Apr 04 2024
On Friday the 15th of March Malika, Tristan, James and I went to Groot Winterhoek for James’ springbok hike. The first day of the hike we were hiking up a valley to Groot Kliphuis. There were lots of prickly and spiky bushes and branches that scratched everyone’s legs. We arrived at the beginning of the …
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Apr 04 2024
The day started off early as we started our journey up to Vlakkenberg Peak. The day was quite warm and the sun was beating down relentlessly. Many water breaks were needed. Along the way we encountered beautiful views surrounded by the mountains. There were not many trees around so we treasured any small bits of …
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Apr 04 2024
We all awoke to the birds shining and the sun tweeting. We could tell that it was going to be a tiring day. But nothing could prepare us for the horrors of the day! We started out by laying out the beams of the building as the mastermind of the plan sat behind his desk …
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Apr 04 2024
On the 21st of January, a brave few adventurous scouts, friends and parents of 1st Claremont set out on a quest of getting to Klassenkop without anyone dying. On the extremely dangerous journey up, the adventurers were met with many a challenge (e.g. Daniel’s choice of route and Daniel himself). Luckily everyone got up fine, …
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Apr 04 2024
In this series we started by featuring our very first flag (the oldest Scout flag in South Africa), then at two historic flags from nearly 100 years ago, then at our collection of Cub flag. In this final instalment we look at the two flags that are currently in use by the Scout Troop. At …
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Apr 04 2024
ATS and Wood Badge Holder Susan has been an integral part of 1st Claremont since she became an Assistant Troop Scouter just over 9 years ago in 2015 when her children Matthew and Emily were Scouts in the Troop and David Knight was Troop Scouter. She has contributed widely and deeply, within and beyond the …
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Apr 04 2024
Eagles Term Report This term was a great term. Our first win was in February when Laura Hoffa ran a spiffing patrol camp at Hawequas, and let us just say that the eagles couldn’t fly very much after that since we ate about 2 tons. Many games such as the renowned ‘Taco Cat Cheese Pizza’ …
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Apr 04 2024
The Swifts dynamic has changed a LOT with the new patrol shuffling. We now have five new people in the patrol (Two of us also being new to scouts!). Five! Out of seven! Only two scouts have stayed in Swifts for a while. Considering everything, Swifts has been thriving. Although we have not run as …
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