of activities, including braving the high ropes course, building a pioneering bridge, wide games and a campfire.
Two teams entered the Malvern Challenge on Cleeve Hill in June, where we were all glad the weather was considerably better than the previous year.
We joined Leckhampton and Bethesda Scout Troops for our Summer camp at Chalfont Heights, with the Scouts working in patrols and cooking their own meals all week. The program included narrow boating on the Grand Union Canal, pioneering, backwoods cooking, climbing, an assault course, mountain biking, building a bivouac and sleeping in it, a trip to the Science Museum in London, local walks and swimming. We also had the benefit of a few unplanned activities, including being flooded out and evacuated from the site (although this did provide the opportunity to get to know some Irish Scouts, singing “Head shoulders knees and toes” in Gaelic), and two trips to the local A&E department!
A number of Highbury Scouts also went of County run activity courses, such as the survival skills, water activity, and hill walking weekends.
The Autumn term saw Leo Knowles become the first Highbury Scout to obtain his Chief Scouts Gold Award, with Sam Collier becoming the second a few weeks later. Congratulations to both of them, and we wish them all the best when they move up to Explorer Scouts.