For our Christmas outing this year, we decided to go Ice Skating in Swords. The cubs had been on Tuesday night and so gave us the low down. They had reported that it was a scrum at the start to get the right size boots and get on the ice. With his in mind, we decided to meet half an hour before out allotted time to make sure that we had enough time to get ready. There was another scout group and a Girl Guide group there for the same time too as well as other randomers. It was

Some of the lads decided it was way more fun to be out running around in the dark than to be in the meeting so we started a few minutes late as we had to send out a search party for them. Following our recital of the charter, we went straight into a game of 4 way Tug O War. Brendan tied 4 ropes to and old bike tyre and each patrol had to try to pull it to their side. The patrols were very evenly matched and the struggle took a good while to sort out. The Cobra patrol were the

It was a very busy night in the hall. The beavers and some cubs were practicing their Christmas Carols because they were going to be singing them in Millfield SC on Saturday while the scouts were bag packing as a fund raiser. Their practice session ran until 8:15pm. Some of the scouts joined in when they arrived for the meeting, but most of them were far too cool for school. They were “politely” asked to either join in or be quiet. The weather was miserable outside. Storm Des