ...[Full Article] |
| 28/04/12 |
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Colin: Cllr Roy Brown RIP
"Today I attended Counsellor Roy Brown funeral. Roy was Mayor of Charnwood in 2010 when Willi and th" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Kegworth Committee Meeting
"Went along to see the Kegworth Committee to have a bit of a brain storm over growing the group, with" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Section Team Meetings
"Managed to catch the last hour of the Beaver Cub & Scout Leader Meetings, seems to be lots being dis" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: Accounts & Cubs
"Well my day started off with a visit to Lesley who helped me to reconcile the District Accounts - th" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: ANZAC Day at Explorers
"Tonight the Explorers learnt about ANZAC Day, which is actually the 25th April, they learnt 9 facts " ...[Full Article] |
| 23/04/12 |
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Colin: St Georges Day Celebrations
"Today we reaffirmed our promise and Celebrated St George’s Day with lots of Activities and Fun, a Gr" ...[Full Article] |
| 22/04/12 |
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Colin: DofE Kit being returned
"Just when you thought it was all over – Lisa turns up with a ton of kit to go back in the stores, th" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: County St Georges Day Awards
"Tonight I attended the County St Georges Day Awards, always a good evening, Jonny, Prit and jo all r" ...[Full Article] |
| 20/04/12 |
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Colin: Lamingtons & ANZAC Biscuits!
"Tons of Lamingtons and ANZAC biccies arrived at work today ready for next Mondays Explorer Programme" ...[Full Article] |
| 19/04/12 |
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Kayleigh: Free Paraolympic Kits for Groups
"Ive just ordered Kegworths Free Paraolympic kit from Sainsburys. It really is easy all your need is " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Module 38 & St George
"Well manage to get to the last hour of module 38, for tea break and then we ended up putting the fin" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Lamingtons
"This afternoon I orders a gazillion Lamington’s and ANZAC biscuits for an Explorer meeting next week" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: DC’s Meeting at Blaby
"And Tonight I was at the DC’s meeting. What an interesting meeting, it was really useful!
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Colin: Explorers lend a Hand
"Been out to visit Darren again and brought our two Explorers home Ariana and Sophie. Well done to th" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Explorer Programme - Done!
"Finished the Explorer Programme today and have just about got everything sorted for it as well. On " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Cyclist and the Oaks
"After becoming a cyclist this morning, I visited the Oaks in a car; Darren was there with his DofE g" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Meeting with Mr P
"Long chat with Dave from DofE this afternoon. The first two Gold Walking Groups are soon to be on E" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: New Volunteers
"Saw a new volunteer tonight, who is interested in working with DofE have a potential two other as we" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: County Commissioner is pleased with the progress
"During a meeting with the County Commissioner tonight Byron said; ‘You are doing a great job’ and ‘w" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Picking up the Shooters!
"Duncan came over this evening to pick the Air Rifle Gear, 3rd are obviously Air Rifle Shooting tomor" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Expedition Challenge
"Visited Thorpe Acre tonight to see the girls back from their expedition to Coventry, Ruth, Elizabeth" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Section Forum Photos
"Cool the Section forum photos are up, to me and all the other Oldies out there that is a District Pa" ...[Full Article] |
| 09/04/12 |
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Colin: A Day Scouting after a 13 hour Shift – No Way!
"This morning I received a text at stupid o’clock from my ADC Scouts, after finishing a 13 hour shift" ...[Full Article] |
| 09/04/12 |
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Colin: Found some more DofE Bronze Photos
"Just found these on a Camera, needed to put them on the website, because they sort sum up the spirit" ...[Full Article] |
| 09/04/12 |
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Colin: Didn’t even know Kegworth had a Market Place!
"Popped out very quickly to Kegworth to see Ian and Kayleigh at their stall promoting Scouting in Keg" ...[Full Article] |
| 09/04/12 |
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Colin: Last Day of Easter Camp for Long Whatton
"I arrived around 7 am to find Jenny suffering from back problems, the Scouts were just stirring and " ...[Full Article] |
| 08/04/12 |
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Colin: 7th Loughborough Cubs at Johns Lee Wood
"Shortly after that we were at Johns Lee Wood to see 7th Loughborough Cubs having a great time with F" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: First stop this morning . . .
