Trek Cart
The “Trek Cart” is one of the oldest Scout traditions. These are hand carts that were used in the earliest days of Scouting to take equipment to camp, and you can read about one in an article about a 1st Claremont journey from July 1908. These days our trek cart lives on the stage (the chassis being too big to fit through the basement door), and we occasionally use it for cub or scout races.
Leaping Wolf
The Leaping Wolf is the top badge a cub can earn, and we were pleased to award one to James Sullivan during the term. James was a cub at 1st Claremont but has now moved to 2nd Rondebosch Scout Troop, hence the green shirt and brown scarf. Well done James and best of luck at your new troop.
Firefly walk
On the 5th of November the Cubs went on a late evening walk through Kirstenbosch Gardens. We learned about how to locate the fireflies through listening to bird calls, and spent hours wandering through the pathways surrounded by the magic of a myriad fireflies. We even had a few stuck on cubs’ hair!
Eagles Nest hike
The final cub meeting of the year was a sunset hike to Eagles Nest above Constantia Nek. It was also our smallest meeting of the year as Covid numbers were increasing in local schools and many families were either isolating or chose to stay away, but we enjoyed a lovely evening on this short (but strenuous) hike to a beautiful summit.
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[…] The cubs also learn about saving the planet and have engaged in learning about the sustainable development goals which have been adopted by scouts worldwide as part of our programme. This is in addition to the usual cub activities such as an evening walk in Kirstenbosch and summiting Eagles’ Nest. […]