Parbrook Cub Scouts
Summer term 2008


22 July - West Grinstead
15 July - steam
12 July - Greenwich
8 July - invest Baloo
17 June

 

 

The summer term 2008 has been busy and we have managed to get a few of our events on camera. Here are our highlights.

Tuesday 22 July: West Grinstead

West Grinstead Station

The platforms and signal make a very distinctive sight on the Downs Link

Information carriage

The ranger service has an old railway carriage full of information next to the Downs Link path

Welcome to West Grinstead

Pauline explains the rules for the evening to the Cubs

Signs of nature

The first group try to work out what has caused each of the signs in the photos

Tree hunters

Meanwhile the other group is hunting for different types of tree

Found one

Cameron found a spindle tree

Watching

There were more than trees to find - this is a Greater Spotted Woodpecker

Hawthorn

The Cubs find another labelled tree but would they recognise it without the label?

Time for some answers

Pauline checks the answers in the nature quiz

Off we go

The Cubs head off on the Downs Link - staying behind Pauline of course

On the way back

Pauline gets the Cubs to walk quietly to see if we can hear any birds

Tuesday 15 July - steam

We had a surprise visitor tonight. The Cubs weren't expecting anything so were rather taken aback when Nick and Fred arrived

What's that noise

The first the Cubs knew was when we heard a lot of hissing and chuffing coming from the road

How does it work?

We had a good look at the firebox and boiler to see how it all worked

All to scale

The model is a quarter scale and everything is reduced, even the little bucket on the front

Saturday 12 July - Greenwich

Tea break

When we arrived at Greenwich Park the Cubs decided it was time for a tea break

Photo opportunity

We stopped for pictures outside the Royal Observatory with the Thames and Docklands in the background

A proper look

Here is the view without the Cubs in the way

Lunchtime

After a look round the time galleries in the observatory it was time for lunch in the park

Free time

We went back into the observatory for the planetarium show and astronomy galleries but after that had some free time in the park

Hello from the other side

We crossed the river using the foot tunnel and ended up in Island Gardens

Across the river

This is the view of the Greenwich end of the tunnel from Island Gardens

Going underground

The Cubs prepare to return to Greenwich through the tunnel

Tuesday 8 July - we invested Baloo

All star cast

We were pleased to be visited by District Commissioner, Loo Rosser and our Group Scout Leader, Steve Stocker

Introduction

The District Commissioner tells the Cubs what we are about to do

Group Scarf

Steve presents the group scarf

All done

...and badges

Congratulations

Loo gives Baloo her certificate and provisional warrant

Group photo

Tuesday 17 June

This was just an "ordinary" pack meeting (whatever that means) but Fox was helping us and had his camera - hence more pictures of Akela than we are used to seeing

Rounders

We started off with a game of rounders outside

Near miss

Rounder

Looks as if Tom is going to get home

Wait for it

The fielders wait for the next hit

A diffferent view

The photographer moves behind the batsman

Back inside

Then it was back into the hall for a game of shipwrecks

Akela calls out the commands

Fox tried a fancy black and white setting on his camera

Sharks!

Lie on your back, hands and feet in the air

Freeze!

 


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