Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
That’s a joke, it’s a very good opening sentence to get you to read this haha. However, it does highlight how learning certain skills for yourself and practising them is far better than doing them once and forgetting them and never being able to use them for the rest of your life.
Anyways, Swifts this year have been incredible. I’ve had an insane time, many laughs and incredible memories made. Although not performing the best in the troop (my hopes and dreams crushed – probably due to our oh so very good PL) we had an insane time together and I’ll never forget it as my last year as a scout.
Unfortunately we had to say farewell to Joncole (who had to go to Boks 🤮)(Still we hope you will have a great time with them), Ben who sadly left Scouts (Good luck for hockey) and to Mathilde and her family who are leaving the country (We wish them a wonderful time there too).
I’m proud of how awesome the patrol has been and of this year, one I’ll never forget. We even managed to get the Gold Star Award for Swifts!! Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday and an even better year ahead.
Thank you Swifts
Peter Raynham
