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A pig and a half production! Part 2!

“So how are we going to fix the pipe to the Cow’s bum?”

This is the sort of challenge you are regularly faced with when you are a Scout Leader.

The Cow in question is, thankfully, not real. The time is 15:45 and the Leader team are putting the finishing touches to the lucky dip for the 2nd Annual Scout Hog Roast event which starts in a little under 4 hours time. The band is booked, tickets have been sold, the Hog is ordered and the venue has the heating on (which is a welcome bonus).

17:00 and we are at the Cricket Club laying out the coasters made by the Scouts, setting out the raffle and auction prizes and loaning out phones so the singer can call the rest of his band after they all suffered some kind of phone catastrophe in the week!

9 scouts and 7 leaders braved the elements to enjoy their first ever Brass monkey’s camp at Overstone Scout Activity Centre on 14^th and 15^th January 2012.

The scouts arrived early on Saturday morning to set up camp, the parents were fantastic in helping set up camp and the camp was set up in no time with all that help!

The scouts tired from putting up their tents enjoyed a lunch of soup and a bread roll and got a big fire started to keep everyone warm.

The Group represented the Young People of the Town at the Christmas Service which was organised by Richard Ablett (this year’s Rotary President).

We were complimented on a good turnout and were both welcomed and thanked for our attendance at this event.

Richard and Teresa Ablett generously support Scouting by allowing the Group the use of their Paddock for Group events.