The JOTI as it's known is a communication between scouts from all around the world, those taking part receive a certificate, plus a badge that can be worn for a year. The JOTI is run by county at Ashton in Bristol and the scouts are given a passport of tasks which need to be completed. This year they spoke on the Avon Scout Radio station, cooked a curry outside under canvas, soldered a circuit board plus several other fun activities. osr scouts tackle national british orienteering course at Bradley stoke in the dark 12/10/201614/10/2016
21 scouts from OSR troop attended the Bradley Stoke national orienteering course as part of their orienteering activity badge, after splitting into 3 groups they set off in the dark!!, to tackle the course. It was pitch black but if you turned off your torch you could just about see the posts shining in the full moon light. Inside the wooded area was tricky. All teams returned on time and with most of the answers (apparently some of the posts must have been removed or something lol). All the scouts had fun and worked well in their teams. The winners were Jack Dobies group, patrol points for all! Very Big Well Done.
This year is OSR scout troop chance to plan, organise, perform and deliver the food to The Sisters of St. Paul. Some tired from camp did a great job whilst the other members fresh as daisy's did the troop proud. The service ran smooth as clockwork and from where I was sat it was a great festival. Karen said we did a great job and all the food collected was packed up for delivery to the homeless shelter. With a new set of promotions and potential promotions it was time to see what the scouts were made of and if they had what it takes to take on the responsibility of rank within the OSR troop. So Harry came up with a camp which he booked, planned and organised including food, activities and accommodation at Brockmead scout campsite, Berwick lane near Easter Compton, Bristol. So we met the scouts at the Lamb and Flag PH and they sorted their kit and hiked to the campsite taking a small detour to look at all the posh cars on crow lane. On arrival at the site they got their beds ready and had a cooked dinner followed by how to pack a rucksack training. The next morning it was cooking breakfast followed by Flag break and how to role the flag then pioneering and then lunch (made by the scouts also). The afternoon they planned a meal then off to ASDA to shop and buy the ingredients. Back to the site and camp gadget building. Pizza making followed by fire lighting and cooking their food in clay ovens, Yum! Back to the hall for the following days 20 mile hike planning and then smores on the open fire and flag down. The Dorito Challenge came next which was amusing and then to bed. The next day we started with breakfast and flag break, clearing the rooms and hall Taking down the gadgets, stretcher run, tunnelling and then flag down and certificates. Well done to Harry and Larah for a very activity back to basics camp, you both worked very hard. Thank you to Jack, Michael, Dylan, josh and Ainsley for really getting stuck in. Camp finished early for harvest festival which we are running this year. |
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