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Tim takes a team orienteering

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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Tribute to Peter Niddrie

The long awaited District First Aid course had started that Saturday morning and I was in a bookshop in Tokai, planning to visit the course later in the day when the phone rang. Looking at the caller I knew that it was a problem of some sort, given that the caller was Jonathan who was …

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Matthew on the cub hike in Cecilia Forest

On the 3rd of September 2021 we went on a hike from Cecilia Forest up to Cecilia Waterfall and back again. It was a really fun hike but it started raining about halfway through and unfortunately not all the cubs had brought rain coats. Due to the rain, all the streams were flooded and one …

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The Meerkats and the Olympics

With the Olympics all around us, the Meerkats spent August and September learning all about what it means to be Proudly South African, one of the Challenge Badges on the Meerkat Trail. One of ADS Lucy du Toit’s innovative programmes involved looking at the emblems and animals on our money. We discovered all sorts of …

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Luke gets wet on Gordon Shield

Gordon Shield ran over the 11thand 12th of September. We were only allowed to put in one team of five, which consisted of two seniors and three older juniors. Usually we are able to put in two teams of eight. The competition was split into two areas — half of the troops were at Hawequas …

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Meerkats camp “under the sea”

On the weekend of 9-10 October, our Meerkats took up a national challenge to go camping “under the sea”. Along with 119 Meerkats countrywide, they involved their families in an overnight camp at home with many exciting activities in between and regular meet-ups on Zoom. For half of our Den, this was their second camp. …

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Smoke Signals 2021 Second Edition

Quarter Two of 2021 has been busy – as the number of posts about exciting activities demonstrates! The level of engagement is wonderful to see – indeed our waiting list can’t keep up and we’re seeing demand for a new group in our area. In his SGL Update, our Group Leader shares some big news: …

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Table Mountain Hole in the Wall Hike

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