"Johns Lee Wood, spent half an hour with Barry the warden who is a top bloke and I have known him for" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Second Stop about 11 am . . .
"The Oaks, back to Long Whatton and their Easter Camp to teach . . . Axe and Saw. So I missed break" ...[Full Article] |
| 07/04/12 |
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Colin: Third Stop 10 pm . . .
"Home, Shower and Bed after a great day!
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| 07/04/12 |
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Colin: Jenny is off to Camp
"As I sit here this morning Jenny is getting ready to go to camp with Long Whatton Scouts, I am tired" ...[Full Article] |
| 06/04/12 |
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Colin: Long Whatton is off to Easter Camp
"1.30pm all is packed and I am off to the Oaks, need to also fit in a visit to Johns Lee wood to see " ...[Full Article] |
| 06/04/12 |
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Colin: Home for 9.30pm
"Well just got back from the Oaks with Long Whatton, we set up camp and spent the evening teaching th" ...[Full Article] |
| 06/04/12 |
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Colin: Training
"Had a good meeting with Jez tonight our new County Explorer Scout Leader, should have his Wood Badge" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: DofE Bronze & Silver
"Well after two/three days walking the 3 bronze and 3 silver groups have now completed their expediti" ...[Full Article] |
| 03/04/12 |
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Colin: 1954 Map
"I found this map at the Shelthorpe Scout Hut in 1993, and I thought to myself ‘I’ll save that, it wi" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: I’m lovin’ it! NOT!
"Well as a bit of a treat, the Explorers met at McDonald’s last night. There were only a few because " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Bronze Assessing Day 2
"Out to Johns Lee Wood for 9 am to see the group off and that was it really. Checked on them about 1" ...[Full Article] |
| 01/04/12 |
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Colin: Off to see how the Silver Groups were doing
"I was home for 3.50 pm . . . and then off to the Peaks by 4 pm, with Jenny, Jessica, and Darren. A" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Bronze Assessing Day 1
"Well got up late, probably too tired from crawling around in sheds all week! But managed to get to t" ...[Full Article] |
| 31/03/12 |
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Colin: GPS Trackers again!
"So just when you thought it was already Paul comes over to pick up the Trackers for the group and th" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: Awards Galore!
"On Tuesday night I went to Belton & Hathern Beavers where Ellie, Sophie, Thomas and Aidan were award" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Dropping Stuff Off
"Today back in the shed with Lisa for the final sort out then dropping DofE stuff of for Jo, now hope" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Sheds and Stuff
"Spent the evening sorting Sheds and Gear for the up and coming DofE weekend, and its best if I dont " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Some lovely art work and a suspected broken Collar
"Tonight we did Glow Stick Fun, but had forgotten that the clocks went forward on Sunday so it didn’t" ...[Full Article] |
| 26/03/12 |
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Lisa: DofE Kit Inspection
"Today I distributed tents/stoves etc to the six groups going off on expedition next week-end. The B" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Bronze Qualifying Kit Inspection
"Well at least all I have to worry about is the Qualifying Team! They all seem ready to go, so far e" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Soup Dragons & Youth Forums at Willesley
"Today Lesley and I were soup dragons for around 30 people; I hasten to add that Lesley was the Head " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Brownsea’s Visit to Teddy Camp
"This evening I took my Red Squirrel Teddy called Brownsea, because he is from Brownsea, to visit Nan" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Expedition Challange!
"Next Stop was to see how Thorpe Acre and Belton & Hathern got on with their Expedition Challenge, th" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Badminton at Long Whatton
"Tonight I was looking after Jenny’s Scouts while she was away; we planned a programme, sorted a bit " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Bronze Awards at 7th
"I seem to getting rather good at these last minute appearances, manage to get to 7th Just in time to" ...[Full Article] |
| 22/03/12 |
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Kayleigh: Hikes and Quizs
"Mid week and Im already on my 2nd of 3 district scout events.
