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Scout Autumn Camp 2009…all places now taken

This year’s Autumn Camp will take place from Friday 30th October to SUnday 1st November.

This will be the last camp of the year and all places have now been taken.

Parents should have now filled in the Permission to Camp
Form and return it to the leaders on Thursday or Friday with a
Cheque for £55 made out to 1st Finchampstead Scout Group. 

Report on (Badgers) Cub visit to DBARC

Last term, as part of our Animal Carers badge, Badgers collected food and toys for the animals homed at the Diana Brimblecombe Animal Rescue Centre.

Cub Scout Summer Camp 2009

Cub Scout Summer Camp will be at Walton Firs Scout Camp from Saturday 29th August to Monday 31st August.

The theme of the camp will be Star Wars, and all Cub Scouts attending will be enrolled as pilots for either the Empire or the Rebellion.

Cub visit to WINGS 5/8/09

On 5 August 7 of our Cubs and 4 leaders enjoyed an excellent evening visiting the international Scout & Guide camp at Windsor Great Park.
On arrival we were given smart WINGS visitor lanyards and passports and then allowed to wander wherever we wanted around the HUGE campsite (over 6000 campers!).  Unbelievably the first group we came across was the Finchampstead Guides (in

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Scout Summer Camp 2009 – including final letter and PTC form

Summer Camp 2009 is expected to be from 25th July to 1st August – we intend it to be in Devon.

Since we expect it to be a camp based on water activities, we’re probably not going to be too far from the coast.There’s a picture that one of the leaders took in early March 2009 that can be seen by clicking here.

Three Peaks Challenge – The Pictures

8 of the leaders (with another 4 leaders as support crew) climbed the three highest mountains in Scotland (Ben Nevis,
1394 m), England (Scafell Pike, 978 m) and Wales (Snowdon, 1085 m)
within a 24 hour period. They started at 5p.m.