Dec 28 2021
The junior scouts set out early from Cecilia Forest and ended at 2pm at Teresa Ave in Camps Bay. David, Susan, Jonathan and Junior led the hike. It was very varied; some areas would be flat, steep, narrow and very uphill. It wasn’t too hot and was partly cloudy. Our first destination was a waterfall …
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Dec 28 2021
When I arrived at Hawequas on the Thursday I was expecting a hot five days of pioneering and burnt food. However I was not expecting to be woken up on the first night at 1am next to Alex’s tent with him inside being blown off the edge of our campsite! Despite 90 km/h winds, as …
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Dec 28 2021
Troop camp was fun. Due to COVID this was my 2nd troop camp ever so going into it I didn’t exactly know what was going to happen and I expected it to run similarly to a scout competition like Gordon’s but just maybe be less harsh. I was relatively right with my guess. Like Gordon’s …
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Dec 28 2021
There is inevitably lost property on annual camp. The tradition has evolved among the scouts that to retrieve the more significant lost property, you have to apologise to it. The apologies this year were worthy of Oscars with some fine performances from willing scouts. The eagerness with which these apologies were made and the fine …
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Oct 19 2021
If you read through all the great articles in this edition of Smoke Signals, you’ll see how 1st Claremont Scout Group is really booming these days. If you look back 10+ years, we had under 10 Scouts at meetings and no Cub Pack. We recovered through hard work, recruitment, and strong long-term planning, with support …
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Oct 19 2021
Going into the competition I had no idea what I was in for as it was my first orienteering competition. Although I had done map work and had taken bearings before during my years at scouts, I still didn’t know what we were going to need to do in this competition. We arrived at the …
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