This weekend I spent the night with" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Scout Quiz
"Well I manage to get to about the last 8 minutes, just in time to see Castle Donington Scouts win fo" ...[Full Article] |
| 21/03/12 |
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Colin: District Exec
"Tonight I attended a meeting which was not top secret; no top secret things were discussed! Is that " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: A programme has emerged!
"Tonight I spent time with the Explorers figuring out the programme until next September. We managed " ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: Air Wrecks
"Yesterday Duncan, Kev and myself took four young people to complete the Air Wrecks walk in The Dark " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: SCOGUI Night Hike the Results!
"So I went back the next morning, in the rain and the results were in 3rd Place – Long Whatton, in 2n" ...[Full Article] |
| 18/03/12 |
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Colin: SCOGUI Nighthike 2012
"Not been to one for a couple of years, but I must say it was a very good event, well organised by Ja" ...[Full Article] |
| 17/03/12 |
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Colin: In Search of HI Vis Jackets
"Had a quick trip out to Thorpe Acre to pick up the Hi Vis Jackets, saw Matthew and Peter, all the Sc" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Scouting at Ashmount
"Ian, Sheila, Jackie, and I all went to visit Ashmount School to meet the members of the Youth Club a" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Tracker Challenge Continues
"Spent some quality time in the Orange shop explaining my problem with them, it’s a good job I bumped" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Tracker Challenge
"Spent the night on the phone to a call centre Spent the evening sorting out GPS Trackers to fine on " ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: The hill doesn't get any easier!!
"Well this is the 3rd time I have joined a group of Scouts on the Worthington to Drum Hill cycle ride" ...[Full Article] |
| 12/03/12 |
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Danielle: En Garde!
"For the last 2 monday evenings I have been spending some time with 1st and 7th Loughborough Scouts t" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Partnership with Ashmount School
"First stop tonight was Explorers to drop of some kit, and watch them fumble around with trangias and" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: District Bike Ride Hosted by Thorpe Acre
"Well the second Challenge was to do the cooking for them on the Thorpe Acre to Drum Hill Cycle Chall" ...[Full Article] |
| 11/03/12 |
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Danielle: I want to ride my bicycle.....
"I'm just preparing all my kit (and myself) for the 13+ mile bike ride with Scouts from across the Di" ...[Full Article] |
| 10/03/12 |
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Colin: Ready Steady Cook on a Trangia
"A couple of months ago Thorpe Acre Scout Leaders through down a couple of challenges to me one was t" ...[Full Article] |
| 09/03/12 |
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Colin: Long Whatton have a visit to the Fire Station
"While I was out stir frying with Thorpe Acre, Long Whatton Scouts were visiting the Fire Station, Ha" ...[Full Article] |
| 09/03/12 |
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Colin: Royal Visit
"Well this morning I waved Jessica and Jenny off as they went to see the Queen in Leicester, Jessica " ...[Full Article] |
| 08/03/12 |
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Colin: Ashmount School
"Today I went to visit Ashmount School in Loughborough and met Dave, the Headmaster. He was very keen" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: District Team Meeting
"Another Top Secret Meeting of the District Team, where we discussed Top Secret things like, St Georg" ...[Full Article] |
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Kayleigh: Paper towers, awards and investitures!
"This evening I had the pleasure of being invited along to 3rd Loughborough Scouts to help give out a" ...[Full Article] |
| 07/03/12 |
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Colin: Danielle’s Bicycle
"This afternoon I picked up Danielle’s Bike to take it to Cycle Trax to be fixed, all ready to take p" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Group Managers Meeting
"Well nice to see lots of GSL’s and we had a special visit from Jude and Hayden the new county traini" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: DofE Bronze, Silver and Gold, and a Bike Meeting
"Well I managed in my state of illness to crawl to the Explorer DofE meeting to see what was going on" ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: Armoured Elephants!!
