Claygate Scout Group

EXPLORERS TRAVEL TO THE HIGHLANDS FOR ADVENTURE

With no running water, electricity or WiFi, the Explorers from the 1st Claygate Scout Group lived off-grid for 10 days in a building on a remote camp site in the Scottish Highlands – a great learning experience.

Meanwhile, the Scouts joined a European expedition to Kandersteg International Scout Centre in the Swiss Alps last year. Celebrating its centenary, the centre is the only World Scout Centre. Claygate youngsters took part in activities including white water rafting and tree-top climbing.

Scouting in Claygate has more than 300 members aged between six and 18. The Group has recently opened a 4th Beaver colony, enabling it to shorten its waiting list. This year, the Group plans to attend camps in Oxfordshire, Yorkshire, and Morocco and will hold its annual plant sale on May 11, with the popular Beer Festival at the Scout Centre on August 30-31.

The 1st Claygate Scout and Guide Band is also gearing up to perform its annual spring concert at Holy Trinity Church on March 16. Last year, the band again performed at The Lord Mayor’s Show in London and was a key part of the Brookwood Cemetery remembrance service in November, as well as leading the village’s poignant remembrance parade and playing at many other successful village events.

For information on becoming involved, please visit: www.claygatescouts.org/waiting_list.php

source: Claygate Courier, March 2024 issue, page 15