#Promptuarium #scouts #cubs #camping Down in the Forest the young’uns were having a whale of a time as flames wrapped around collected kindling and the billy can cooked up the latest supper while chef watched over the meat stewing songs were sung and skits performed and scouts, cubs and beavers kept warm by the roaring …
Category Archives: Scouting
Den
#Writephoto #Outdoors #Camping #Scouts It wasn’t the easiest of shelters for young scouts to construct finding wood that wasn’t attached to a tree was a difficult task in itself Take the wrong kind of material and you would attract some serious attention if not from the leaders guiding you then the camp warden in charge …
The new scout section
Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com #scouts #squirrels #beavers #cubs #ventures #explorers #network Imagine my surprise to see something to make me smile at tea reminding me of a place that brought a smile upon my face I was once a young cub scout and played with others and learned about making things, and knots and …
Backwoods Stew
#Scouts #Cubs #Beavers #Supper Photo by @rrinna on Pexels.com The ingredients were simple enough, Taters in the embers of some dying beechwood Corned beef, Some Carrots and a very big onion Butter for frying, and some stock cubes for flavour The Metallic billy can protected by the finest washing liquid as flames licked the sides …
Unfurl
Unfurl 17th August 2017 Middlewood scout camp, Worsley, Salford Maybe it was in the act of “doing our duty” that the dedication of raising and lowering the union flag each day at camp, reminded those little or big, to “do their best” even in the smallest of acts – from washing the pots , to …
Trust
Trust Take it from me – its a big thing Relying on the guys keeping anchor at the top of the rocky mountain Until you dropped down over the basalt edge Something bit at you – should I believe this lot Till you realised – they’re holding the rope you’re tied to.
hike
Hike preparation done his backpack full a day on the hillside its never that dull Planned out a walk cross moorland and hill And stopping at reservoir watching time stand still Following a way that’s old as Time he’s having a packed lunch when his watch does chime Armed with a compass …
Knots
#Napowrimo #Day17 #Knots #Blogging101 A Dictionary poem for #Day17 of the Napowrimo challenge. Based on my old scouting days! enjoy. Don’t get stressed, in time – you’ll master it creating an artform from two ends of rope bridges don’t need wood or metal but a few simple knots Reef Knot, Clove and Timber Hitch …
Brownie
In response to the prompt bookworm Interesting thing is the English language. How words can mean different things in different ways Grab the nearest book. Open it and go to the tenth word. Do a Google Image Search of the word. Write about what the image brings to mind That was the challenge , so …
A Tale of Old Boots
In a part of the corridor, just by the stairs by the front door, lies a pair of Old Black Boots. It’s been quite a while since they have been walking. Their leather is worn from the passing of time… Source: A Tale of Old Boots
The Inkwell 