"84 Cubs, Scouts, Leaders, Parents and helpers joined the other 700 Cubs from across Leicestershire a" ...[Full Article] |
| 03/03/12 |
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Lisa: Smoothies, Chews, Forums & Peaks
"Tonight I visited a very busy Beaver Colony at Shepshed. When I arrived the Beavers had been split " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Explorers Big Discussion!
"The Explorers have had a Big Discussion and now it’s all sorted!
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Colin: Explorerss!
"Quick meeting with the Monday Explorer Team yesterday afternoon, knocked about a few ideas, tied to " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Slack week for me!
"Well it’s been a bit of a slack week, with being so ill and all, but I know Lesley, Tony, Lisa and D" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Founders Day Awards Evening
"What a fantastic night, haven’t got the stats yet but 50 odd volunteers being awarded Certificates a" ...[Full Article] |
| 25/02/12 |
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Colin: ADC (Beavers)
"Spent some time with Lucy the ABSL from 1st Loughborough this afternoon talking about how fantastic " ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: BEL Adventures - Day 6
"Yippee - I survived. Why is it that whenever you go camping it always rains on the last day and you " ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: BEL Adventures - Day 5
"Our team got up at 7am and together we cooked a full English on trangias - how good are we? We left" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: 9th at Camp at Ullesthorpe
"Darren and I visited Ullesthorpe late Friday evening to find 9th Scouts having a great time. They h" ...[Full Article] |
| 17/02/12 |
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Lisa: BEL Adventures - Day 4
"Today our 12k hike went a bit wrong but we recovered well and ended up at the pub where I discovered" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: BEL Adventures - Day 3
"Up at 7am today (we got a lie in - yippee). Showered and had breakfast and in the classroom by 9am f" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: BEL Adventures - Day 2
"This is now the fourth time I've tried to write this as I keep pressing the wrong button - forgot to" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: BEL Adventures - Day 1
"Well I got to the course on time so I took that as a positive. Today we did registration paperwork; " ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: Chief Scout Platinum Awards
"Well, better late than never. It was my privilege and honour to attend the Chief Scout Platinum Awa" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Training
"Mu ha ha ha ha, Lesley, Margaret and I all had a secret meeting this afternoon with lunch, to discus" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Scout Fishing Competition
"So in anticipation of a Scout Angling Competition Jessica and I went out and bought some gear from G" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: The DDC’s from Hell
"I knew as soon as they arrived together in the same car, that they were up to something, and they we" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Thorpe Acre Beaver Sleep Over
"Mayhem and chaos pursued as I sat enjoying my cup of tea this evening at Amiee and Ian’s Beaver Empo" ...[Full Article] |
| 11/02/12 |
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Kayleigh: A week of firsts
"Well as the title suggests it really has been a week of firsts for me as ADC.
Saturday:" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Pioneering Part 2
"Back at Long Whatton again tonight to do the next part of the Pioneering Badge, we recapped on the R" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: DC becomes local radio star
"and Jamie the new DESC. Sent out a bit of a press release last night and it has really sparked some" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Busted Knee
"So I finally went to the walk in centre about my knee, it took a bashing when I fell, I have to rest" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Highfields Manor
"Met some new friends today Ros and Colin who live at Highfields Lodge between Belton and Long Whatto" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Lots of moving around at 1st
"Well invited out to first to give out a few Silver Chief Scout Awards, see a few Cubs move up to Sco" ...[Full Article] |
| 06/02/12 |
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Colin: DofE at Explorers
"Completely forgot about the gold group. Did a quick trip over to Explorers tonight as they are plan" ...[Full Article] |
| 06/02/12 |
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Lisa: DofE Silver Micro Navigation
"Well, eleven DofE participants and three leaders braved the very cold weather at Swithland Wood & Br" ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: Splish Splash
"Despite the snow we had a really good turnout for the District swimming gala. The Beavers, Cubs and " ...[Full Article] |
| 04/02/12 |
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Colin: Nanpantan Scouts sleep over at the Scout Hut
"Well I popped in this morning to see Chris and Nick at the Scout Hut. All the scouts seemed in good" ...[Full Article] |
| 04/02/12 |
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Colin: A very important job
"Today at the Swimming Gala, I had the very important job of giving out the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Tickets t" ...[Full Article] |
| 04/02/12 |
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Colin: All the Gaffers get together
"Unfortunately the SMT meeting is even more secret then the District Exec Meeting, by even mentioning" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Only 3 emails
"Wow I have only 3 emails in my in box! - someone is up to something!" [Full Article] |
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Colin: District Exec
"Another top secret meeting of the District Exec took place today, some interesting top secret things" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Permits!
