The end of term and the start of school holidays saw scouts from both troops head for the beautiful North Yorkshire Moors for summer camp. Staying on the Ravensgill campsite with the moors literally out the back gate of the site they set to for a week of rock climbing, hiking, pioneering and day trips to Whitby and the North York Moors Steam railway AKA Hogsmead!

We were joined for the week by two scouts from Yorkshire, 1/36th Doncaster, who could not make their own summer camp, and hope that the bonds formed round the campfire between the two groups last long into the future 🙂

Originally planned for October 2023 but delayed by an Atlantic storm 12 intrepid scouts headed for North Wales in May to get some proper experience of the Snowdonia mountains and real hill walking. The target was the classic route of Glyder Fawr and Glyder Fach via The Devils Kitchen. A classic North Wales route!

January came and it was time to shake off the Christmas cobwebs and so what better way to spend the coldest month of the year than head off to camp? The Tolmers Fire and Ice weekend was spent as part of a district contingent and meant everything from er…. fire to er…. ice and of course a woodland disco!

Meanwhile back at the HQ we had a curry night to warm everyone up and finished term with the district incident hike run by our friends at the university scout and guide club

Back in September both scout troops rounded off the summer camping season with a gloriously sunny weekend at Gilwell, the international home of scouting. A lovely way to sign off 🙂

12th Cambridge & Woodsmoke Explorers fielded 26 archers at the National  Scouts Archery Competition 2024.

The event, held at Phasels Wood, consisted of 3 types of archery – Target, Field (in the woods) and Clout.

As well as great archery, beautiful weather and a lovely relaxed weekend, those who were awake late enough on the Friday night were treated to a spectacular aurora display.

Well done to all our archers, including our silver medal-winner! We are also proud of our team of four who bravely lost out in the first round to a very experienced team, but managed to win one ‘end’ of the three!