"Spent the Afternoon with Dave & Susan looking at Camp Permits and Hill Walking Permits, Jenny made u" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Pioneering!
"So tonight I was asked by Long Whatton if I could help the scouts do the pioneering activity badge, " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: A possible new Scout Section
"Had a great meeting tonight with our new friends Hocine and Riyadh from the Muslim community, we hav" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Module 36
"Tonight Ian from Thorpe Acre Scouts and I got together to look at validating a Module 36, that’s the" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Meeting with the new ADC (Scouts) and DESC
"The short version is, they were told to get on with it, the long version is far too secretive to be " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Explorer Summer Camp meeting!
"Later that day, another top secret meeting took place with Kirstie as we tried desperately to salvag" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Admin!
"And between all of that catching up with a weeks’ worth of Admin! Believe it or not I have been on " ...[Full Article] |
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Andy: Flying high at LES!
"Back for a second helping at the Grammar School campus tonight, I ran the session covering most of t" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: Blog
"Colin says I need to put more things onto the Blog so.... today I've spent most of the day doing pap" ...[Full Article] |
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Danielle: Come and make a splash!
"Just a quick reminder to all groups out there that the District swimming gala is fast approaching. P" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: A whole day at Shepshed
"Well not for me it wasn’t but it was for the Explorer DofE Team, so good on you for giving up a day " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Dishley’s Birthday Party
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Popped in to see Dishley celebrating their 31st(?) Birthday party tonight, they were all dress as " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Thorpe Acre for a Cuppa
"After Dishley I popped over to Thorpe Acre because I know you can always get a cuppa, the Doritos fr" ...[Full Article] |
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Andy: Visiting the last one!
"Double duties for today's blog post, last night was a District Team meeting after starting back 7th " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: District Team Meeting
"Well we got off to a slow start but the finer points of the programme seem to be clearer now. A few" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Reviews!
"Well at the GSL’s meeting tonight we had a bit of a laugh watching some videos on how to do reviews." ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Gold DofE meeting
"Tonight I was at the Gold DofE meeting with Dave and Susan, Budgets were set, routes were planned, e" ...[Full Article] |
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Andy: Trying not to let Network get lost (QSA Edition)
"Now, I know what you are saying to yourselves, "Andy, you have your QSA, we all saw you were at Wind" ...[Full Article] |
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Kirstie: Duchess Joins Scouting
"As many of you have seen The Duchess of Cambrige is The Scout Association's newest volunteer!!
We" ...[Full Article] |
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Kirstie: 1st Kegworth Scout Group Opens on 11/01/12
"1st Kegworth Scout Group is opening a new section this Wednesday!
The Scout section will be run" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Scouting and Islam
"Today I visited the 12th/74th Scout Group in the heart of Leicester City Centre with Byron the Count" ...[Full Article] |
| 07/01/12 |
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Colin: Scouting and Special Needs
"Today I met with Jackie who has been given the mission of developing Scout to Young People with Spec" ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: DofE & So much for a fortnight off!
"Well I nearly had a couple of weeks of at christmas, today we had a meeting to discuss DofE, set a f" ...[Full Article] |
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Lisa: Group RAG - 1st Prize??
"Well go on then, guess who got their Group RAG in first...... well done to Paul and the team at 3rd " ...[Full Article] |
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Colin: Happy New Year!
"Happy New Year to all our Members!" [Full Article] |
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